Last year, Governor Jerry Brown, in the face of fiscal austerity, tied education spending to his proposed tax hike, Proposition 30. Now, with the passage of the sequester putting research and education-related jobs on the chopping block, lawmakers once again have the ability to stimulate conversation about education funding through tax reform. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 6, 1:36 am
Ryan Nelson: Split roll would give universities, municipalities more funds
Community, Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 6, 1:05 am
Megan Beck: Overnight lighting drains UCLA’s sustainable reputation
The UCLA campus may be adhering to the University of California system’s motto, “Fiat Lux,” or “Let there be light,” a little too literally. If you stroll across campus past midnight, you’ll find that many of the buildings still have their lights on. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 5, 12:03 am
Kim Grano: UCLA needs to take more steps to fix gender imbalance in faculty, grad programs
Since the 1980s, undergraduate female students have outnumbered their male counterparts on college campuses, a fact education officials have touted as an indicator that America’s higher education system is moving toward an environment in which men and women have equal opportunities to succeed. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 1, 12:00 am
Ben Powell: UC should disclose investment information
Earlier this month, the Alameda County Superior Court decided that the University of California must make the performance of its venture capital investments a matter of public record – a more than reasonable request for a public institution like the UC. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 28, 12:12 am
Eitan Arom: UC should make research open to public access
The University of California produces a prodigious amount of scholarly research, so much that the UC Office of the President estimated in 2010 that the University generates more than $3 million annually in revenues for the journal Nature. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 27, 12:01 am
Maia Ferdman: Messages presented on campus not absolute
In 10th grade, I was given a booklet that contained a long list of common arguments “anti-Israel” people make, and how to counter them with the “facts.” Read more...
Photo: YIN FU/daily bruin (Left) Noor Teebi, a fourth-year environmental science student, speaks with Mashal Ali, a third-year geography and environmental studies student, in front of a “mock apartheid wall” in Bruin Plaza Tuesday. The wood panels were set up by members of Students for Justice in Palestine and are intended to symbolize the separation barrier that borders the West Bank. (Right) As part of the day’s events, students wrote notes to send to children in the Gaza Strip.
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 26, 12:02 am
Zoey Freedman: USAC should incorporate international student council
In the last few years, UCLA has experienced a great influx of international students, with a 6 percent increase this past fall alone. In an effort to better address the needs of this growing population, the International Student Advisory Council was founded at the end of last quarter. Read more...





