In the past year, student political life across the University of California has been roiled by deep divisions and rather uncivil conduct between communities, especially regarding divestment. Read more...
Photo: University of California, Berkeley’s Chancellor Nicholas Dirks sent out an email last week on the topic of free speech and civility. Several groups took issue with the way Dirks linked the two topics. (Courtesy of Jennifer Tanji/The Daily Californian)
Earlier this year, UCLA students asked student government members not to take lobbying trips hosted by bigoted and discriminatory groups. In a strange intervention into campus politics, this summer Los Angeles City Council member Bob Blumenfield proposed a resolution denouncing this pledge. At a time when we are flooded with other problems, it is curious that Blumenfield has asked the City Council to spend its energy meddling in what appears to be a settled issue. Read more...
On Aug. 26, Judicial Watch took a step in defense of taxpayer rights by filing a lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of former California Senate candidate Earl De Vries, alleges that the UC Board of Regents is currently violating federal law by granting in-state tuition and state-funded public benefits to undocumented immigrants. Read more...
We, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success (IDEAS) at UCLA are a collective of undocumented students and allies who represent and advocate for the interests and rights of undocumented students here on campus and throughout the nation. Read more...
Claudius E. Gaines III, a black UCLA facilities employee, is alleging he was a victim of racial profiling during an arrest made by university police officers on Aug. Read more...
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” – unless they don’t have the proper paperwork and want to go to college. Read more...
This is a fact: you cannot meet necessary living expenses on $9 per hour, the current minimum wage in Los Angeles. This past Labor Day, the holiday that pays tribute to the labor movement that achieved social and economic improvements for workers and their families, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $13.25 per hour over the next three years. Read more...
