Sometimes even well-intentioned endeavors fail to resolve a problem. Such is the case with two Assembly bills presented last month by Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles). Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 2, 11:55 pm
Splitting the Bill: Scholarships to middle-income students do not cover California’s insufficient funding to higher education
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 2, 12:52 am
The Hill needs an LGBT-themed floor, as it would create a forum for discussion of identity
More than 15 years ago, UCLA established the LGBT Campus Resource Center. It was ahead of the curve at the time, and UCLA was ranked No. 1 along with 18 other colleges by the Campus Pride index of colleges as a gay-friendly campus in 2010. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 2, 12:51 am
Voting remains vital in USAC elections, even with most candidiates running unopposed
For the past three years, voter turnout for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections has hovered around 37 percent of the undergraduate student population. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 1, 12:52 am
Students should favor platforms showing financial sense over empty promises
That all but three offices will go uncontested is not the only unique facet of the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election. This year's contest is taking place in a condition of funding scarcity that may seem like familiar territory for a country steeped in recession, but is new ground for UCLA's student government. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 29, 11:45 pm
Practicality of student loans questionable with unrealistic federal promises
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to prevent college student interest rates from doubling. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 26, 11:25 pm
Adding new categories to UC application allow for more accurate racial representations
The University of California system has always prided itself in the diversity found throughout its campuses. Yet beneath this desire for diversity lies a misrepresentation of many ethnic groups because of broad racial and ethnic categorization found on the UC undergraduate application. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 26, 12:29 am
Raising non-resident enrollment is a reasonable response to recent budget cuts
Last year, the University of California system faced the largest funding cut from the state, in percentage terms, since the Great Depression, according to Todd Greenspan, director of academic planning at the UC Office of the President. The year before that, tuition surpassed state contributions as the primary funding source for the UC. Read more...