University honors programs are known for offering rigorous coursework that requires students be fiercely dedicated to applying themselves academically. UCLA’s honors courses, however, aren’t just difficult to complete, they are difficult to get into. College Honors is an academic program that caters to students committed to enriching their academic careers by taking on the extra […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial: California has responsibility to pass AB 931, restrict police lethality
Stephon Clark. Jontell Reedom. Ronnell Foster. Timothy Breckenridge. Manuel Borrego. The list goes on. And on. And on. Law enforcement’s use of lethal force has been a polarizing question for years. The nation fought in 2012 over whether a reserve officer was permitted to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin, a black 17-year-old high school student […]
Mariah Furtek: UCLA needs to paint clear path to art classes for non-art students
What do you call a liberal arts education without art classes? You had better ask UCLA to find out. UCLA students not majoring in art don’t have much of a chance to enroll in art classes. Lower division, introductory art classes – such as those covering ceramics and sculpture – are largely restricted to students […]
Submission: UCLA should allow use of meal plan swipes at on-campus restaurants
Gabriel Hergenroeder, a third-year student, was one of more than 2,600 UCLA undergraduates to respond to a survey on food accessibility disseminated on social media earlier by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s General Representative 1 office. Hergenroeder pondered the notion that his 19P meal plan was constrained by budgeting and physical separation from the Hill. […]
Clea Wurster: Privacy act must prevent gathering of consumer information without consent
If you haven’t recently considered going “off the grid” and deleting all social media accounts, you probably haven’t been paying attention to the news. Social media sites have been continually lambasted for information gathering and selling. Facebook collects your clicks, likes and reactions to posts and ads. Google records everything from what you search and […]
2018 GSA candidate nonendorsement: Katherine Jia for vice president of internal affairs
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. This article was updated Apr. 15 at 6:42 p.m. Katherine Jia’s enthusiasm reflects what the graduate student government needs most. Her lack of […]
2018 GSA candidate endorsement: Michael Skiles for president
The graduate student government’s election for its executive cabinet will continue until Tuesday. The Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviewed each of the five candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. Creating a new neighborhood council. Keeping the student union afloat. Forcing the university to change its guiding documents on housing. Michael Skiles has […]