Up until the 1990s, Westwood Village offered much more in the way of amenities and excitement, but in recent decades the area has seen much less activity and becomes especially quiet during evenings. This is a strange phenomenon; after all, if UCLA can scatter some $12.7 billion a year throughout the L.A. region, why can’t […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: UCLA should recognize activists on expansion of Campbell Hall
More than 46 years have passed since rival activists shot and killed UCLA students and Black Panther’s Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins in Campbell Hall. Around campus, there are small reminders of these two men. A stone reading “Carter-Huggins 1969” sits in the garden near Campbell Hall’s east entrance, and friends and family commemorate […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Bruin Republicans’ diversity requirement protest gains little support
It’s often said that a small, dedicated group of people can make a large impact. Last week’s protest by 10 members of Bruin Republicans was not one of those times. The organization staged a protest last week against UCLA’s new general education requirement, which would have students take a course about inequalities based on race, […]
Kunal Patel: Reducing administrative pay will not effectively cut UC costs
For the last few months leading up to Wednesday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting, the state has persistently asked that the UC open up its books and listen to state suggestions as a way to reduce its cost structure. And as an olive branch of good faith to Gov. Jerry Brown, the Board […]
Arthur Wang: Obama’s comments on decreasing gas prices are misleading
Without a legislative majority to defend or a major economic slouch to ruin the mood, President Obama spoke confidently, perhaps even defiantly, during Tuesday’s State of the Union address. This meant that Obama took credit for, or at least addressed, quite a few things about the economy, such as the fact that job growth is […]
Editorial: UCLA must make reasonably priced parking available to students
For commuter students, having affordable transportation is not just a convenience – it’s a necessity. Of the total student population at UCLA, around 25 percent of all students – undergraduate and graduate alike – commute to campus. Many commuter students do so to cut down on costs, usually by living outside of pricey Westwood. Unfortunately, […]
Ryan Nelson: UCLA needs to take initiative against overfishing
So we’ve officially eaten ourselves sick. That’s according to a study published this month by Science Magazine, which posits that human beings have essentially overfished ourselves to the brink, and soon will suffer the consequences: a massive extinction of marine life that will eventually cause a decreased food supply, less biological diversity and a far […]