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 […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: UC requires more state support to improve budget practices
California has one of the world’s best public higher-education systems, but state audits suggest elected officials are more interested in gaining political capital than supporting the University of California. On April 25, the state auditor reported the University was overpaying some administrators compared to other public sector workers, and had accrued $175 million in secret […]
Editorial Cartoon: The debate
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 […]
Submission: UCLA needs more resources to address international students’ concerns
Two months ago, second-year global studies and political science student Nis Hamid opened up about her experience being targeted by federal immigration policy. Although two judges have since stopped the immigration ban, she still regularly suffers from anxiety disorder and panic attacks – months after the ordeal. Hamid, who is now part of the policy […]
Submission: Students must commit to respect, civility during USAC election season
With the 2017 Undergraduate Student Association Council elections in full swing, tensions between campaigns are starting to flare. But we need to remember a few important things between social media filled with campaign photos, election board hashtags and Facebook posts longer than most essays I’ve written during my four years in college. First and foremost, we […]
