When I read that AP and IB units are no longer eligible enrollment units, I was surprised at how fast the policy is going to effectuate and worried if I could still enroll in the classes I planned for the winter quarter. UCLA announced that all credits evaluated from AP or IB courses, university preparatory […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Aram Ghoogasian: State Department’s anti-Semitism definition stifles free speech
A country over 7,500 miles away is once again making waves at the University of California. Even after a resolution calling on the UC to divest from companies doing business in occupied Palestine has come and gone, Israel has managed to remain at the center of campus discourse. Some of the UC Regents graced our […]
Shani Shahmoon: Assumed loyalty to Israel marginalizes Jewish student activists
No one is just one thing. While our identities define our perspectives, they don’t limit our interests. The meeting this past Monday, the University of California Statement of Principles Against Intolerance public forum, was an attempt by Avi Oved, UC Student Regent and a Jew, to draw attention to ongoing discrimination on UC campuses, but […]
Catherine Liberty Feliciano: UCLA should not ban, but regulate Yik Yak
Everything is forever on the Internet now. Bylines, twitter handles and never-ending archives hold us accountable for everything we’ve ever dared to publish. Yik Yak is a different story – temporary, anonymous and a matter of controversy. Several feminist and civil rights organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil […]
Casey Kovarik: Exemption on high-capacity ammunition magazine ban poses safety risk
Los Angeles has joined the conversation on gun control. In late July, a ban on firearm magazines with capacity for 10 or more rounds of ammunition was enacted in the city. The ban exempted current officers, but a frustrated Los Angeles Police Protective League, which advocates for the police force, chose to challenge this ban […]
Travis Fife: UCLA should disclose decision-making process when accepting donations
When it comes to donations accepted by the university, UCLA’s current policy prefers to keep the public in the dark. My last column dealt with the problems associated with a lack of transparency in UCLA’s donation policy. In that column I discussed past examples, such as the Resnicks’ sponsoring of pomegranate research that supports their […]
Jasmine Aquino: UCLA Residential Life should implement student wellness position
Tall and bright on the front entrance of the Wooden Center stands a flag that reads: UCLA is a healthy campus. While the UCLA campus also includes the Hill, it doesn’t feel that way when it comes to student health. There seems to be a fixation on campus services as opposed to treating the thousands […]