On Thursday, The University of California Board of Regents decided to, once again, raise tuition for nonresident students. UC President Janet Napolitano sent a clear message to all out-of-state, international and nonresident-tuition-nonexempt undocumented students: We don’t care about you unless you bankroll our institution. The tuition hikes are a paradigm of the paradoxical relationship between […]
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UC’s tuition hikes overlook overarching issue of graduate student under-enrollment
Finish the puzzle. Deferred enrollment – the process of stashing your admit letter so you can make the world a better place for another year before having to learn how to play rage cage. Deferred maintenance – the process of snoozing the alarm clock alerting you that infrastructure, like those rusty elevators in Boelter Hall, […]
Letter to the editor: Public perception of predictive policing is wrong, it can help reduce crime
This post was updated May 21 at 11:28 a.m. Dear Editor, Earlier this month, Opinion columnist Lena Nguyen criticized the character and reputation of my colleague, Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropology professor, in an Opinion column titled “Predictive policing algorithm perpetuates racial profiling by LAPD.” The piece maligned the nature of his work and contributions to […]
UCLA Mobile is hardly useful to students, lacking even the most basic features
Imagine having a UCLA mobile app, where you could access everything, from dining hall menus to class schedules, in one place. Believe it or not, this app already exists. But chances are, you’ve probably never heard of it. The UCLA Mobile app is meant to compile links to university resources into one dashboard for […]
The Centennial Issue: UCLA, For Sale
In the beginning, Westwood was without form and void. Only ranch land was upon the face of the rolling hills. Then Edwin and Harold Janss said, “Let there be UCLA.” The Janss brothers’ land grant gift to mankind and the University of California came at $3.5 million less than the actual price – in effect, […]
Student services fee emblematic of administration lacking financial transparency
For many students, the cost of attending UCLA is itself a burden. What’s even more of a burden is footing the bill so that administrators can pay for a red carpet photo shoot. The University of California charges students a mandatory $376 Student Services Fee each quarter. This money goes toward a diverse array of […]
Editorial: CARE director severance ignores student needs, undermines resources
UCLA has a new motto for student services: If it’s not broken, break it. The saying derives from the latest chapter of UCLA’s student services mishap – this time about its Campus Assault Resources & Education program, which provides resources to sexual assault survivors and advocates against sexual violence. The university announced earlier this month […]