The logic of free-market economics has become so pervasive in the last few decades that not even public education can escape it. As much as we decry the state of the modern university, the neoliberal model isn’t going anywhere for the time being. It’s despicable, but understandable, that major colleges, even public institutions, must compete […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Chris Campbell: UCLA must provide alternative mental health services
College is hard. Exams, homework, extracurricular activities and work cause everyone stress. But for students with mental illness, it can be debilitating. That’s what makes UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, such a valuable resource on campus. CAPS is the main psychological treatment center on campus and provides services such as individual and group […]
Catherine Liberty Feliciano: New CAPS policy hinders those with long-term mental health issues
Reasons aside, I was recently advised to consider Counseling and Psychological Services with the assurance that going there didn’t mean that I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. But it could have. And it has. And when that happened, CAPS did its best to help me re-orient myself before referring me to a […]
Arthur Wang: Free speech still alive at UCLA
Rest in peace, free speech. We at UCLA hardly knew ye. This is the obituary that is being written: Free speech at this campus and the University of California is dead, verbally slaughtered in cold blood by oversensitive students, has been codified by cowardly administrators and is being replaced by an overbearing political correctness police […]
One-on-one career center appointments should be used more efficiently
Falling behind in classes is a theme in the quarter system. Falling behind on a job search is just another casualty of the cramped time period. The UCLA Career Center offers many opportunities such as hire fairs, information sessions and workshops for students to network and prepare for their postgraduate careers as well as gain […]
Travis Fife: UCLA should be more transparent in process for accepting donations
Much of academic research presents itself as a neutral account of the world around us. Recently, however, a controversy in Washington, D.C., has sparked a debate about how money and finances can influence research. In this case, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out economist Robert Litan for what she perceived as a conflict of interest […]
Yiwei Sun: Approving sales tax increase would help alleviate 405 traffic
A small increase in sales tax might soon save commuter students a large amount of time coming to class. A bill that Gov. Jerry Brown signed Wednesday will allow Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials to seek a sales tax increase in 2016 that could raise as much as $120 billion for local roads, […]