The only thing that didn’t go up in flames at the annual Beat ‘SC Bonfire and Rally was the pile of wood in the middle of Wilson Plaza. A small group of undergraduate and graduate students surrounded the unlit bonfire Thursday and refused to leave in protest of the UC Board of Regents’ approval of […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Kunal Patel: Gov. Brown’s lack of funding undermines value of UC system
Last week, the University of California Board of Regents approved a tuition hike plan that would ensure stable and predictable tuition increases of up to 5 percent over the next five years. As expected, there was a vocal showing of students who did not approve of the tuition hikes, disrupting the meeting and shouting chants […]
Natalie Delgadillo: Debate on USAC president’s legitimacy widens council rift
Tuesday’s student council meeting was about as divisive and damaging as we all knew it would be.
But some of the damage didn’t come from the expected places.
Zoey Freedman: CALPIRG campaigning fuels annoyance, not change
Bright orange stickers and people with clipboards serve as a warning sign for UCLA students to steer clear – unless they want to be pressured into pledging California Public Interest Research Group. CALPIRG Students, a consumer advocacy group that is a branch of CALPIRG, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help college students […]
Chloe Lew: Student protests necessary to bring issues to light on campus
There’s a tendency to measure student protests by their sheer size and volume. The more noise the students make, the more successful a demonstration appears. But our college campuses may now be taking the more peaceful route. In a Chronicle of Higher Education article, professors and administrators in higher education suggest there has been a […]
Samah Pirzada: Grand Challenges research a model for real-world teaching
A two-unit companion course to the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, created by members of the Grand Challenges team working toward reaching 100 percent sustainability in Los Angeles by 2050, is paving the way for a new form of education that UCLA should consider implementing. A year has passed since UCLA launched the Grand Challenges initiative […]
Julia McCarthy: USAC president’s resignation part of bigger problem
Last week, UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy resigned. Much of the discussion surrounding his resignation has been centered on Tuesday’s divestment resolution calling for the University of California to divest from American companies that some say contribute to human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. Students have been wondering if […]