Much of the campus conversation around increasing diversity focuses on an “education pipeline” that should, in theory, take high school students from across California and funnel them through the state’s various higher education systems. New data showing that 6 in 10 public high school students are not eligible for enrollment in the University of California […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Letter to the Editor: USAC’s disregard of parliamentary rules risks council’s image
UCLA’s past undergraduate student governments have mostly worked well together at the Undergraduate Students Association Council table in regard to debating various issues or discussing proposals to changes in student policy. For those who have served at the USAC table, we know that most of the work is done away from it. However, we also […]
Chloe Lew: Students of all majors should take advantage of writing resources
Writer’s block is pretty much a universal phenomenon. But students of different disciplines may not realize that resources exist on campus to help them work through their difficulties as writers. A misconception that pervades many academic departments is that writing resources such as the Undergraduate Writing Center are for students of the humanities and social […]
Maia Ferdman: Department counseling evaluations would help offices tailor services
True to their title, academic advisers have the main responsibility of helping students navigate the daunting maze of graduation requirements, unit caps, enrollment times and application deadlines. So student experience is central to the job of an academic adviser. Student feedback, whether positive or negative, would therefore be the most accurate way to measure a […]
Natalie Delgadillo: USAC members must commit to collaboration
The harmful rhetoric and procedural missteps at the undergraduate student government’s discussion of a divestment resolution last quarter illustrated a deep division among communities on campus. In turn, that division was represented on the council, where a straw poll revealed adherence to a strict party line, with members from the Bruins United slate voting against […]
Alexandra Tashman: Insensitive rhetoric invalidates struggles of sexual assault survivors
That narrative is not only wrong, it’s harmful. In fact, it’s flat-out dangerous. Sexual assault happens all the time, in places that are supposed to be safe, and to people you know and love.
Travis Fife: Settings like Deltopia need community, police cooperation
I walked into a bedroom trying to find a friend and instead only found the taste of tear gas. Five minutes earlier, a police officer had shot a can of tear gas into the bedroom where I was staying. Then came an hour of nothing but tear gas being launched into crowds of students and […]