Category Archives: Opinion Columns

When the professor in my comparative literature class asks, “Does anyone have any questions about the syllabus?” no one raises their hand to suggest additional readings, supplemental films or essays.

As the adage goes, more money, more problems.

Effective June 7, the California Social Science Experimental Laboratory, or CASSEL, will close its doors, potentially driving researchers and graduate students to universities that provide them the resources they need to do their research. Since its inception in 2000, the lab has conducted more than 2,500 experiments with more than 100 publications in top academic […]

I’ve struggled on and off with depression and often debilitating anxiety since my freshman year of high school. At times, these issues have completely limited my ability to succeed academically. I am not alone. I am not even uncommon. In fact, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 25 percent of people between the […]

The school year may be winding down for most of us, but for the newly elected Undergraduate Students Association Council officers, much of their work has just begun.

To quantify the state of campus climate and of intergroup understanding on campus, UCLA conducted a Diverse Learning Environments survey in 2011 as part of an effort to gauge and improve certain areas of campus climate.

Last month, the University of California announced its support for AB 609, a bill in the California legislature that would require state-funded research to be made freely accessible to the public no later than 12 months after initial publication, a sensible step to provide the public what it paid for.