At a town hall meeting Monday, students called for the university to appoint a vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion who is culturally competent, creative and direct in addressing diversity issues. A search committee for the new vice chancellor held the town hall meeting to solicit opinions and concerns about the future appointment. Fifteen […]
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Editorial: Publicizing open positions necessary to find more qualified applicants
In the coming months, the undergraduate student government will have to appoint several more students to positions on various UCLA governing bodies and committees. And if past patterns are any indication of future outcomes, the pool of applicants that Undergraduate Students Association Council President Devin Murphy will have to choose from will be underwhelming, to […]
Julia McCarthy: Students responsible for changing consent culture
The number of times I’ve read a column about sexual assault that starts with the line “I was sexually assaulted last (insert date)” exceeds the number of fingers I have on both hands. And I’m going to add to that number by inserting my own personal experience into the mix. I was sexually assaulted last […]
Students should push Gov. Brown to prioritize funding UC maintenance
Gov. Jerry Brown has repeatedly refused the University of California state funds throughout this year, despite a surplus and a declining financial situation at all ten campuses across the state. But students have remained strangely silent about Brown’s minimal support for higher education. Generally, students push for better financial aid and lower tuition. But when […]
Editorial: Proposition 209 should be repealed
Last fall, there were 1,082 black undergraduate students at UCLA out of a total of 28,674 students. That’s less than 4 percent, and it’s not likely that this year’s numbers will be much diffe
LA County’s 3rd District candidates discuss their vision at forum
At a forum on Tuesday at UCLA, the two candidates running to represent L.A. County’s 3rd District stressed the importance of having experience while in office, but clashed on the types of experience they considered most valuable. While candidate Bobby Shriver, a former mayor of Santa Monica, said his previous work leading the city will […]
Editorial: UC should divest from fossil fuels, commit to sustainability
Divestment at the University of California has a greater meaning than whatever practical effects can be achieved by its implementation. Fundamentally, it’s about furthering a moral goal that is more important in the long term than immediate donations or investment returns. Yet despite student protests, the UC Board of Regents is expected Wednesday to vote […]