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Zoey Freedman: Increase in Cal Grant funding should be reserved for housing

More money for the University of California doesn’t mean students are going to be living any more comfortably. If the proposed California state budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year is approved, the UC is set to receive 4.7 percent more funding than last year, including an additional $2.1 billion through the Cal Grant program. The Cal […]

Lukianchikov: UC should hold licensees responsible to higher ethical standards

The University of California has a listening problem. Last summer, the opportunity to commit UC apparel licensees to more stringent labor codes arose. Instead of doing so, policymakers made a commitment of passive leniency. And what’s worse, individual UCs seem barred from disagreement. The rise and fall of these ethical standards began with a historic […]

Aram Ghoogasian: UC’s divestment from private prisons will increase awareness of issue

Christmas came early for student activists last month after the University of California divested from private prisons. The UC quietly sold off its $25 million holdings in the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, Inc., the two biggest for-profit prison companies in the United States, and G4S, the largest security company in the world […]