The University of California has long been synonymous with ballooning administrations and rampant bureaucracy. That imagery might be changing, though. A third-party review of the UC Office of the President found the office is run quite efficiently, but has the potential to cut up to half of its $883 million budget to reduce University expenditures. […]
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Softball aims to use high-ranked, experienced players to earn NCAA title
With consecutive top-ranked recruiting classes bookending the roster this year, Bruins’ softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez will have a plethora of highly rated players at her disposal when the 2018 season gets underway Friday. No. 4 UCLA returns to the diamond this weekend in the annual Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament. Though UCLA softball used to lead […]
Submission: Insider Academic Senate appointments perpetuate USAC bureaucracy
On Jan. 30, 2018, the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Academic Affairs Commissioner, Divya Sharma, wrote a submission in the Daily Bruin regarding his appointments to the Academic Senate. His piece defended his commission’s decision to appoint members of its own office, not the general student body, to the senate. What his lofty words and hubris […]
Editorial: USAC should use its power to establish programs under its own control
When student voters showed up to the polls in spring and decided which Bruins would have the honor of sitting on the undergraduate student government, they envisioned a council that would represent their needs and try to address the institutional challenges plaguing our campus. What they didn’t foresee was a council that was going to […]
UCLA gymnastics gets ready to face top-ranked Oklahoma
The Bruins will finally return to Pauley Pavilion after three road trips to find the top team in the country waiting for them. No. 4 UCLA gymnastics (8-0, 1-0 Pac-12) returns home to face two-time defending national champion No. 1 Oklahoma (3-1) on Sunday. This will be the Bruins first home meet since Jan. 6. […]
Letter to the Editor: Removing access to alcohol should not be focus in sexual assault prevention
As both an alumna of UCLA and a victim of frat party sexual assault, I read with great interest several articles this week on the alcohol ban imposed by the UCLA Interfraternity Council following the arrest of a former fraternity president for alleged sexual assault. During my tenure as the risk management chair of Kappa […]
UCLA gymnastics to stand united with abuse victims after Nassar ruling
Coach Valorie Kondos Field’s primary job is to coach UCLA gymnastics, but in the midst of her team’s unbeaten season, she’s kept an eye on the changes USA Gymnastics has gone through. Last week, former USA gymnastics team and Michigan State athletics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for […]