There are two main problems facing the future of the Internet in America. One is net neutrality, which is the ability of companies to choose what content they make accessible to consumers. Read more...
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February 3, 12:00 am
Aram Ghoogasian: UC must increase transparency by fully disclosing finances to workers
The University of California isn’t very good at making friends. Over the course of a little more than a year, the UC has managed to antagonize both its teaching assistants and its service workers. Read more...
Photo: Doctors protested alleged unfair labor practices against the University of California last week, claiming that they were receiving inadequate pay for higher case and patient loads. (Monica Jeon/Daily Bruin)
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February 2, 12:00 am
Additional competency exams could reduce redundancy of GEs
In the never-ending struggle to balance college coursework with extracurricular activities, jobs and life in general, there comes a time when certain coursework becomes an undue and frankly unnecessary burden. Read more...
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January 30, 1:14 am
Alexandra Tashman: Supporting UCLAyak, even passively, is immoral and illegal
Filming someone during sex without their explicit permission and then distributing the video is a crime. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. And yet, some students are not only illegally filming their classmates, but they’re spreading the videos around for other students to watch. Read more...
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January 29, 12:44 am
Chloe Lew: Capstone courses could ease students into professional world
This quarter, I’m taking my capstone seminar – what I’ve always thought of as the big, grand culmination of my four-year baccalaureate degree. But when I tell my friends I’m in this class, I’m mostly met with blank faces, which you can imagine makes the news rather anti-climactic. Read more...
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January 28, 1:55 am
Yiwei Sun: UCLA must provide financial support resources to international students
Mingren Wang, a first-year business economics student from China, had to sell his house to pay for his tuition fees at UCLA. The University of California Board of Regents’ recent plan to increase tuition fees could potentially force international students like Wang to pay $1,700 more every year. Read more...
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January 28, 1:45 am
UCLA Consent Week turnout not enough to spread awareness on campus
UCLA's second annual Consent Week aimed to use five days to spread awareness of sexual violence and prevention, but failed to adequately expand its outreach to all affected communities on campus. Read more...
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