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Category Archives: Opinion Columns
UC Board of Regents should be held accountable to students, faculty
Back in November, the word on everybody’s lips was “˜regent’. “The regents are raising our fees!” “The regents don’t care for students!” “The regents changed the date to avoid students and protests!” There was a lot of talk about what they were doing, but barely any talk about who the members of the UC Board of Regents are. Who are they? How did they become regents? And who told them they could run the University of California, and all of its 220,000 students?
International students should be enticed to stay after graduation
President Barack Obama’s new, generous NASA budget recently drew praise from none other than “Avatar” director James Cameron, who worried that national budget woes would see space exploration “fall off the priority list.”
Banning smoking is illogical
Ancient legends speak of winged serpents, whose claws pierce armor and lungs breathe fire. Their wingspan so fearsome and methods so wicked, the Bible likened Satan himself unto their vile form.
No true fan should be turned away
The current UCLA student ticket system for men’s basketball games is a mess. It dampens the intensity of the Den, the section that makes home-court advantage the vital benefit it is in college basketball.
Learn to teach, not to preach
If you’ve ever left a lecture muttering, “This isn’t what I paid for,” you’re not alone.
USAC town hall addresses price of higher education
On Jan. 23, the undergraduate student government invited state Assembly members to a town hall meeting to discuss strategies to preserve the quality and affordability of higher education.