I never identified myself as an Armenian. When asked, I was unusually quick to point to my Russian heritage instead. I, as an Armenian, remained foolishly silent and unresponsive to my own roots.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
_Students should feast on more than just food in recently renovated Rieber dining hall_
If you have not been to Feast at Rieber, the Hill’s recently renovated pan-Asian dining hall, you are missing out. Entering Feast, students are greeted with salutations from Asian countries ““ seven to be exact. The restaurant features cuisines from China, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Hawaii.
_Department of Special Collections waiting to be used in more undergraduate coursework_
Libraries are rightly understood as central to the life of universities. Powell Library, in all its Romanesque monumentality, towers inescapably over the average Bruin’s experience of campus.
_Increased financial aid to middle-income class will attract a competitive applicant pool_
Despite the financial uncertainty that is endemic in California’s public colleges and universities, one University of California campus is making a positive change by reaching out to middle-class students with more tuition assistance.
_Collaboration is Capitol_
The atmosphere throughout the UC system has been one of turmoil following the events of last quarter ““ the UC Davis pepper spray incidents.
_Fixing the future_
College tuition is rising faster than inflation ““ an alarming trend that desperately calls for an alternative funding model for American higher education.
_Passing the Dream Act is only half the battle_
Now that the controversial California Dream Act and Assembly Bills 130 and 131 have passed, it would seem undocumented students applying to the University of California will finally receive the same financial aid benefits as all other students.