Libraries are rightly understood as central to the life of universities. Powell Library, in all its Romanesque monumentality, towers inescapably over the average Bruin’s experience of campus.
Author Archives: Ram Dolom
_Benefits of paper still outweigh e-books_
As first week rolls around, lines in Ackerman Union stretch to lengths that seem more at home at a Black Friday sale than in a bookstore stocked with academic texts.
Battle of the Columnists
The issue: For the first time, the UC Regents meeting has been canceled because of safety concerns.
What do we really know about the rescheduling of the UC Board of Regents meeting?
The press release from the UC Office of the President cites “rogue elements” and “a real danger of significant violence and vandalism.”
So far the administration has refused to clarify what these threats are.
Inflated
Stop complimenting students for the most irrelevant, underthought comments. Stop going easy on essays that can hardly cobble together a complete sentence, much less a complex argument. Stop sheltering us from intimidating texts because they’re too long or too difficult.
_Students drop the ball_
Coming from a 48-12 loss to Arizona (give up on the “you call that a game” joke; trust me, it’s been done), Bruin football bounced right back with two consecutive wins.
In the know: US Income Tax Report
A study by Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported that 280 of the nation’s most profitable companies paid an average of half the 35 percent corporate income tax rate.
_Right way to think_
We’ve all had our share of run-ins with interesting characters on Bruin Walk.