As a native Californian, I’ve always felt shamelessly privileged with the best – the beautiful West Coast, eternal sunshine, celebrity neighbors and about $23,000 less in tuition fees at the University of California than nonresidents. But that last privilege of a less costly tuition is now being compromised: for the last six years, Californians have […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: JazzReggae Festival needs to plan for future financial sustainability
Of the past 12 years that UCLA has held JazzReggae on our campus, the large festival has run a deficit 10 times. Skyrocketing operational costs and decreasing ticket sales have meant that JazzReggae relies on unstable sources of funding to stay afloat, including student fees paid out to the Cultural Affairs Commission and double-dipping in […]
Editorial: UCLA community should stand against Armenian genocide denial
Members of the Turkish Cultural Club tried to deny on Tuesday that the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians near the start of the 20th century was a genocide. Denying the existence of a genocide is a heinous act that degrades the experience of an entire people and is threatening to the prevention of future racism […]
Submission: Transfer students deserve more representation
Over the years, the number of transfer students applying to UCLA has grown at a steady rate. However, despite the growing number of applicants to this esteemed university, quality representation for admitted transfer students has been limited. This can be seen through the lack of transfer student housing, the fact that transfer orientation lasts only […]
Submission: Transfer student stereotypes must be eliminated
Grueling, lonely, overwhelming, tough, intimidating, disappointing, isolating, stressful, exciting, adaptable, opportunistic, roller coaster, secluding, unexpected, full of homesickness; these are words commonly expressed by our Transfer Student Representative staff describing their first quarter at UCLA. Mostly coming from community colleges, new transfer students at UCLA often find it challenging to assimilate to the rigorous academic […]
Casey Kovarik: College-ranking system should consider demographics, mission
Linking college ratings to federal funding is a good idea in theory, but it’s a bit more complicated in practice. Recently the U.S. Department of Education released a framework for a college ratings system that would score colleges and distribute funding based on those ratings. It says it has chosen to create broad ratings that […]
Submission: Deflating UC administrative bloat better than hiking tuition
On Jan. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown’s newly proposed budget for the next fiscal year disappointed University of California officials amidst a standoff over tuition increases. Gov. Brown decided to increase state general funds to the UC by $120 million, falling short of an additional $100 million demanded by UC President Janet Napolitano to stop the […]