Editorial: Napolitano must address details of $15 million plan

In her first major public speech as president of the University of California, Janet Napolitano unveiled a $15 million investment to be allocated to several student communities, but presented few specifics on where that money would go and few details of her plans for the UC’s future. While the majority of Wednesday’s speech touted the […]

Love | Hate: Is James Blake a maverick or just morose?

Musician James Blake burst suddenly into public view with his strange and original take on dubstep, before the puttering blares of today changed the genre forever. He rode the movement to fame, but by the time his self-titled debut was released he’d morphed into something more versatile – a singer-songwriter with a penchant for moody, […]

Zoey Freedman: UC should provide undocumented graduate students a means to fund education

Undocumented students face challenges in gaining access to a variety of social services. The University of California has an obligation to make sure obtaining a UC education is not one of these challenges. Due to their lack of legal residency, and by extension lack of social security numbers, undocumented graduate students cannot be employed by […]

Album review: ‘Reflektor’ by Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire has discovered what most of the music world has known since the band released its debut album, “Funeral,” in 2004: It is one of the most talented and compositionally brilliant bands of the 21st century. Unfortunately for the music world, Arcade Fire’s new album, “Reflektor,” demonstrates this newly found knowledge with 13 pretentious […]

Alexandra Tashman: UCLA must make sexual assault education an ongoing effort

Sexual assault is a perennial issue on college campuses. Every year, college students become survivors of a crime that is preventable. Part of the reason is that consistent and mandatory sexual assault education is sorely lacking on UCLA’s campus, as at many schools. The most effective means of helping prevent sexual assault is to make […]