This is a tale of two empires. One is the UCLA Health System, a sprawling fiefdom of medical services flying the UCLA standard at locations from Malibu to Torrance. It’s headed by President David Feinberg, deemed by LA Weekly as “UCLA’s millionaire doctor.” The second is the food-and-drink enterprise owned by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, […]
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Editorial Cartoon: Drowning in the pool of UCLA applicants
Submission: Smoking on campus an ongoing issue a year after tobacco-free policy
Today marks the one-year anniversary of UCLA going tobacco-free. UCLA joined more than 1,000 other colleges and universities that have adopted clean air policies, well ahead of the University of California Office of the President requirement that all of the University of California campuses be tobacco-free by Jan. 1, 2014. This anniversary gives us an […]
Submission: Shutting down Lick Observatory is shortsighted
The original photo caption accompanying this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. In its April 15 article “UC’s Lick Observatory might soon shut down operations,” the Daily Bruin reported on the plan by the UC Office of the President to terminate systemwide funding for the […]
Editorial Cartoon: On the Coachella pilgrimage
Maia Ferdman: Department counseling evaluations would help offices tailor services
True to their title, academic advisers have the main responsibility of helping students navigate the daunting maze of graduation requirements, unit caps, enrollment times and application deadlines. So student experience is central to the job of an academic adviser. Student feedback, whether positive or negative, would therefore be the most accurate way to measure a […]
Natalie Delgadillo: USAC members must commit to collaboration
The harmful rhetoric and procedural missteps at the undergraduate student government’s discussion of a divestment resolution last quarter illustrated a deep division among communities on campus. In turn, that division was represented on the council, where a straw poll revealed adherence to a strict party line, with members from the Bruins United slate voting against […]