Hundreds of decisions are made by collegiate student bodies every day around the country. Not all of these decisions are airtight, but they aren’t scrutinized because few expect young people to be perfect politicians. One can only imagine how taken aback two representatives at the Associated Students of University of California at Irvine felt this […]
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Editorial: Removal of controversial USAC video breaches code of transparency
In just four weeks, an on-campus controversy about anti-Semitism has gone global. On Thursday, The New York Times published an article recounting the Undergraduate Students Association Council Feb. 10 meeting, in which four councilmembers called into question Rachel Beyda’s ability to serve on the USAC Judicial Board because of her Jewish identity and her involvement […]
Submission: UCLA campus must take action to address anti-Semitism
A foul odor is in the air. Lest we have any doubt about it, The New York Times has caught a whiff of it, reporting in its Thursday edition on the Rachel Beyda case at UCLA. Simply put, we are in the throes of another version of the infamous Jewish Question here on campus. From […]
Editorial: Gov. Brown should return Napolitano’s effort to find common ground
At a time when good options seem limited, University of California President Janet Napolitano has seemingly found a way to stretch a budget. Napolitano recently announced that the entire UC system will cap the number of admitted students at the same number as last year if the state doesn’t give the University significantly more funding. […]
Zoey Freedman: Chancellor Block should increase availability to undergrad students
Once a quarter, every student at UCLA receives an entertaining email about Chancellor Gene Block’s student office hour. Although there are good intentions behind the idea of meeting with students personally to talk about campus issues, designating only a single hour to accommodate thousands of students is laughable. Even if a student does want to […]
Travis Fife: Department of Justice’s Ferguson report reveals racial problems
The most infuriating thing about listening to people talk about the shooting of Michael Brown over the last few months has been the tendency to view the event in a vacuum. There were times where the question of racism was a simple one – were the officer’s actions racially motivated, or was he just doing […]
Shani Shahmoon: UCLA should allow alumni free access to BruinView
College graduates are facing a drastically different job market than the one that existed when our parents went to school. Where before someone might have begun working after graduation in the same company they would one day retire in, now, it is not uncommon for students to jump from job to job throughout their 20s. […]