Under the new University of California funding scheme set to be phased in over the next six years, the idea that all undergraduates should be equally funded is integral. But it misses a central truth: that all undergraduates are, in fact, not created equal. Read more...
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April 8, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: USAC should have allowed Bruin Diversity Referendum spot on ballot
Campus climate could find its way back to the ballot this year. Read more...
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April 5, 12:58 am
Benjamin Powell: Transfer students require more counseling resources
The California community college system is at a turning point. Read more...
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April 5, 12:00 am
Ryan Nelson: Lifetime, pharmacy care caps on UC SHIP should be removed
In Oakland, the University of California Office of the President has been engaged in deliberations over a cap on health. Read more...
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April 4, 12:26 am
Katie Shepherd: Collective student voice needed in UC advocacy issues
To a UCLA student, the concerns of faraway campuses like UC Berkeley and UC Davis might seem irrelevant to life on our campus. But the fact is, our campuses operate under the same system and are subject to the same budgetary strains that tie the University together in important ways. Read more...
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April 3, 12:59 am
Alexandra Tashman: LGBT issues not limited to marriage equality
Approximately 2.7 million Americans changed their profile pictures last week to some variation of the Human Rights Campaign’s red equal sign in support of same-sex marriage, according to estimates from Facebook. Read more...
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April 2, 12:00 am
Maia Ferdman: UC divestment should be independent of US policy
When it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict, it seems that time runs in a loop. Read more...
Photo: Top: Students hold a banner advocating UC divestment from South Africa at UCLA’s commencement ceremony in June 1986. UC police later confiscated the banner.
Bottom: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and U.S. Senator Alan Cranston joined student protestors at a Westwood Plaza press conference outside the UC Board of Regents meeting to denounce South African apartheid in 1986.