Around eighth week, the familiar murmurs of “This quarter went by too fast!” start to echo around campus. A course that seemed like it would be a slow, arduous trek at the beginning of the quarter feels like a sprint. As a consequence of the quarter system, Bruins are always rushing.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
_Curriculum should include alternate viewpoints to mainstream economic thought_
Presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke to a crowd of more than 5,000 at UCLA on Wednesday, presenting economic views he claimed you won’t often find in the classroom.
_Proposed Luskin Conference Center eats up funds that can go to students more directly_
The concept of a building in which visiting scholars, professors, world-class researchers and other academics can stay, meet and hold conferences on UCLA’s campus is undeniably appealing. But is that really how the proposed UCLA hotel, the Luskin Conference and Guest Center, would function?
_Smoking ban in university apartments unreasonable_
A ban in November on smoking in or near University of California medical centers began a string of planned changes in smoking policy for the UC system.
_Despite student protests, Saxon Steps are a safety hazard and should be removed_
The removal of Saxon Steps, while reducing convenient access to the North Village, would provide a safer route between the area and the Hill for students.
_Declaring sexual orientation on SIR could improve LGBT students’ college experience_
Though sexual orientation is commonly considered a personal issue, a new proposal in the University of California Academic Senate would allow the university to quantify the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender presence on campus.
_UCLA needs open forum to discuss charged issues like transfer admissions_
The headline, “How student transfers hurt public universities,” was not Matthew Kahn’s idea. But by the time the Christian Science Monitor revised the headline and the blog post that ran with it, the damage had already been done.