Claudius E. Gaines III, a black UCLA facilities employee, is alleging he was a victim of racial profiling during an arrest made by university police officers on Aug. 27. The facts are currently in dispute. Yet in spite of this, it would be foolish to brush off the magnitude of the allegations being made. Incidents […]
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Editorial: ‘Yes means yes’ bill protects sexual assault survivors on campuses
This post was updated on September 4 at 12:56 a.m. Last week, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill that, if signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, will change the way some colleges and universities have to define consent. This board strongly supports the bill for its specific definition of sexual consent, the first […]
Editorial: Efforts at decriminalization of youth benefit state universities
It doesn’t make sense to arrest and cite the students you’re trying to send to college – and Los Angeles Unified School District officials are increasingly realizing that. On Tuesday, LAUSD changed its policy, no longer issuing police citations to students for minor offenses such as fighting, petty theft or possession of tobacco or alcohol. […]
Editorial: O’Bannon v. NCAA needs to extend to all student-athletes
A week ago, judge Claudia Wilken shook up the landscape of the NCAA as we know it, and college sports are ultimately better for it. Wilken’s 99-page ruling in O’Bannon v. NCAA placed an injunction on a ban against the compensation of student athletes, allowing schools to pay players up to $5,000 per year for […]
Julia McCarthy: UC support for sexual assault survivors needs to be solidified
This post was updated on Aug. 11 at 10:17 a.m. This past spring, “#WhyIDidntReport” became a trending hashtag on twitter. Survivors of sexual assault flooded the social media website with accounts of why they didn’t report their assaults. “#WhyIDidntReport Because I was 15 and had been drinking and wearing revealing clothes and I knew no […]
Editorial: Election Board chair should focus on long-term changes
For the first time in several years, the Undergraduate Students Association Council has appointed an Election Board chair before the start of fall quarter, as per the council’s bylaws. Shagun Kabra, the newly-appointed chair and a third-year mathematics/economics student, will have the kind of time other Election Board chairs could only dream of, with both […]
Travis Fife: Choosing college major is a personal process
I once waited on a total stranger in a restaurant who insisted that the only thing I could do with a degree in philosophy was become a priest. Even after I explained to him that there is more than one type of philosophy, he still tried to convince me that my only hope of making […]