UCLA had a message for public transit this summer: not here you don’t. Public transportation users haven’t had it easy in Westwood. The sparse number of bus stops in the North Village and the limited reach of lines running from Westwood into the city make for an unflattering game of transit hopscotch for commuter Bruins. […]
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Editorial: Amid lackluster scholarship fundraising, UCLA needs innovative solutions
$4.28 billion. 190,721 donors. 469,209 received gifts. And still one year before the 100th anniversary. UCLA has many reasons to celebrate its Centennial Campaign. But there’s one group that isn’t dancing all the way to the bank: students. Despite meeting and exceeding its overall fundraising target of $4.2 billion, UCLA’s Centennial Campaign is woefully lacking […]
Editorial: Westwood leaders need to accept NWWNC certification
The battle for Westwood Village is finally over. Someone better tell that to the members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council – a council championed by Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, faculty, administrators, business owners and residents – was certified last week in a Los Angeles Board of Neighborhood Commissioners […]
Editorial: UCLA must ban Greek life houses that perpetuate sexual assault and harassment
Alcohol maketh the abuser. That’s the scapegoat UCLA and its Interfraternity Council have been blaming for years. Here’s a more accurate explanation: A system of oppression keepeth the abusers. Greek life has been near synonymous with sexual assault and sexual harassment for years on end. And the campus community was only reminded of that when […]
Editorial: UC should divest from companies linked with immigration crisis
President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration hit rock bottom following revelations that the federal government was separating families of asylum-seekers at the border. Among the list of offenses: caging children, coercing non-English speakers into signing esoteric forms and traumatizing minors seeking a place in this country. Californians have been crying foul ever since. The most prominent […]
Editorial: UCLA’s disregard for its librarians shows once again its exploitation of workers
UCLA’s Powell Library and Charles E. Young Research Library turn 89 and 54 respectively this year. If only the jobs of the librarians working in those buildings had that kind of permanence. Many of UCLA’s librarians are hired via temporary contracts, which come with limited wages and benefits. The university relies heavily on these contracts […]
Editorial: Higher transfer admissions would benefit both UC, low-income students
The University of California has long been stuck between a rock and a hard place. It finally seems to have found a way to transfer out of that position, though. The UC released admission figures for fall 2018 last week, with data showing it had admitted more than 28,000 transfer students this year, including more […]