This post was updated Nov. 20 at 7:10 p.m. After waiting months for a special election to pick the last three people in control of $9 million in student money, judicial overreach has manipulated the results in an unprecedented way. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 6, 10:57 pm
The UC and Elsevier are refusing to compromise at unacceptable cost to students
The room with the negotiating table isn’t the most pleasant room to be a part of. But when hundreds of thousands of students are denied access to valuable research, there’s no other place negotiators should be. Read more...
Photo: (Vaibhavi Patankar/Daily Bruin)
Editorials, Opinion
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November 6, 10:48 pm
Editorial: The UC should cite climate change in its divestment of fossil fuels
With global warming acquiring an ever-growing presence, people are scrambling to make a change while corporate institutions lag behind. For the University of California, though, it’s all about the bottom line when the world’s on fire. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 5, 10:29 pm
LAX’s new ride-hail pickup policy poses problems for passengers, peeves students
Walking home for Thanksgiving might be the best-case scenario for out-of-state students. On Oct. 29, the Los Angeles International Airport implemented a ban on ride-hail vehicles picking up passengers directly at terminals. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
Community, Opinion
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November 4, 11:21 pm
Op-ed: Open-access resources would be financially beneficial to UC students
International Open Access Week has drawn to a close. And while this global week of action for free and open access to academic resources has ended, the conversation on accessible knowledge and affordable textbooks remains undiscussed by the community it affects the most: students. Read more...
Photo: Textbook affordability has been a long-standing economic barrier to higher education. But it’s one that could be easily solved by University of California-wide open access, as advocated by students in the California Public Interest Research Group at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 4, 11:14 pm
UCLA remains vague about directing donations while CAPS remains underfunded
UCLA’s plan for using its 100th birthday gift is simple: $5.2 billion in its pocket, with no real direction as to where it’s going. As the Centennial Campaign enters fall quarter, the donations continue to file in, bringing in millions beyond UCLA’s goal. Read more...
Photo: Although UCLA’s Centennial Campaign has brought in billions of dollars, it remains unclear if that money will be directed toward underfunded on-campus mental health facilities. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
