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Author Archives: Ramsey Ugarte
Ramsey Ugarte: Students can influence politics at local level
Pension reform, bankruptcy, bureaucracy, drug legislation and inflated administrative pay.
Ramsey Ugarte: California governor’s budget offers only short-term solution for UCs
In his proposed budget, Governor Jerry Brown has not only prevented a deficit in this cash-strapped state but also increased spending, including an additional $250 million, or 5 percent increase, to the University of California budget.
Ramsey Ugarte: _Debt should be a concern for students_
The issue of student debt can often be overshadowed by the more prominent discussion of rising tuition levels.
_Ramsey Ugarte: UC should not rely on unlikely state support_
Gov. Jerry Brown is on quite the winning streak.
Ramsey Ugarte: _UCLA’s tobacco ban infringes on rights_
As part of a broader push by campus administration to become the “healthiest college campus in the country,” UCLA will become a tobacco-free campus on Earth Day, April 22, 2013, according to an email sent by Chancellor Gene Block to the UCLA community last week.
_Ramsey Ugarte: Spending problems limit effectivness of tax initatives_
This November, California voters will be faced with at least two tax initiatives geared at tackling the state’s crumbling public education at various levels.