If you or I received a base pay increase after going seven years without one, it likely wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. But university administrators aren’t paid like you and me. Although state funding and the price of education have been moving at inversely proportional rates, the University of California Board of Regents decided earlier […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Travis Fife: Choosing college major is a personal process
I once waited on a total stranger in a restaurant who insisted that the only thing I could do with a degree in philosophy was become a priest. Even after I explained to him that there is more than one type of philosophy, he still tried to convince me that my only hope of making […]
Chloe Lew: Traveling involves finding familiar elements in foreign spaces
The first thing I do when I step foot on new land is look toward the sky. It was clear blue when our program cohort drove into Scotland the first weekend, clean and crisp the way it is most nights home in the Bay Area, but a far cry from the thick veil of glaring […]
Samah Pirzada: Students should take action against restrictive voter ID laws
College students across the nation are rising up against Republican-sponsored voter ID laws, which are making the process of voting harder and decreasing young voter participation rates. Many civil rights groups, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Advancement Project, based in Washington, D.C., are up in arms about these […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Controversy surrounding food trucks in Westwood overblown
You’d be hard pressed to find people on the street that have problems with food trucks, but apparently a few small business owners aren’t too fond of them. An empty lot on Gayley Avenue, which has gone unused for several years, is now being used as a parking lot for food trucks, adding to the […]
Julia McCarthy: UC food initiative fails to reach off-campus students
Both a literal and more figurative pickle often confronts me in the supermarkets of Westwood: to buy the expensive veggies, or to skimp on the healthy stuff to be financially savvy. But with University of California President Janet Napolitano spearheading a new UC initiative to tackle the issue of global hunger, hope might be in […]
Natalie Delgadillo: Political stances overshadow student government ethics
If there’s anything I’ve learned from watching student government, it’s that rational, respectful conversations about opposing viewpoints are always to be hoped for and rarely to be had. At least, I’m still hoping. But the unfolding drama around Avi Oved, last year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council internal vice president and the current student regent-designate nominee […]