As ignorance runs rampant on campus and our administration fails to properly acknowledge it, student groups must take the initiative to change the direction of campus climate. For the third time at UCLA this year, slanderous posters were put up around campus attacking the student organization Students for Justice in Palestine, and for the first […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Aram Ghoogasian: UC Merced stabbings investigation must be made public
Almost two weeks after four people were stabbed in the early hours of the morning at the University of California’s youngest campus, questions remain about what exactly transpired. The perpetrator of the UC Merced stabbings, a freshman at the university, was involved in a chase where he turned toward a university police officer and was […]
Ara Shirinian: It’s time to stop being neutral about net neutrality
Right now, the future of the Internet is being debated in a federal court and almost no one is talking about it. Last year, I wrote about the Federal Communications Commission’s policies reclassifying Internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers in accordance with Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Though the FCC’s new […]
Julia McCarthy: Students should be more involved in local elections
What were you doing on Nov. 3? I’m going to take a wild guess and say you were not in a voting booth casting a vote for the local Los Angeles County elections. But don’t worry, you’re not alone in your inaction. According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk website, in Los Angeles County, […]
Ara Shirinian: City needs to reduce parking fines, revamp street-cleaning procedures
I get it, the street needs to be cleaned. What I don’t get is why I need a $70 ticket on days when a street-cleaning vehicle is nowhere in sight, apparently replaced with an army of parking officers. Thankfully, the Los Angeles Parking Reform Working Group – tasked by Mayor Eric Garcetti with finding solutions […]
Chris Campbell: UCLA should incorporate work experience into early graduation pathways
When public universities face a budget crunch, students typically brace themselves for spending cuts and tuition hikes. That’s what makes the deal reached by Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano last May so refreshing. The deal brings in $436 million of state money to fund the UC’s pension, an annual 4 […]
Casey Kovarik: UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge should focus more on aiding students
I guess we should have known; they call it a “research institution,” not a “student institution.” Recently, UCLA has launched a number of “Grand Challenge” projects designed to face some of the largest, most pressing problems of our time. One of these, the Depression Grand Challenge, aims to find the root causes of depression and […]