After the shooting that left 14 dead in San Bernardino, California last week, the nation is searching for a way to heal. Some have held vigils. Others have offered prayers. Yet for a significant number of people, healing has taken the form of hate. To many, the shooting has come to represent the dangers of […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: UCSD must not cut all student media funding because of one magazine
The University of California, San Diego has a vibrant alternative student media. The roster is expansive, and includes undergraduate research journals, fashion magazines and competing humor magazines. But now, in an effort to silence one of the list’s more vulgar components, the school has threatened to topple the entire enterprise. The Associated Students council, UCSD’s […]
Editorial: ASUCLA should set up pilot prayer space for more permanent solution
Some problems are so easy to fix that there’s almost no excuse for their existence. The lack of a nondiscriminatory prayer and meditation space at UCLA is one of these problems. For years, it seemed as if the prayer space has been used as a political promise by Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates of all […]
Editorial: UC should implement limits to executive pay
The idea of a public university in California is groaning under the weight of increased tuition and excess administrative costs, straining confidence in the prospect of an institution dedicated to public service instead of profits for its employees. Last week, in an attempt to address those concerns and stave off a possible faculty strike for […]
Editorial: UCLA needs to provide transportation options at Geffen Academy
The recent announcement that UCLA will use a $100 million donation from businessman David Geffen to pay for the development of a new secondary education school on campus has been met with both acclaim and derision. The gift has been slammed in the press as an example of “philanthropy at its worst,” a case of […]
Editorial: USAC must vote down bylaw changes that can ignore important issues
The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday on proposed amendments to its bylaws, which would seriously damage the scope of the resolutions it could pass and impede the ability of the council to act as a pathway for student activism. As such, they should vote down both amendments. If the amendments are approved, any resolution […]
Submission: Students should consider service-oriented opportunities during gap year
My senior year of undergrad was a stressful time. I remember trying to decide what to do for my gap year before medical school – assuming I would get accepted on my first try. I wanted my gap-year experience to feel meaningful; something that would allow me to help in a significant way. It did […]