The University of California’s motto may be “Fiat Lux”, but administrators have rallied behind a different line: Let there be knowledge. California’s premier research university system has been brawling since last year with Elsevier, a publishing giant, over open access to the company’s many journals. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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January 6, 10:29 pm
Grade inflation: UCLA needs to address the problem hidden in plain sight
It seems the persistent war of words between North and South Campus students may point to a fundamental problem in UCLA’s grading policies. Conventional wisdom holds that students seeking easy classes should enroll in the social sciences and humanities, which supposedly grant A’s at a much higher proportion than classes in the sciences. Read more...
Photo: Students have long held that UCLA’s history and social science classes give out more A’s than the university’s science classes do. The troubling reason behind this disparity is grade inflation. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Podcasts
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December 26, 6:01 pm
In the Know: The “gravely disabled”
Transcript Keshav Tadimeti: From the Daily Bruin, I’m Keshav Tadimeti, and this is “In the Know.” [music plays] This time on the podcast, we revisit a moving story from fall quarter: a piece about Westwood’s homeless population – specifically those who need medical help but don’t want it. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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December 9, 7:55 pm
Submission: Lawsuit against the UC is about advocating for data transparency
A few weeks ago, the Asian American Community Services Center and I filed a petition in state court, seeking an order that the University of California disclose anonymized data on undergraduate applicants and students at the University’s nine undergraduate campuses, starting with the admissions cycle of 2007 and continuing to the present. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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December 9, 7:49 pm
UC must prioritize modern values when naming buildings after historical figures
Benefactors may be nice, but they will come back to haunt you. Or at least their political ambitions will. The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law was recently trapped in controversy when it announced its intention to eliminate the name “Boalt” from a building, several alumni groups and about 120 other university institutions. Read more...
Photo: (Michelle Fu/Daily Bruin)
Cartoons, Opinion
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December 6, 3:31 am
Editorial Cartoon: Final to-dos of the quarter
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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December 5, 11:09 pm
Orientation needs an update to support new Bruin transfers as much as freshmen
I came to Transfer Student Orientation at 7 a.m. on a Friday, wide-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready to start my journey as a Bruin. Fast forward 10 hours and I was frantically running around the Hill, hair wild, eyes bloodshot, laptop in one hand, my phone in the other, scouring Google Maps to figure out where in the world Sproul Cove was so I could barely make it in time to my advisor meeting. Read more...
Photo: (Haley Aufill/Daily Bruin)