On March 4, students across the UCs and across the nation protested against cuts to quality education and educational funding. Read more...
Photo: Students, faculty and workers protested fee hikes and furloughs in Bruin Plaza as part of National Day of Action to Defend Education on March 4. Student advocacy groups, UCLA-based union locals and others participated in the rally. Columnists Feeney and Dosaj feel the protests were incoherent and left much to be desired.
Looking at the mainstream media's coverage of last week's Day of Action, you wouldn't know that UCLA was even involved in the protests. It's estimated that we contributed a mere 300 to the national pool of protesters. That's 300 out of nearly 40,000 students, 4,000 faculty and 26,000 other employees. Read more...
Driving in Los Angeles can hardly be called safe. Read more...
Today, students, faculty and advocates for public education across the state and the nation will call for an increased commitment to education from legislators. Read more...
Barack Obama may be the best president of the United States that California could have ever asked for. Read more...
In recent years, a number of scientists who use animals in biomedical research, including our own colleagues at UCLA, have been subjects of harassment and violent attacks by those opposed to this type of investigation. Read more...
