Scandals and their impact on the campus community should outlive the news cycle. Last October, members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority dressed in baggy clothes, plumped lips and padded bottoms for a “Kanye Western”-themed raid. Pictures circulated around social media, leading students to gather to protest the racially insensitive outfits. […]
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Editorial: LA County must require nursing homes to report superbug infections
Los Angeles County hasn’t forgotten about the superbug. The county’s health officials said Thursday that the county will require hospitals to report any infections caused by a superbug, a lethal class of a drug-resistant bacteria. This comes a year and a half after the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center revealed that dozens of its patients […]
Editorial: California Legislature must allow small businesses protected leave
Expanding job protections to new parents can be a controversial issue, especially when applied to small businesses. But it’s still important that as many workers as possible have the job security they need, so when the California Legislature writes a law about it, it should be as inclusive as possible. On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown […]
Editorial: Supreme Court must hear O’Bannon case, secure athletes’ right to own image
The ball is now in the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the amateur status of collegiate athletes. Among the thousands of petitions set to go in front of the eight current justices over the coming weeks – each petitioner hoping for a hearing with the nation’s highest court – only one case brings with it […]
Editorial: State Legislature should address funding concerns for mental health bill
Good intentions aren’t sufficient reason to push a flawed policy into law. Last week, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 2017, which would have expanded mental health care funding for California college campuses, because it did not specify an amount or source of funding for the program. While some student leaders are petitioning the legislature […]
Editorial: California US Senate candidates’ higher education plans lack specificity
California’s U.S. Senate candidates Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez have spoken out in favor of college affordability, but neither of the candidates’ plans are specific or even convincing enough to tackle the issues of growing student debt, compromised education quality and overworked faculty, especially at public universities like UCLA. Harris and Sanchez must offer more […]
Editorial: ASUCLA needs to interact with students to better meet consumer needs
Every business, even university stores, must adapt to consumers’ ever-changing tastes and preferences. Associated Students UCLA is no stranger to this fact. It has had to deal with instances of revenue loss for reasons ranging from from the Great Recession to the weather affecting its beverage sales, and has changed its merchandise and restaurant offerings […]