The coming of spring brings more than blooming flowers and looming graduation dates. Spring means internship season – the daunting process of Bruins finding, applying and narrowing down how they will spend their summer. Many students visit the UCLA Career Center or attend a Hire UCLA Fair looking for internships but get overwhelmed with seemingly […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
William Bleveans: UCLA must reaffirm institutional commitment to free speech
Ann Coulter must have known what she was getting into. About two weeks ago, students at UC Berkeley threatened violence when Berkeley College Republicans invited the conservative pundit to speak on campus. Cowed by these threats, the administration refused to accommodate her original speaking slot, and she eventually canceled her appearance. Coulter was the victim […]
Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA’s fee on contributions can deter potential donors, harm students
Any type of aid, no matter how small , is usually welcomed with open arms – and pockets. Unless, of course, you’re UCLA. Potential donors to the UCLA Foundation, the organization which manages and directs gifts to the university, face a one-time only fee of 6.5 percent taken from the grant. The fee provides support […]
Mariah Furtek: Dining hall dress codes need more clarity to avoid insensitivity
No shoes, no shirt, no service. This isn’t just a silly slogan found outside beachfront restaurants; it is also the UCLA dress code for its residential dining halls, which can be found online. Hailey Black, a first-year pre-human biology and society student, felt the brunt of that policy April 22 when she entered De Neve […]
Keshav Tadimeti: State legislators need to stay out of UC transparency problem
Sacramento is having a field day. A recent state audit found the University of California Office of the President failed to disclose nearly $175 million in budget reserves and claimed UC executive employees receive unnecessarily excessive salaries and benefits. This is the scandal Sacramento has been yearning for. Ravenous California lawmakers are wasting no time […]
Emily Merz: UC must focus on student food insecurity with long-term solutions
UCLA tour guides will tell you the campus has the best dining hall food in the country. But far from the comfort of 19 Premier meal plans and omelet bars, many students barely have enough nutritious food to get through the day. In fact, a survey of undergraduate students’ food security levels by University of […]
Jacqueline Alvarez: Housing-first approach must be prioritized for homeless in Westwood
Tony Perez has been living inside his cramped Chevy Cruz for almost 2 years. The fourth-year psychology student became homeless in the fall of 2015 when he was unable to obtain student loans, making him incapable of paying UCLA Housing’s hefty room and boarding bill. Perez is the main provider for his family. He works […]