Submission: Students should value increased representation before UC Regents

On Thursday, the Daily Bruin’s editorial board published a piece claiming that the regents’ consideration of a proposal to add an additional student voice on the board will do no good. The editorial suggested that any expanded opportunities for student representation on the board, without actual voting power, is unlikely to make any difference – […]

Letter to the Editor: Additional student adviser furthers conversation for future of the UC

Dear Editor: Your recent editorial on the proposal by UC’s current student regent to add a student adviser to the UC Board of Regents lacked some crucial information. Adding another voting member to the board would require amending the California Constitution, a lengthy and uncertain process. Instead, the student regent proposes a more expeditious idea, […]

Submission: Shame on the Daily Bruin – student voices are crucial to UC governance

At UCLA, one of the top-ranking public research institutions, and at the University of California, one of the most advanced public higher education systems in the world, students have always been at the forefront of creating change. It was once said, “I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I […]

Editorial: Regents’ addition of student adviser unlikely to make any difference

Later this month, the University of California Board of Regents will vote on whether to create a new student adviser position. The adviser would represent student interests in UC committees the current student regent and student regent-designate don’t participate in. At face value, the regents’ consideration of admitting another student into their ranks seems like […]

UC Regents to vote on proposal to add student position to board

University of California students may have more influence on the Board of Regents if a proposal to add another student position passes at the board’s January meeting. The student adviser to the regents would serve as an advisory member on three Board of Regents committees, prioritizing committees on which the student regent or student regent-designate […]