Finding and paying for housing is rarely simple for UCLA students who live on the Hill, where dorms are expensive and roommate assignments can cause everyone grief – but access problems are compounded for students who identify as transgender. Currently, there is one Gender, Sexuality and Society themed community on the Hill, but living there […]
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Editorial: UCLA must speed up water conservation efforts
California’s first-ever water mandate announced last week raised alarms that water conservation isn’t happening fast enough in the state – including at campuses like UCLA. UCLA has already started taking important steps toward reducing its water usage in the long term. But California’s water shortage is in an emergency state, and the university needs to […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Gender discrimination toward USAC leadership still prevalent
Male student government candidates usually don’t have to think twice about their safety while campaigning. Female candidates, on the other hand, face harassment on a regular basis. USC recently made headlines after it elected its first female student body president in about a decade. Its student government had not even seen a woman make a […]
Editorial: USAC right to offer incentives to increase voter turnout
UCLA students don’t vote in their undergraduate elections. Last year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council spring election summoned an abysmal 30 percent of students to vote, while the Fall special election drew less than 20 percent, invalidating important ballot referendums. For the past several years, voter turnout has hovered around 35 percent. In an attempt to […]
Shani Shahmoon: Proactive approach needed for Greek life regulations
When organizations fail to adequately police themselves, university administration has a responsibility to step in. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Greek life on campus. Following a string of troubling incidents at fraternities nationwide, UCLA administration has a responsibility to take a proactive, rather than reactive, approach. UCLA should not wait for a major […]
Ara Shirinian: UC should protect student privacy, take steps to prevent data mining
Every day, billions of pieces of information are collected on students and used to create intricate profiles on them. Most of these students don’t even have a choice, because they are forced by their schools to use programs that track them. Unfortunately, state and national legislation fails to provide the same kinds of privacy protections […]
Editorial: USAC councilmembers’ resignations set troubling precedent
Carlos Quintanilla’s resignation Thursday marked the third time a student-elected officer has left their student government position this school year. Quintanilla cited personal reasons for his departure and declined to comment any further. The Undergraduate Students Association Council also did not announce the resignation to the student body. Only about a month into his term, […]