There are quite a few holes in the Undergraduate Student Association Council’s argument for a fee increase, but its potential to improve the undergraduate experience should lead students to approve it during online elections today and tomorrow. Read more...

Have you ever sat in class, bored senseless, and wondered, “Where in the world did they find this professor?” Sometimes it seems professors have an agenda of their own ““ like they are more concerned with hearing their own voice than actually engaging students to think critically and actively participate in their own education. Read more...

North Korea’s recent belligerent announcement of what everyone already knew ““ that it is developing nuclear weapons ““ has stirred up the Iraq debate. Thus far, though, it seems most commentators, at least campus commentators, are missing the point. Read more...

Chancellor Albert Carnesale has joined his Berkeley counterpart in opposing the Racial Privacy Initiative due to the potential threat it can have on the University of California’s ability to conduct academic research and audit the effectiveness of its outreach programs. Read more...

The government should adopt a $50 per hour minimum wage so that everybody makes $100,000 a year. This is the absurd logic behind Santa Monica’s Measure JJ, on the ballot Nov. Read more...

UC lecturers are at the end of their rope. Last Monday the bargaining team composed of lecturers from different UC campuses went to Sacramento for contract negotiations with UC’s Labor Relations Department staff and representatives from the campuses. Read more...

The Student Alumni Association helped bring some spirit back to the campus by renewing homecoming festivities this weekend after a six-year intermission. SAA’s event was the product of student-initiated campus community building and should be commended as an honorable effort. Read more...