For years, UCLA students lived with the fact that their Los Angeles city council member doesn’t care about their basic needs. They now also have to live with the fact that their elected representative thinks some of them are terrorists. Paul Koretz, the three-term city council member who represents City District 5, which includes Westwood, […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Class-based affirmative action would better address inequity in UC system
History is replete with accounts of ambitious political initiatives that have promised to address all manner of injustices, only to devolve into a “tragedy of good intentions.” Race-based affirmative action seems to be no exception to this historical trend. The University of California has a long history of supporting race-based affirmative action programs, which are […]
Editorial Cartoon: It’s always the squirrels
UCLA’s failure to rise to the occasion leaves elevators liable to be dangerous
UCLA’s elevators are notorious for being unreliable. Even more unreliable, though, is the university’s elevator permit process. Roughly 61 percent of the 531 elevators on campus, including those in Rieber Hall, Sproul Landing and Ackerman Union, currently have expired permits. Some permits on campus expired as far back as 2013. Outdated permits and malfunctioning elevators […]
Media literacy GE classes necessary to help students navigate modern platforms
What do you get when CNN’s Jim Acosta, President Donald Trump’s administration and a doctored video enter the national news media? A new low in our post-truth reality. Gone are the days when the national media landscape was dominated by clear ideological narratives driven by an elite class of political, economic and media figures. A […]
Editorial Cartoon: It’s that time of year again
Editorial: UCPath needs to pave a smoother road for University employees
Step one for creating a payroll system: make sure it works. That’s where we seemed to have lost the University of California. After four years of delays and mishaps, you would be forgiven for thinking the worst was over for the UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources. The University has touted UCPath for […]