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Natalie Delgadillo: Expected Cumulative Progress policy harms more than helps
College is a race – a race against each other for the best grades, internships and leadership opportunities and a race against the clock to get everything done before four years are up. But some students begin that race already behind, and one university policy designed to encourage timely graduation is weighing them downthem even […]
Submission: USAC needs to reset priorities
Since September I have been director of community engagement for the General Representative 3 office of the Undergraduate Students Association Council. In this capacity I have been responsible for overseeing one of General Representative Lizzy Naameh’s platforms. The following is my letter of resignation from the USAC General Representative 3 office, effective immediately. I joined […]
Maia Ferdman: USAC vote on resolution would be counterproductive
The Undergraduate Students Association Council this week chose to move its meeting to Ackerman Grand Ballroom, foreshadowing the robust response it expects to one particular agenda item – a resolution to divest from companies that profit off the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. On the one hand, the resolution’s moral basis – that UCLA […]
Ryan Nelson: AFSCME protests unlikely to strike a chord with UC system
For the third time in less than a year, University of California campuses will be flooded with picket signs and green shirts. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents the UC’s service and medical workers, are planning to walk off the job next week for a five-day demonstration. If […]
