If you were to speak to a handful of random undergraduates on Bruin Walk, many would probably be unfamiliar with all USAC can do for them. Most would be aware there exists some sort of student government. But when it comes to understanding specific details or really any information beyond knowing that USAC stands for […]
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Editorial: Better integrating e-scooters on campus would help reduce emissions
For a campus with a lot of slopes and walkways, UCLA is awfully opposed to the concept of traveling on two wheels. Four wheels are somehow fine, though. The university made national headlines – or rather, Washington Post’s blog’s – when UCLA Transportation reported students called a whopping 11,000 Uber and Lyft rides to and […]
Op-ed: Opposition to The Agora housing project is misguided, fails to consider benefits
“This will be a giant student party zoo!” That’s one of several sentences written in bold on a site denouncing an incoming Westwood housing project. It’s an alarming, awful, sad thing, to feel under attack just because of who you are, your occupation or where you go to school. But that’s exactly what us UCLA […]
Editorial: Student leaders should keep the powerful in check, not cut them a check
UCLA’s student leaders recently have come under the illusion they’re playing a game of catch with their vested power. The thing is, administrators don’t pass back. The Student Fee Advisory Committee, a body of students, faculty and staff that advises the chancellor on how to allocate tens of thousands of dollars in student fees, rejected […]
Editorial: Librarians are latest employees to be deprioritized by UC’s anti-union actions
The University of California checked out a book about fairness from its librarians 10 months ago. It doesn’t seem intent on returning it – or paying any late fees. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers Unit 17, the union representing UC librarians, and the UC Office of the President have been in contract negotiations for […]
Op-ed: Regents quietly, unjustly cut student advisor position last minute
The students of the University of California were conned out of a seat at the leadership table last month. Three weeks ago, the UC Board of Regents voted on a proposal to extend the student advisor pilot program it had created two years prior after student calls for more representation in the University’s decision-making body. […]
School of Medicine receives $15.2M gift from estate of comedian Garry Shandling
The David Geffen School of Medicine received $15.2 million to further its research, according to a university press release. Garry Shandling, a comedian, actor and previous patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, died March 2016 and left $15.2 million from his estate to expand research in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and hypertension; […]