Keshav Tadimeti: State legislators need to stay out of UC transparency problem

Sacramento is having a field day. A recent state audit found the University of California Office of the President failed to disclose nearly $175 million in budget reserves and claimed UC executive employees receive unnecessarily excessive salaries and benefits. This is the scandal Sacramento has been yearning for. Ravenous California lawmakers are wasting no time […]

Radio: No Offense, But: Luskin and Laces

No Offense is back for yet another week! Chris Campbell, Keshav Tadimeti and Abhishek Shetty kick off this week’s Opinion podcast by discussing the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center’s predicted financial shortfall and how the center can shore up its business in the coming years. Later, they talk about the science behind why […]

Keshav Tadimeti: USAC must dedicate general representative office to student outreach

This post was updated March 13 at 3:30 p.m. Little known secret: the undergraduate student government has a bit of an outreach problem. Okay, I misspoke. The 14-member council actually has a big outreach problem. Despite an ad hoc committee’s attempts to get broader student input on how to reform the council or the general […]

Keshav Tadimeti: LA’s Silicon Beach must complement Silicon Valley, not replace it

The California technology industry has a bright future – a bright and sandy one, that is. For several decades, California’s Silicon Valley has been the global face of technological advancement. Everything from the genesis of startup culture to the creation of game-changing social media applications took place within the Northern California valley, and the technological […]

No Offense, But: City of Angels

This week on No Offense, Opinion editors Chris Campbell and Keshav Tadimeti are joined by columnist Abhishek Shetty and talk about the future of development in Los Angeles, in light of the variety of ballot measures in this week’s city elections. Next, they transition to rumors of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti running for higher political […]

No Offense, But: TAs and Kim Jong Nam

This week on No Offense, assistant Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and columnist Abhishek Shetty talk about the shortage of teacher’s assistants in the life science and physical sciences department, and what UCLA needs to do to make sure discussion sections, well, happen. Later, they switch gears and talk about the role of reality shows in […]

Throwback Thursday: LA’s mayoral elections, then and now

Some things never change. Especially when it comes to politics. If you haven’t heard, Los Angeles is holding its city elections next week on March 7. Angelenos are being entrusted to determine a multitude of things, like whether or not the city has the power to regulate and tax marijuana, if development projects should be […]