The single most important role of any university should be to protect its students. But UCLA proved it was willing to sacrifice that duty for a couple extra donations. UCLA removed Mollie Vehling, the former UCLA Spirit Squad director, from her position May 17 following a Title IX investigation for inviting members of the Spirit […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial cartoon: A homebody but not by choice
Editorial Cartoon: The jitters
UCLA must recognize students’ need for faster Wi-Fi connection in digital era
UCLA: the birthplace of the internet. Too bad the university never got past the 1970s connection speed. Students on the Hill have become numb to dial-up era connection, spotty Wi-Fi and switching between UCLA’s two main Wi-Fi networks in the hopes one might actually work. In 2010, Wi-Fi wasn’t even fully available in all the […]
Editorial: Although new budget provides flexibility, UC must prepare for economic downturns
California’s newly minted $214.8-billion budget didn’t leave college students behind. But the University of California isn’t off the hook quite yet. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s largest budget to date June 27. Sweeping funding measures will freeze tuition hikes and expand the number of spots in the UC and California State University systems to lower […]
