In the wake of the resignation of Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy, the council has an obligation to postpone its vote on an upcoming controversial divestment resolution. Murphy’s resignation left a vacuum of power on the council, pulling former Internal Vice President Avinoam Baral out of his voting seat and leaving a gaping […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: New Title IX officer must take charge to improve policy, procedures
UCLA is at the precipice of an opportunity to either take a step toward better sexual assault policies and procedures or fall back into its past habits of noncompliance and complacency with the status quo. As the university searches for a replacement Title IX officer, the high-level administrators responsible for hiring this new power player […]
Editorial: USAC must not limit press, student access to divestment meeting
The focal point of the undergraduate student government’s Nov. 18 meeting in Ackerman Grand Ballroom is a resolution which calls for the University of California to divest from certain companies that some students say profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. And while the fate of the resolution will be ultimately […]
Editorial: Students should criticize state, not UC regarding proposed tuition hike
The University of California may raise tuition once again after three years of managing to keep it flat while facing lower state funding. But students shouldn’t get mad at the UC: We need the money, and it’s the state that’s to blame. Under a proposal that UC President Janet Napolitano unveiled Wednesday, if the state […]
Editorial: Residential Life should be more transparent with changes to disciplinary policy
UCLA Residential Life quietly changed a disciplinary policy posted on its website last week listed under “Sanctions” and “Exclusion from On Campus Housing.”
Proposition 2
Despite several concerns, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board supports Proposition 2. The proposition would create a rainy day fund with better controls than the state’s previous attempt at establishing economic stability through an emergency fund. California’s economy is especially prone to unexpected ups and downs, and as such the state needs to take precautions to […]
Jerry Brown
For the fourth time in as many decades, Californians have the option of choosing Democrat Jerry Brown to be their governor. It’s an easy choice to make. Brown, who is finishing up his third term in the state’s highest office, has an impressive track record of fiscal responsibility, forward-thinking policy-making and extensive experience navigating Sacramento’s […]