If the secret to good magic is misdirection, then Gov. Jerry Brown might soon be the next David Copperfield. On Thursday, Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano announced a budget and tuition agreement as part of California’s May budget revision that will freeze tuition for the next two years for residents. This is […]
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Submission: SJP invites UCLA community to learn about Nakba, its consequences
It happens like clockwork. Though they may live anywhere from the United States to Chile, Lebanon to France, or Canada to Syria, when Palestinians in exile first meet, it is common for one to ask where the other is from in Palestine. It is an act of reclaiming family history, an assertion of “I am […]
Arthur Wang: ‘Bloody Thursday’ defines lack of dialogue between UC, students
All of us cheered when Gov. Jerry Brown struck a “historic” deal with the University of California and its president, Janet Napolitano, freezing tuition increases for two years and promising annual 4 percent budgetary increases over the next four. But few of us, especially the student activists who were at the forefront of last year’s […]
Editorial: Gov. Brown’s budget revision proves positive compromise possible
Positive news about California public university funding is a rarity these days, so Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget revision released Thursday was both a huge surprise and relief. The revision allocates $436 million to University of California’s vastly underfunded pension system over the next three years and 4-percent increases in base funding for the University each […]
Submission: Department of Urban Planning must let all students walk at graduation
At the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, master of urban and regional planning students are banned from participating in their cohort’s commencement ceremony unless all degree requirements have been completed in their entirety. In a recent conversation with a graduate student affairs adviser, it was confirmed to us that some departments allow for students […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Nakba should be acknowledged while discussing Israel
For many Palestinians, today doesn’t mark 67 years since the Nakba, but rather 67 years of the Nakba. In 1948, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland in what Palestinians call the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” that gave birth to the State of Israel. This tragedy has been compounded by the fact that, despite […]
Editorial: Napolitano responsible for responding to undocumented students’ demands
On the first day of the University of California summit on undocumented students last week, UC President Janet Napolitano’s opening address was cut short when a cadre of undocumented students in the audience rose from their chairs, fists in the air, and demanded recognition and restitution from a president they have never trusted. Over the […]