The virtual world of the internet is once again converging with the concerns of reality. Yelp, an online review and information website, is appealing to the California Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling demanding the company to remove defamatory reviews. The appeal, if lost, could set a new legal precedent, allowing the state […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Abhishek Shetty: Misguided Volunteer Day projects miss opportunity for real impact
Last year, when I was a freshman on Volunteer Day, we were sent to EL ARCA, a center for adults with developmental disabilities. On a sweltering morning, ten of us were handed the job of painting a fence that was about 15 feet across, while the Volunteer Day leaders circled around and nodded in approval. […]
Arman Sharif: Enrollment increases are irresponsible, hinder quality of education
This year’s incoming class will bring almost 1,000 more bodies to campus than last year’s 8,786 newly admitted freshmen and transfer students. If you think this is just another drop in the big bucket of the most populated college in California, it might be a little more unnerving to know that the University of California […]
Editorial Cartoon: Another cartooning tip
Editorial: California US Senate candidates’ higher education plans lack specificity
California’s U.S. Senate candidates Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez have spoken out in favor of college affordability, but neither of the candidates’ plans are specific or even convincing enough to tackle the issues of growing student debt, compromised education quality and overworked faculty, especially at public universities like UCLA. Harris and Sanchez must offer more […]
UCLA Residential Life must publicize Living Learning Communities more
Mi mamá proudly told my extended family members I was off to study at the famous UCLA while I silently wished I could stay home to study during my first year. Coming to an institution that was not created for me, a bisexual first-generation Mexican American woman, forced me to learn lessons not typically found […]
Aaron Julian: California GOP should push to prevent prison overpopulation
The American prison system and its population is huge. About 22-percent-of-the-world’s-prisoners huge. This sound bite has been used in many political debates, stump speeches and news articles, but changing this apparent injustice through scientifically backed, tried-and-true methods has been slow and complicated. The American populace strongly supports prison reform, and the political party or individual […]