Graduate students at UCLA are set to go on a one-day strike Thursday. This comes in response to the firing of 82 graduate students who went on a wildcat strike for higher wages at UC Santa Cruz in December. Read more...
Photo: Ucla4Cola will be striking Thursday in solidarity with the recently fired UC Santa Cruz graduate students. They are advocating for a cost-of-living adjustment and fair treatment from the University. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
A plan to make students pay more money never goes over well. But this time students barely had a chance to go over the plan in the first place. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents recently postponed a vote to increase student tuition across all campuses. This decision prompts a worrying precedent that the board’s increasing lack of transparency and negligence of student opinion will spill into further matters down the line. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Even at the nation’s top public university, campus spaces are not always top-notch. From broken desks to leaky pipes, inaccessible classrooms to routine flooding, it’s easy to see how UCLA is buckling under the strain of being the second-oldest and most populous University of California campus in the system. Read more...
Photo: For UCLA, voting on Proposition 13 could mean funding in the range of millions for the school. Reinvesting those funds could help with maintenance issues and seismic improvement. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
As the largest generation alive in this country, young people have the potential to greatly influence politics. They also have the lowest voter turnout of any age group. Read more...
Photo: Senate Bill 72, a California bill that allows eligible voters to register on Election Day, was passed in October. This will help UCLA students get closer to 100% voter participation and increase student turnout in future elections, energizing a future generation of young voters. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A new decade has begun – and with it comes many relevant changes in the University of California administration systemwide. A new UC president is about to be hired, and with today’s political atmosphere threatening minorities nationwide, it is time to finally advocate for an increase in student representation on the UC Board of Regents. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents has been operating well with the student regent and student regent-designate positions but could use more student representation within the board to include more diverse voices. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Imagine it’s finals week. You’re hustling to get a paper done by midnight, your schedule for tomorrow is to study for two different finals at the same time, and you’re doing five weeks’ worth of reading in two days. Read more...
Photo: A 2018 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey revealed that 37% of UCLA students are food insecure, over one-third of the student body. While it is a nationwide issue and not entirely unique to UCLA, the university must prioritize putting an end to student hunger. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Daily Bruin columnist Allison Oliva correctly notes that numerous resources are available to students from middle-income families to defray the cost of a UCLA education in her column “UCLA’s financial aid system is lacking in its support for middle-class students.” UCLA remains fully committed to accessibility and affordability for all students. Read more...
