To maintain its reputation as an elite public research institution, UCLA must distance itself from former Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey, who is under federal and state investigation for bribery and obstruction of justice, among other alleged crimes. As a public institution, UCLA has an added responsibility to be transparent and accountable for its […]
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Chloe Lew: Eliminating jargon key to uniting students of different majors
I wasted a lot of my time at college feeling patronized – not for what I studied, but for what I didn’t study. For a while, being an English student – and not a science, technology, engineering or mathematics student as most of my friends were – meant that it was okay to be called […]
Aram Ghoogasian: USAC should take concrete steps to establish on-campus prayer space
Student government resolutions can’t enact change on their own. The effort that sometimes succeeds their passage, however, can. At the Tuesday Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting, the USAC General Representative 1 office will introduce a resolution in the hopes of establishing an on-campus space dedicated to prayer and meditation. The discussion shouldn’t take very long […]
Editorial: Open forum with ‘committee of two’ way to rebuild student trust
Since forming a committee of two in January to create new funding strategies for the University of California, Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano have had precious little to show for their efforts. Students and California taxpayers alike have been kept in the dark about what the committee has been up to since […]
Travis Fife: UCLA must pressure NCAA to let student-athletes sign endorsement deals
Duke may have hoisted a trophy on Monday night, but the real winner of the 2015 men’s basketball tournament was the NCAA. The championship game between Duke and Wisconsin was the highest rated championship in 22 years, averaging 11.3 million viewers across the broadcast. These ratings capped off a tournament in which advertising revenue totaled […]
Editorial: USAC Election Board should punish early, illicit online campaigning
Nearly every UCLA student government election sees election code violations punished inadequately or not punished at all. Just as they did last year, candidates from the Undergraduate Students Association Council slates LET’S ACT! and Bruins United posted photos on personal social media accounts weeks before the approved start date for online campaigning. The candidates have […]
UCPD must implement body cameras, heighten sensitivity measures
The Los Angeles Police Department will equip 7,000 of its officers with body cameras. University police, on the other hand, have not equipped a single officer to date. Recent events have shed light on the need to equip police officers, and consequently the UCPD, with cameras. However, progress in implementing body cameras for UCPD has […]