At its meeting on Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors should approve a proposal to issue coupons allowing customers at the UCLA Student Store to donate 10 percent of their purchases to the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort. The proposal, put forward by the ASUCLA services committee and the student relief effort community, would […]
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: Experience necessary for USAC Election Board chair
When asked Tuesday night, the student appointed to oversee the upcoming undergraduate government elections could not name all 13 council members, nor recall one political slate.
Editorial: USAC should put surplus funding requests on public view
Faced with a room full of more than 100 concerned students, the Undergraduate Students Association Council performed a startling about-face by reversing $78,500 in fund allocations it approved last week. In doing so, USAC demonstrated a serious inconsistency in the way it allocates its yearly surplus funds. The crux of the students’ complaints was that […]
Editorial: USAC bylaw amendment tying pay to inflation is irresponsible
After almost half a year of evasion, vocal student backlash and halfhearted deliberation, the Undergraduate Students Association Council is at long last bringing forward a bylaw amendment that would prevent future elected officials from raising their own stipends. Commendable as it is that council finally took responsibility to resolve the conflict of interest created by […]
Editorial: Budget proposal shows potential to ease tension between UC and state
The funding increase for the University of California included in Governor Jerry Brown’s 2014-2015 California budget proposal, which leaked late last week, is an encouraging sign. Less encouraging is the continued lack of fiscal understanding between the state and the UC. Brown’s proposed budget would establish a $50 million Innovation Award for higher educational institutions […]
Editorial: Napolitano should direct media attention to the UC
But Napolitano’s recent press appearances have not garnered attention for her commentary on higher education and California politics. Rather, her comments on issues such as National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia gained the most public traction. Napolitano is often credited foremost as the “former U.S. homeland security […]
Editorial: Jim Mora proves a capable leader for UCLA football
Two years and 19 wins in, it is clear that hiring Jim Mora was, and is, a good decision. In leading UCLA to its first 10-win season since 2005, he has answered just about every question mark that once appeared on his resume, and reversed a number of bad habits that once plagued UCLA football. […]