Antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Faulty scopes. There are some aspects of a recent deadly superbug outbreak that were outside of UCLA’s control. But the university is to blame for a lack of transparency and breach of public trust surrounding the deadly bacteria. In December, the first infected patient came to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: UCLA working to familiarize study abroad programs to students
First lady Michelle Obama has called the benefits of study abroad “almost endless.” During a 2014 visit to China, she encouraged all college students to consider a term abroad. The experience of living and learning overseas, she noted, “is going to make you more marketable in the United States. More and more companies are realizing […]
Submission: USAC members apologize to Jewish community
As individuals committed to social activism and advocating on behalf of underrepresented communities, we understand the importance and urgency of wearing our identities as a badge of honor. Integral to this is respecting and celebrating identities other than our own, and for this reason it is vital to hold ourselves accountable when we fail to […]
Kunal Patel: Gov. Brown must consult advisory committee when appointing regents
Without a doubt, Gov. Jerry Brown has provided concrete results in his most recent term as head of the state. From making tough decisions in the form of budget cuts and temporary tax hikes, Brown has – for the most part – done a fantastic job at balancing the state’s budget. But amid all that […]
Casey Kovarik: Clinics must take steps to improve quality of care for Latino patients
Getting medical care in a language you don’t feel comfortable speaking is like driving a stick shift when you don’t know how: difficult and likely to result in errors. Researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine found that while the proportion of Latinos in the U.S. population has grown over the past 30 […]
Editorial: Zero-based budgeting a promising approach to hold UC accountable
State legislators are putting University of California officials in the hot seat this week by picking through each line of the 2015-2016 UC budget in a long-overdue examination of the system’s finances. Since her reelection as Assembly speaker in November, Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) has championed a “zero-based” budgeting approach for the UC in which […]
Editorial: Long-overdue changes to USAC Election Code help ensure transparency
On Tuesday night, the Undergraduate Students Association Council finally voted to amend its flawed and often vague Election Code. On the whole, the changes council made will go far in ensuring fair and transparent elections in spring, although there was one kink in the code left unaddressed by the most recent update. First, the council […]