It should not come as any surprise that the University of California is considering an end to the six-year-long tuition freeze. Continuing the tuition freeze is not just unlikely, but potentially harmful to the University’s quality in the midst of rising enrollment and inflation. While there is no official proposal yet, potential hikes could add […]
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Editorial: UC must commit to protecting undocumented students in face of Trump
This election has left us all with more questions than answers. And the fate of undocumented students is one of them. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides two-year work permits and protection from deportation to undocumented students who meet certain requirements. The University has stated it will […]
Editorial: New Westwood Neighborhood Council terms inhibit student involvement
In case the Westwood Neighborhood Council hasn’t realized, students represent a major stakeholding group in Westwood. But, instead of encouraging their involvement in the neighborhood, the council is trying to exclude them from the decision-making process. At the Nov. 9 meeting, the council voted 8-7 to increase council members’ terms from two years to four […]
Editorial: Kinross Recreation Center plans conflict with student interest
UCLA may have mastered the art of constant construction, but it has a lot to improve on in the planning process, where ultimate cost and student impacts can be forgotten. Two weeks ago, UCLA announced it will reconstruct the Kinross Recreation Center, or KREC graduate student gym, a few hundred yards away on Parking Lot […]
Editorial: Students must continue to fight for equality, inclusivity
Voters across the nation elected Donald Trump to the presidency Tuesday, along with a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. This government looks bleak for many, but we cannot let the results disillusion us from the American dream. The UCLA community, which voted heavily for Hillary Clinton according to the Daily Bruin’s exit polling, turned […]
Editorial: UC administrators’ actions do not reflect their own Title IX policies
While the University of California regents have spent the past two years overseeing improvements to systemwide sexual harassment and assault policies, they don’t seem to have learned much from it. It’s no secret officials up and down the UC system do not practice what they preach. The most recent example is Norman Pattiz, a UC […]
Editorial: Students must vote to fulfill civic duty
Given the state of the 2016 presidential campaign, Nov. 8 couldn’t come sooner for many of us. But we shouldn’t use cynicism as an excuse to sit this election out. It goes without saying that this election cycle has been anything but typical. For the first time, a woman was named a candidate for a […]