The University of California isn’t very good at making friends. Over the course of a little more than a year, the UC has managed to antagonize both its teaching assistants and its service workers. Now it’s the doctors’ turn. Last week, doctors staged a strike across the UC in protest of the University’s unfair labor […]
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Editorial: Plea deal in former athlete assault case reveals flaws in court system
A former UCLA water polo player accepted a plea deal last week that put him in prison for six months, forced him to attend one year of sexual assault counseling and serve two months of community service. At face value, that punishment does not seem to let Hakop Kaplanyan off easy. But in the context […]
Alexandra Tashman: Supporting UCLAyak, even passively, is immoral and illegal
Filming someone during sex without their explicit permission and then distributing the video is a crime. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And yet, some students are not only illegally filming their classmates, but they’re spreading the videos around for other students to watch. Enter UCLAyak. UCLAyak is a Snapchat account that […]
Editorial: Proposal tying academics to coaches’ bonuses should be passed
When the University of California Board of Regents tabled a proposal last week to tie coaches’ bonuses to academic performance, it signaled a blatant lack of concern for student-athletes’ academic success. The Board of Regents must move forward with this proposal to ensure that UC student-athletes take advantage of the world-class education available to them. […]
Yiwei Sun: UCLA must provide financial support resources to international students
Mingren Wang, a first-year business economics student from China, had to sell his house to pay for his tuition fees at UCLA. The University of California Board of Regents’ recent plan to increase tuition fees could potentially force international students like Wang to pay $1,700 more every year. This sum could be worth two months’ […]
Arthur Wang: Investment in California Community Colleges would bolster economy
Education should be for students, not for shareholders. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union proposal for free community college brought that issue to the forefront of national attention – and for very good reason, since community colleges currently enroll nearly half of U.S. college students. The positive economic impact of these schools justifies increased […]
Editorial: UCLA should recognize activists on expansion of Campbell Hall
More than 46 years have passed since rival activists shot and killed UCLA students and Black Panther’s Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins in Campbell Hall. Around campus, there are small reminders of these two men. A stone reading “Carter-Huggins 1969” sits in the garden near Campbell Hall’s east entrance, and friends and family commemorate […]