At its meeting Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors could allocate a hefty sum of student fees to a wasteful and ultimately unnecessary renovation to an Ackerman Union staircase. Additionally, the association’s five-year plan will not be finalized until the day of the meeting, preventing any meaningful student body input on the board’s […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: Westwood Neighborhood Council must recognize rights of the homeless
Los Angeles has one of the highest concentrations of homeless people in the United States, rising 12 percent over the last two years. Westwood community leaders need to take heed of the systemic issues that cause homelessness and treat the approximately 60 neighborhood residents living on the streets as human beings rather than as problems […]
Editorial: Gov. Brown’s budget revision proves positive compromise possible
Positive news about California public university funding is a rarity these days, so Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget revision released Thursday was both a huge surprise and relief. The revision allocates $436 million to University of California’s vastly underfunded pension system over the next three years and 4-percent increases in base funding for the University each […]
Editorial: Napolitano responsible for responding to undocumented students’ demands
On the first day of the University of California summit on undocumented students last week, UC President Janet Napolitano’s opening address was cut short when a cadre of undocumented students in the audience rose from their chairs, fists in the air, and demanded recognition and restitution from a president they have never trusted. Over the […]
Editorial: Graduate Students Association councilwide evaluation
This year’s Graduate Students Association officers were effective in their ability to work together, to reach out to a more diverse array of graduate students and to tackle several important student concerns. However, next year’s officers will need to go a step further than this year’s in getting graduate students involved and following through with […]
Editorial: Administration responsible for addressing racist stickers in time
Administrators’ response to a recent targeted attack against a campus community has been disappointingly neutral and failed to take advantage of an opportunity to address problems concerning race on campus. Last week, self-made stickers were posted on the bulletin board outside of the Afrikan Student Union and a few other spaces on campus, displaying bigoted […]
Editorial: LET’S ACT! must take steps to rebuild student trust
After an election cycle riddled with enough scandal and damaging rhetoric to rival the national political stage, LET’S ACT!’s 2015 candidates faced the most disappointing election night for the slate in recent memory. Bruins United swept every executive position on council, including the External Vice President’s office, which has not gone to a Bruins United […]