Of the past 12 years that UCLA has held JazzReggae on our campus, the large festival has run a deficit 10 times. Skyrocketing operational costs and decreasing ticket sales have meant that JazzReggae relies on unstable sources of funding to stay afloat, including student fees paid out to the Cultural Affairs Commission and double-dipping in the Undergraduate Students Association’s surplus funds. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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January 15, 12:00 am
Editorial: JazzReggae Festival needs to plan for future financial sustainability
Editorials, Opinion
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January 15, 12:00 am
Editorial: UCLA community should stand against Armenian genocide denial
Members of the Turkish Cultural Club tried to deny on Tuesday that the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians near the start of the 20th century was a genocide. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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January 14, 2:43 am
Submission: Transfer students deserve more representation
Over the years, the number of transfer students applying to UCLA has grown at a steady rate. However, despite the growing number of applicants to this esteemed university, quality representation for admitted transfer students has been limited. Read more...
Opinion
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January 14, 2:32 am
Submission: Transfer student stereotypes must be eliminated
Grueling, lonely, overwhelming, tough, intimidating, disappointing, isolating, stressful, exciting, adaptable, opportunistic, roller coaster, secluding, unexpected, full of homesickness; these are words commonly expressed by our Transfer Student Representative staff describing their first quarter at UCLA. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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January 13, 12:00 am
Casey Kovarik: College-ranking system should consider demographics, mission
Linking college ratings to federal funding is a good idea in theory, but it’s a bit more complicated in practice. Recently the U.S. Department of Education released a framework for a college ratings system that would score colleges and distribute funding based on those ratings. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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January 12, 11:47 pm
Submission: Deflating UC administrative bloat better than hiking tuition
On Jan. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown’s newly proposed budget for the next fiscal year disappointed University of California officials amidst a standoff over tuition increases. Gov. Read more...
Opinion Columns
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January 12, 12:00 am
Ara Shirinian: Transfer events should be student-run, creating sense of community
In the opening presentation at my transfer orientation session, there was an emphasis on the fact that at UCLA, you are not just a number. It’s unfortunate then that I spent the rest of the excruciatingly long day feeling like the opposite was true; throughout the day, I came up with more questions than answers and spent much of my time racing the people in my group to sign up for classes that were quickly filling up . Read more...
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