This week, university police will start ticketing students who ride bikes, skateboards or scooters in dismount zones such as Bruin Walk and Bruin Plaza – a policy that seems gratuitous.
Category Archives: Editorials
Editorial: UC push for online education is too strong
The University of California is using hyperbolic language to push forward an expansion of the system’s online education program, an unproven and expensive tactic for improving the University’s course offerings.
_Editorial: Brown’s funding proposal still leaves budget gap for UC_
Although the allocation of new funds to the University of California in Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal for 2013-2014 has been hailed as a save-all solution for the state’s programs, it should not be treated as such. For the first time since the recession, the state will not have a budget deficit heading into […]
Editorial: Increased communication key to safer campus
With a recent uptick in crimes around UCLA receiving widespread attention from regional news media, this board believes we can all contribute to increasing the safety in and around campus.
Editorial: Surveys valuable to understanding, improving campus climate
The two instances of hateful vandalism that occurred on campus last quarter point to the importance of ongoing efforts to gauge whether students feel accepted at UCLA. In November, racial and sexist slurs were found written on a Vietnamese Student Union sign and in a Powell Library bathroom. These incidents are part of a history […]
_Editorial: Motive behind new UC logo has merit_
The creation of a new University of California logo, currently the subject of attention by news outlets and students alike, does not in fact spell out a doomsday toll of privatization or represent an underhanded move by University administration. Though backlash to the new logo has been greatly inflated, what is at the root of […]
Editorial: _Rebenching model fails to account for differences between UCs_
Though the University of California-wide budgetary reform known as “rebenching” addresses the issue of funding inequality across campuses, the proposed policy lacks nuance in its approach to distributing funds.