Parenting students and faculty on campus are a forgotten constituency. The voices of nursing mothers have been largely ignored by UCLA, heard only by student activist groups. This is the finale to the column series, which explores the issues these mothers face and the steps UCLA must take to address these unmet needs. The University […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Tabatha Lewis: LAPD’s predictive algorithm is inaccurate, dehumanizes offenders
Steven Spielberg, in his 2002 movie “The Minority Report,” played out the hypothetical in which an organization can predict crimes before they happen. The Los Angeles Police Department is about 10 years late to the game, and it looks like it’s taking the department more than 145 minutes to see why trying to predict crime […]
Atomic City: UC’s history with Los Alamos lab, bid to maintain control lacks transparency
Bruins may think that the state of nuclear weapons in the world is a far-removed topic that doesn’t affect them. That’s far from the case. Since the creation of nuclear weapons themselves, the University of California has had a direct stake in the management of U.S. nuclear weapons.
Avvalzameer Bhatia: UCLA should classify economics as a science program, not an arts one
UCLA seems to believe that taking cumbersome calculus- and statistics-based classes every quarter qualifies as an arts degree. Economics and business economics are considered Bachelor of Arts degree programs, even though the two majors put a heavy emphasis on mathematics. While this may not seem a dire circumstance, it is quite problematic for international students’ […]
Rushabh Nagori: Decision to replace financial actuarial math program’s lecturers will hurt students
Imagine you pay thousands of dollars to attend one of the world’s best public universities. You come in with the reasonable expectation that the university will do everything in its power to make you employable once you graduate – including hiring faculty who understand the industry you’re about to enter and can prepare you for […]
Sam Smoot: UCLA needs clearer universitywide guidelines regarding use of homework solution sites
In today’s cutthroat academic environment where university students are forced to contemplate which friends they would sacrifice to the volcano, it’s no wonder students often turn to online repositories to ensure good grades on their assignments. GitHub, Quizlet, Course Hero, Chegg – the options are many. While the differences in the format of these sites […]
Chris Busco: UCLA should be more explicit about its auto-lock and room-use policies
With finals fast approaching, UCLA students have begun looking for quiet rooms to hunker down and spend numerous caffeine-fueled hours cramming for tests, papers and projects. With libraries filled to the brim, empty classrooms can look like the perfect place to set up shop for a successful study session. Until they auto-lock, that is. UCLA’s […]