Multifactor authentication ensures security at cost of accessibility

Multifactor authentication. Many of us groan and roll our eyes the second those words are heard, and for good reason. Multifactor authentication is a security system that asks a user for more than one form of identification for a login into a secure database. The first form of ID essentially refers to a password – […]

UCLA should shake dust off earthquake safety education, preparations

With every tremble of the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake, many Californians wondered: “Is this going to be the Big One?” To say that UCLA is in earthquake country is an understatement. With the Santa Monica Fault running through Westwood, the Newport-Inglewood Fault a stone’s throw away and the San Andreas Fault – the seismic giant – […]

UCLA must recognize students’ need for faster Wi-Fi connection in digital era

UCLA: the birthplace of the internet. Too bad the university never got past the 1970s connection speed. Students on the Hill have become numb to dial-up era connection, spotty Wi-Fi and switching between UCLA’s two main Wi-Fi networks in the hopes one might actually work. In 2010, Wi-Fi wasn’t even fully available in all the […]

The new Honors program is hard. But the problem is that it might be undoable.

This post was updated July 7 at 12:19 p.m. Gold and purple cords mark the students who graduate from the honors program at the end of four years. But as it stands, not many will make it out with flying colors. This past fall, the UCLA College of Letters and Science Honors Department announced its […]

The Centennial Campaign has created a brand for UCLA that strays far from reality

Light shows on Royce Hall, enormous fundraisers and fancy graduation sashes marked UCLA’s 100 year celebration, as it made the promise of “Lighting the Way” for generations to come. But with the spotlight on the Centennial Campaign, everyone else was left in the dark. The Centennial Campaign is a fundraising effort meant to celebrate 100 […]

Despite promises and publicity, UC perpetuates lackluster response to harassment

This year, thousands of UCLA graduates will be women. But very few of them will go on to become professors. The majority of students and college graduates today are women. But professorship remains a position largely occupied by men – and there are a lot of reasons why that’s the case. Sexual harassment and sexual […]

As it strays further from its roots, a UC education is a dream deferred

Langston Hughes had it right: A dream deferred sags like a heavy load. Then, it snaps like a twig. Someone better find some super glue for the more-than-238,000 students of the University of California. Indeed a UC education is a college dream deferred. The education system meant to empower hundreds of thousands of Californians has […]