I almost witnessed a death on my walk to class one morning in the spring. A student riding a skateboard was zipping down De Neve Drive through the middle of the empty road rather than on the designated bike lane. Meanwhile, a sedan entered the roadway and began speeding up the incline toward the student. […]
Author Archives: Scott Bays
ASUCLA should remedy drop in textbook sales by stocking fewer books
With textbook sales at Ackerman Union declining, Associated Students UCLA has taken the concept of nonprofit a bit literally. ASUCLA, a nonprofit, student-run organization that oversees on-campus retail sales and the student union building, is expected to lose more than $1 million this fiscal year. The financial loss is the result of a decline in […]
Scott Bays: Attack on affirmative action is designed to appease conservatives
Those who worry some applicants receive unfair advantages in the college admissions process, have no fear. America’s legacy-admission-in-chief, President Donald Trump, and his administration are here to save the day. The United States Department of Justice circulated an internal memo in early August calling for attorneys interested in “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional […]
Scott Bays: CSO van service can increase publicity through direct link on MyUCLA
UCLA students have “a safe means of transportation around campus during the evening hours.” They probably don’t know about it, though. The Community Service Officer Evening Van Service is a free ride service that provides UCLA students a safe way to get to the Hill and Westwood apartments between 6 and 11 p.m. Students just […]
Scott Bays: UCLA’s definition of harassment must align with that of California
Victims of harassment seeking justice from the university may want to look elsewhere. Unless their treatment was so severe it prevented them from accessing university resources, UCLA doesn’t think it counts as harassment. The UCLA Student Conduct Code defines harassment as “conduct that is so severe and/or pervasive, and objectively offensive, and that so substantially […]
Scott Bays: UCLA must go digital for written assignments to reduce paper usage
A two-page essay once a week. Five eight-page essays with title pages, bibliographies and endnotes. By my estimation, I used almost 75 pages of paper on these written assignments last quarter alone. After I’m done writing this column, I’m going to print four more pages. And there are nearly 31,000 other undergraduate students like me. […]
Scott Bays: Information seminars can help fight stigma against liberal arts degrees
Last summer, I went home for a week to visit my parents after New Student Orientation. I had spoken to my dad multiple times since orientation ended, but was too nervous to tell him about the harrowing thing I had done there. I knew I had to tell him at some point, so one afternoon, […]