New professions in the hard sciences are developing every day. Modern technologies and research methods create both excitement and controversy – stem cell research, animal testing and human genetic engineering are only some of the contentious topics students may have to face upon entering the job market. Read more...
Opinion Columns
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 30, 11:12 pm
Natalie Delgadillo: New online audit form still leaves room for exploitation
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Contingency Programming Fund is the most applied-to student government fund on campus, and student groups draw from it to pay for everything from large-scale events to staff retreats. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 30, 12:12 am
Zoey Freedman: UC should provide undocumented graduate students a means to fund education
Undocumented students face challenges in gaining access to a variety of social services. The University of California has an obligation to make sure obtaining a UC education is not one of these challenges. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 29, 12:17 am
Katie Shepherd: UC should make exceptions to admissions rules for veterans
There are a lot of things I never got used to growing up in a military family. One of the only aspects of military life that I did learn to expect was its uncertainty: uncertainty in where I would be living in a year, uncertainty in when my father would be returning from overseas, uncertainty in whether I would graduate from the same high school where I started as a freshman. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 28, 12:13 am
Ryan Nelson: Students should manage unsubsidized loan debt early
It is typically best not to worry about things beyond your control. For college students, however, the dizzying cost of higher education and the financial pressure placed on students’ backs by hefty student loan packages are impossible to ignore. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 25, 12:00 am
Alexandra Tashman: UCLA must make sexual assault education an ongoing effort
Sexual assault is a perennial issue on college campuses. Every year, college students become survivors of a crime that is preventable. Part of the reason is that consistent and mandatory sexual assault education is sorely lacking on UCLA’s campus, as at many schools. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
October 25, 12:00 am
Eitan Arom: USAC Israeli-Palestinian resolution imposes false consensus
On Tuesday night, more than 100 students crowded into the Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Many of them sat on the floor, while others stood in the back. For about two and a half hours, they took turns speaking and cheering one another on. Read more...
Photo: More than 100 students attended Tuesday’s USAC meeting, prompting the event to be moved to a larger venue of Kerckhoff Grand Salon. The focus of the meeting was a resolution supporting steps toward peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Public comments lasted for several hours.