When public universities face a budget crunch, students typically brace themselves for spending cuts and tuition hikes. That’s what makes the deal reached by Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano last May so refreshing. The deal brings in $436 million of state money to fund the UC’s pension, an annual 4 […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial Cartoon: Political hypocrisy
With public attention focused on 2016 presidential election, cartoonist Zane Kaufmann comments on trends in partisan politics.
Editorial Cartoon: Registered voter
With attention focused on 2016 presidential election, cartoonist Michael Tran comments on voter participation in local elections.
Submission: EVP office’s Bruin Defenders program will further student advocacy
UCLA is home to an impressive number of student organizations with diverse interests, and each student organization should have opportunities to advocate for its interests and passions in order to bring about tangible change for its communities and the UCLA student body at large. Traditionally, past years’ travel grants given by the Office of the […]
Casey Kovarik: UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge should focus more on aiding students
I guess we should have known; they call it a “research institution,” not a “student institution.” Recently, UCLA has launched a number of “Grand Challenge” projects designed to face some of the largest, most pressing problems of our time. One of these, the Depression Grand Challenge, aims to find the root causes of depression and […]
Editorial: UC must increase transparency, stop deferral of labor disputes
Following last-minute meetings, the lecturers’ union and the University of California finally reached an agreement. Sort of. One day before their Halloween deadline, the University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the UC agreed to extend their contract until Dec. 10 with an additional round of bargaining coming up in a few weeks. University representatives, both […]
Submission: Disregard of AP, IB units during enrollment promotes equity
It is that time of the quarter when UCLA students have to plan out their schedule for the next term, wake up to an unfortunately early pass time and deal with the anxiety of getting the classes we want. But now some – emphasis on some – students have to deal with a different class […]