At home, my grandfather often sings us old tango classics, my mother eats a spoonful of dulce de leche for dessert most nights and Spanish was my first language.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Alexandra Tashman: Accepting AP credits as college courses would help students, state
A typical bachelor’s degree at a California State University campus can cost upward of $22,000, and that’s without factoring in the cost of books and fees.
Katie Shepherd: Bill offers cap on student loan interest
Imagine a law that keeps your student loans from ballooning out of control, holding accumulated interest to a reasonable level.
Eitan Arom: USAC endowment fund can provide stability
Boom-and-bust cycles are no fun. Just ask the one person in 10 who was unemployed at the height of the recent recession.
UCLA’s student body learned this lesson firsthand last year.
Ryan Nelson: Courses would benefit from hands-on education
As students, we are no strangers to the effects of budget cuts and their potential impact on our classrooms. Larger lectures, more students and fewer academic options have all been results of fiscal ineptitude on the part of both state and school, reflections of California’s economic troubles. Despite this dreary outlook, there have been opportunities […]
Maia Ferdman: SB 1172 a stepping stone for gay rights, modernity
Although public attention to the gay rights movement has largely centered around the issue of gay marriage and the place of gay men and women in the military, Senate Bill 1172 puts California at the forefront of yet another frontier of the gay rights movement.
Eitan Arom: USAC funding should be directed at all students
Had John Wooden lived another four months and ten days, he would have been able to attend “Wooden Day”, a campus-wide celebration that marked his 100th birthday.