One week seems like a short time in the slowly grinding wheels of bureaucracy. But when it comes to the fate of Title IX regulations, one week is an eternity. Read more...
Editorials
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August 17, 2:23 pm
Editorial: Professors must work to alleviate the burden of high textbook costs on students
Students shouldn’t have to skip meals to buy textbooks. Nor should they have to risk malware from contraband websites that promise free textbooks, skip out on necessary course materials because of high costs or pass on a class altogether. Read more...
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August 10, 5:22 pm
Editorial: UCLA threatens student safety with lack of updates on health of student-athletes
A number of questions still need answering as UCLA steadily approaches the upcoming academic and athletic year. Currently, UCLA Athletics only notes positive cases on UCLA’s official COVID-19 tracker, which does not distinguish between student-athletes and other students on campus. Read more...
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August 3, 5:18 pm
Editorial: UCLA needs to stand up to legal databases with ties to ICE, promote alternatives
UCLA has long claimed to be a champion for undocumented students, but contracts speak louder than words. Specifically, contracts with legal databases that sell information to the U.S. Read more...
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July 28, 2:08 pm
Editorial: Lack of transparent financial aid practices forces stressful choices on students
Communication has never been UCLA’s strong suit. But this past weekend, the university reached a new low. Some students checked their inboxes Saturday and found an unexpectedly low financial aid package for the 2020-2021 school year. Read more...
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July 20, 2:41 pm
Editorial: UCLA should support NWWNC’s parking plan to reduce housing insecurity amid pandemic
This post was updated July 20 at 11:40 p.m. All talk, no action. It’s UCLA’s signature response to issues that affect Bruins most. And for students planning to return to Westwood in the fall, housing insecurity is the latest issue to get the university’s cold shoulder. Read more...
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July 8, 5:23 pm
Editorial: UCLA must support its international students in wake of ICE guidelines
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” reads the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Unless, of course, the huddled masses are undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants — or more recently, nonimmigrant international students. Read more...