Thank you for featuring the Undergraduate Students Association Council Internal Vice President’s Quarterly Budget Review initiative in Natalie Delgadillo’s column, “USAC budget reporting should be inclusive process” on Oct. 16. We welcome thorough discussion of our initiatives to make USAC more transparent to its constituents. However, I’d like to address a couple of the issues […]
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Submission: Napolitano’s appointment should be rescinded
By Juan Gomez-Quiñones and Reynal Guillen The naming of Janet Napolitano as University of California president must be rescinded. We object to the result and its very process. We object more to the possible consequences for what may follow for the University as an institution and for the University community. We have asked ourselves and […]
Submission: Loss of government funding hurts scientific research, economy
By David Eisenberg Classes and instruction go on as usual at UCLA, but those of us dedicated also to scientific research are increasingly squeezed by the United States budget sequestration and the federal government shutdown. The dollars that pay for most of the work in our labs come from the federal government. True, the University […]
Submission: Affirmative action programs help entire university community
Gender, sexual identity, immigration status, language, national origin and religion – these are all controversial topics that meander into discussions on college campuses. It appears that the issues of race and ethnicity at UCLA have the most controversial connotations. The moderate to low number of black, Native American and Latino students, as well as students from […]
Submission: UCLA must make preservation of Sage Hill a priority
By Thomas W. Gillespie Sage Hill is a small patch of wildlife in the northwest corner of UCLA’s campus that still contains native flora and fauna. It is a unique ecosystem representing California’s natural and cultural heritage.In 2009, a majority of the native vegetation was cut without consulting anyone in the environmental community at UCLA.This […]
Letter to the editor: Students should tackle large, societal issues
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. In her recent column, “Practical protests give students power,” Alexandra Tashman argues that students should protest for goals that are “tangible, local and relevant” instead of “choosing to tackle too lofty or abstract […]
Letter to the editor: Entire Congress should not be blamed for government shutdown
In Kristen Taketa’s article, “Government shutdown’s impact on colleges currently minimal,” the Daily Bruin has done its readers a disservice by blaming “Congress” for shutting down the government. It’s the Republicans in the House that are responsible for this debacle, just as they were in 1995, and for the Bruin to ignore that fact is […]