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Natalie Delgadillo: Resolutions’ extreme language polarizes USAC

Sometimes the oldest, most overused of cliches ring the truest. A resolution set to be presented at the student government meeting tonight has an old grammar school adage looping in my head: It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. The eighth to be presented to the council so far this school year, […]

Submission: Prop. 13 reform needed to resolve UC tuition woes

By Andrea Chu In the summer after my first year, with another tuition increase in sight, I made plans to withdraw from UCLA. Though it was painful to think of leaving, my parents were already working multiple jobs and still struggling to pay my tuition. We eventually came to the hard decision that my parents […]

Julia McCarthy: UCLA should support Westwood bike lanes

Danielle Casillas still feels numbness in her leg from her collision with a truck last year. Casillas, a material science and engineering graduate student, was biking her usual commute to UCLA when the accident happened. Now she takes the bus, though she said if there were more bike lanes in Westwood she would consider switching […]

Chloe Lew: Undergraduate Student Initiated Education needs more publicity

Sitting in lecture it’s easy to daydream about teaching your own course in something more interesting. But few students on campus actually know about Undergraduate Student Initiated Education. Through the program, upperclassmen can design and facilitate a seminar for their peers. Given the value of both a teaching experience for facilitators and a peer learning […]

Editorial: ASUCLA should approve coupons for Typhoon Haiyan donations

At its meeting on Friday, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors should approve a proposal to issue coupons allowing customers at the UCLA Student Store to donate 10 percent of their purchases to the Typhoon Haiyan relief effort. The proposal, put forward by the ASUCLA services committee and the student relief effort community, would […]