The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. By Gil Bar-Or Fellow Bruins, not just Israelis or Palestinians, Muslims or Jews, but every single student on the UCLA campus: I want you to sit back and think about the fact that a majority of our elected council members decided to vote against a resolution that recognized the plight of both Palestinians and Israelis. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 25, 12:00 am
Submission: Students should discuss USAC Israeli-Palestinian resolution
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 24, 12:09 am
Kunal Patel: Community colleges should not give 4-year degrees
If a pending proposal is enacted, the University of California could soon have a new competitor in the market for bachelor’s degrees. The Baccalaureate Degree Study Group, a committee convened by the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, is examining the viability of giving community colleges the ability to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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October 23, 11:42 pm
Editorial: UCLA must work to cultivate faculty diversity
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. A recent independent report commissioned by the UCLA Office of the Chancellor has highlighted serious problems with racial discrimination among the university’s faculty and the inadequacy of current policies to handle such complaints. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 23, 12:25 am
Submission: Napolitano must give UC community real, not symbolic power
By Jason Ball The appointment of Janet Napolitano as University of California president has rightfully evoked protests and criticism. The hiring process for the UC president is a secretive process designed to exclude students and UC community members, offering only symbolic participation in the process. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 23, 12:23 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Devise new UC admissions criterion to improve student diversity
Increasing diversity in light of a state ban on the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions has, for the better part of two decades, proved a difficult task at the University of California. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 22, 12:07 am
Ryan Nelson: Regents should increase student input, transparency
In math class, we’re generally taught to show our work. You can’t simply skip from the problem to the solution. Otherwise, the teacher would never know if the student understood the problem, cheated or just took a lucky guess. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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October 22, 12:00 am
Submission: USAC resolution represents paradigm shift
BY Sunny Singh On Oct. 14, UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development hosted an event called “At the Negotiation Table: What are the options? Israel, Palestine and the US Role – A Discussion with Ambassador Oded Eran.” Eran, the head of the Israeli negotiation team with the Palestinians in 1999, deputy director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the former Israeli ambassador to the European Union and NATO, spoke about the history of negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Read more...