Out of state, out of mind. That’s what the University of California Board of Regents seems to think when it has to make concrete decisions about nonresident students. Wobbling has become a norm for the University’s heralds. At last month’s meeting, for example, many came in determined to increase nonresident tuition by $762 to fund […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: Diminished candidate pool reflects USAC’s reliance on outrage politics for notice
One sentiment has been a constant in the undergraduate student government for the last 10 years: Until the politics get vicious, the stakes are too low. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election has only 17 candidates running for 15 offices. Three positions received zero candidate applications. There is only one slate featured on the […]
Editorial: UCLA has lost integrity failing to hold officials involved in bribery accountable
Money buys you a lot of things at UCLA – lately even your integrity. The college admissions scandal has refused to wash away from the news cycle. A sweeping federal indictment last month showed us how ultrarich parents and celebrities were able to pay up to half a million dollars to falsify their children’s athletics […]
2019 GSA candidate endorsement: JP Santos for vice president of external affairs
The North and South Campus divide isn’t just an undergraduate phenomenon – it rocks the Graduate Students Association too. In a big way, actually. Student participation in the association from the Court of Sciences is beyond dismal – that title is already granted to the abysmal turnout and engagement GSA has gotten in recent years. […]
2019 GSA candidate endorsement: Zak Fisher for president
An untenable housing balloon. An administration intent on raising student fees. A counseling center with precipitous staff turnover. A campus bereft of child care facilities for most student parents. UCLA is lacking in many ways. And Zak Fisher, the apparent dark horse presidential candidate for the Graduate Students Association, is intent on changing that. The […]
Editorial: UCLA’s stonewalling of records requests toes line of illegality
UCLA is in the crosshairs of yet another lawsuit – something it could have avoided if only it had known the meaning of the word “promptly.” The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonprofit that advocates for free speech rights at colleges, filed a lawsuit in March against UCLA to force it to comply […]
Editorial: UCLA’s quarter system sacrifices student learning, career opportunities
The age-old debate is back: three dead sprints to the finish or two long endurance runs? Chancellor Gene Block, in a surprisingly casual comment during a meeting winter quarter with the the Bruin’s editorial board, indicated he supports removing the quarter system and replacing it with semesters. The 10-week mad rush, Block argued, is a […]