Two years ago, the Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a bylaw amendment officially tying its stipends to the minimum wage, a move that was designed primarily to provide students with financial hardships the ability to apply to and serve at the council table. Now, however, increased USAC stipends are coming at the cost of an […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Aram Ghoogasian: Students must put pressure on UC Regents to have voices heard
The University of California Regents aren’t our friends. Trying to achieve goals such as keeping tuition rates stable, ensuring accessibility to higher education and proper representation rarely comes easy when students are faced with the votes of 25 individuals against their single, relatively inconsequential vote. In an attempt to increase student representation, Avi Oved, UC […]
Ara Shirinian: Search engines should allow requests for removal of irrelevant links
It’s summer, and for most students it’s the chance to get away from the monotony of taking classes and being told what to learn to earn a degree. Over the next 10 weeks, four Daily Bruin columnists will take the time to explore the bigger problems of our day that exist beyond campus boundaries and […]
The Fifth Quarter
It’s summer and for most students it’s the chance to get away from the monotony of taking classes and being told what to learn to earn a degree. Four Daily Bruin columnists will take the time to explore the bigger problems of our day that exist beyond campus boundaries and often beyond students’ purview during […]
Bike-share program could drive students beyond Westwood
Usually, four is considered greater than two. However, for those that live in and around Westwood, two wheels may have a greater impact than four. On Thursday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Directors, also known as the Metro Board, awarded $11 million to the company Bicycle Transit Systems, Inc. to bring a bike-sharing program […]
Editorial: Charleston shooting forces students to look at on-campus racism
In 1963, the Ku Klux Klan detonated a bomb in a church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four black girls. The attack was a national tragedy that held a mirror up to America, revealing an ugly truth that spurred public support for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 less than a year later. […]
Ara Shirinian: New budget proposal interferes with FCC’s enforcement power
It’s summer and for most students it’s the chance to get away from the monotony of taking classes and being told what to learn to earn a degree. Over the next 12 weeks, four Daily Bruin columnists will take the time to explore the bigger problems of our day that exist beyond campus boundaries and […]