The University of California may raise tuition once again after three years of managing to keep it flat while facing lower state funding. But students shouldn’t get mad at the UC: We need the money, and it’s the state that’s to blame. Under a proposal that UC President Janet Napolitano unveiled Wednesday, if the state […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Submission: Both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict must engage in dialogue
I believe each and every one of us has a story, a story worth sharing and a story worth being heard. So here is mine. I am an American Jew of Iranian descent. My parents fled from Iran in the 1970s following the Islamic Revolution. Many members of my family sought refuge here in the […]
Submission: Gene Block’s support of animal research ignores just criticism
On Nov. 3, Chancellor Gene Block sent UCLA students an email in which he voiced his support of animal researchers at UCLA. The email was prompted by professor David Jentsch’s Oct. 28 submission to the Daily Bruin, in which Jentsch expressed support for young animal researchers whose identities are being sought by the animal rights […]
Samah Pirzada: Circle of 6 safety app useful despite rough edges
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Internal Vice President’s office has accomplished a feat in moving a safety application called Circle of 6 to a UCLA-specific app development and marketing development stage. The app could make a huge difference for students in terms of sexual assault prevention and post-assault assistance. To be clear, the app is […]
Zoey Freedman: Steep ticketing meant to protect students walking in dismount zones
Bruin Walk has become less of a walk and more of a traffic lane with the current number of bicyclists and skateboarders. University police started handing out $200 tickets to people riding their bicycles, scooters and skateboards in the designated dismount zone, which lies between the De Neve crosswalk and the stairs of Kerckhoff Hall. […]
Editorial: Residential Life should be more transparent with changes to disciplinary policy
UCLA Residential Life quietly changed a disciplinary policy posted on its website last week listed under “Sanctions” and “Exclusion from On Campus Housing.”
Submission: University irresponsible for inviting controversial speaker to campus
Editor’s Note: The following submission contains strong language. We feel its inclusion is necessary to provide full context about the controversy surrounding Steven Salaita’s appearance at UCLA. Steven Salaita, the recently disgraced professor who was denied tenure at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in part due to his racist and inflammatory public statements, will […]