When people first hear that transfer students make up one third of the students at UCLA, according to Transfer Student Support, they are usually quite surprised. Many have thought of transfers as a small subset of the student population, and as fitting into an equally narrow demographic. The reality is, however, that transfers at UCLA […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Travis Fife: UCLA must be consistent in applying principles to donors
There was at least one face missing in the crowd as the Los Angeles Clippers blew out the second-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. That face was Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Sterling missed the game because last week, the NBA joined a host of organizations cutting ties with Sterling by banning him for life from […]
Submission: Groups ask USAC candidates to decline sponsored trips
Editor’s note: The following is a statement jointly written and disseminated by the Armenian Students’ Association, Samahang Pilipino, the Afrikan Student Union, Students for Justice in Palestine, the Muslim Student Association and Jewish Voice for Peace. Representatives of those organizations contacted candidates, asking them to sign the statements by the deadline of Monday at 5 […]
Submission: Board’s handling of USAC elections deplorable
As board members of UCLA’s Young Americans for Liberty and Bruin Republicans we represent the voices of libertarians and conservatives on this campus. We can mutually attest to the deplorable handling of this year’s student government elections thus far by both the Election Board and the Undergraduate Students Association Council and thank the Judicial Board for overturning this year’s elections calendar. […]
Natalie Delgadillo: Sparring over election calendar reveals split council
Last Tuesday’s undergraduate student government meeting had all the trappings of a workday at the United States Congress.
Editorial Cartoon: Perpetually waiting
Submission: Survey results a first step in furthering online education at UCLA
Recently, the Daily Bruin published an article discussing the lack of initiative for online education. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission established an online education advisory board aimed at facilitating discussion regarding how online education would impact the academic experience at UCLA. This board, comprised of students who […]