Former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso's task force has released a report implicating administrators and police officials at every level of authority in the events that led to last November's pepper spray incident. The Reynoso report depicts a chain of panic on the day of the incident. According to the report, administrators and police, led by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, received word from UC Davis Chief of Police Annette Spicuzza that many demonstrators might not be affiliated with UC Davis, creating a liability issue for the administration. Rather than check these claims "“ which Reynoso's report states are unsubstantiated "“ the leadership team ordered the police to take down the tents, according to the report. Read more...
Opinion
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April 15, 10:57 pm
In the know: UC Davis pepper spray report
Opinion
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April 15, 10:50 pm
In the know: President Obama on legalization of drugs
With a general election period approaching this November, it seems reasonable that California lobbyists will look to the federal government for support in order to decriminalize marijuana nationwide and raise internal revenue. Read more...
Editorials
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April 15, 10:28 pm
GSA elections will determine fee increase referendum, require higher voter turnout
This year's Graduate Students Association election merits a better turnout than it has received in the last few years. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 11:41 pm
Proposed GE diversity requirement is only a Band-aid approach
When I think of the proposed "Community and Conflict in the Modern World" General Education requirement, three things immediately come to mind: the superficiality of General Education courses, cultural hostility on campus and the need to focus on racial sensitivity outside the classroom. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 11:37 pm
The personal take of “˜Student Speak Out’ effectively addresses antagonism
In what has been dubbed as "Student Speak Out," law students from UCLA assembled in the hallway of the Law School to inform their peers of discrimination and antagonism of minorities behind the scenes. Read more...
Opinion
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April 12, 12:19 am
Santa Monica College rightfully retracts two-tier education plan
Fee increases, student protests and pepper spray are familiar to the University of California "“ and now Santa Monica College. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 12:16 am
Students need to engage in a more meaningful debate on “˜Kony 2012′ that goes beyond social media
As a college student with a Facebook account, I heard about the "Kony 2012" campaign the night it launched. The 30-minute video, created by Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate people about the crimes committed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, spread faster than any other Internet video in history. Read more...