A deaf and drunken priest who couldn’t speak English and was a little too handsy with my mom and aunt wasn’t the preferred tour guide when trying to understand the history of a 13th century church. But in a town with a population of somewhere between that of your average Starbucks and a public school […]
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Aram Ghoogasian: UC harms public image with administrator pay increases
If you or I received a base pay increase after going seven years without one, it likely wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. But university administrators aren’t paid like you and me. Although state funding and the price of education have been moving at inversely proportional rates, the University of California Board of Regents decided earlier […]
Chloe Lew: Traveling involves finding familiar elements in foreign spaces
The first thing I do when I step foot on new land is look toward the sky. It was clear blue when our program cohort drove into Scotland the first weekend, clean and crisp the way it is most nights home in the Bay Area, but a far cry from the thick veil of glaring […]
Samah Pirzada: Students should take action against restrictive voter ID laws
College students across the nation are rising up against Republican-sponsored voter ID laws, which are making the process of voting harder and decreasing young voter participation rates. Many civil rights groups, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Advancement Project, based in Washington, D.C., are up in arms about these […]
Julia McCarthy: UC food initiative fails to reach off-campus students
Both a literal and more figurative pickle often confronts me in the supermarkets of Westwood: to buy the expensive veggies, or to skimp on the healthy stuff to be financially savvy. But with University of California President Janet Napolitano spearheading a new UC initiative to tackle the issue of global hunger, hope might be in […]
Editorial Cartoon: The future of home videos
UCLA classes should implement trigger warnings
The state of California has finally taken notice of several universities’ inadequate sexual assault and sexual harassment policies. UCLA was among four California schools that received recommendations for improvement from a state auditor and should immediately take small, tangible steps to address its shortcomings. There’s a rather simple place to begin doing that. While it’s […]