A two-page essay once a week. Five eight-page essays with title pages, bibliographies and endnotes. By my estimation, I used almost 75 pages of paper on these written assignments last quarter alone. After I’m done writing this column, I’m going to print four more pages. And there are nearly 31,000 other undergraduate students like me. […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Clea Wurster: Orientation’s slogan ‘consent is sexy’ demands an upgrade
This post was updated on April 12 at 7:30 p.m. April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. What better time to discuss consent and how downright sexy it is? Or at least, that is what UCLA’s orientation wants incoming freshmen to do. The curriculum at UCLA’s summer New Student Orientation is supposed to generate […]
Opinion editors: USAC candidates must stay clear from drama, violations to boost voting
The sun recedes on the aging walls of Kerckhoff Hall. Bruin Walk’s bricks glow an orangish hue. Flyers blow across Bruin Plaza, dancing in the wind and littering the walkway. Oddly cheerful headshots on signboards smile back at students making their way down Election Walk. A horde of students in matching T-shirts carry leftover flyers […]
Erin Nguyen: UCLA must utilize ally training for faculty, staff to protect students
As a queer student of color, UCLA is home. But while UCLA is already a sanctuary where I feel safe, this is not the case for every student. Earlier this year, President DonaldTrump signed a series of executive orders on immigration that targeted undocumented immigrants and majority-Muslim countries, causing students nationwide to urge their campuses […]
Pravin Visakan: UCLA should offer college degree program for prison inmates
With sleepless nights, budding caffeine addictions and obscure curricula, a college education at UCLA might seem more like a punitive measure than anything else. However, a college degree represents increased opportunity and can further one’s potential for employment and self-fulfillment – especially for those who need it most, namely, prison inmates. California currently suffers from […]
Chris Busco: Proposed bill AB 1356 is practical step to affordable higher education
For years, free college tuition has been nothing more than a platitude enthusiastically repeated by liberal politicians at political rallies. This year, assembly member Susan Talamantes Eggman changed that. Her recently proposed bill, AB 1356, could turn free tuition for California residents from a pipe dream into a reality. As college costs skyrocket, more and […]
Jasmine Aquino: The UC needs to officially declare as sanctuary campuses
The University of California has repeatedly described itself as a “sanctuary campus” that protects the rights of undocumented students, but it’s missing an important step: actually making that description an official designation. While the undocumented immigrant population in the United States, especially in the Latino community, is having a crisis-level standoff with the federal government, […]