Jagdeep Bachher, the University of California chief investment officer, had a glowingly painted image of himself: an investment genius running a well-oiled financial machine. Lately, though, the image has been muddied: an investment genius who allegedly abuses his power and mistreats his staff – and happens to run a financial machine. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 27, 11:13 pm
Filing petitions at UCLA is bogglingly time-consuming. We need to streamline.
Thursday, 9 a.m., week eight. A 30-minute-long line awaits you at the bottom of Murphy Hall. When it’s finally your turn, you try to drop off that petition form to finally get rid of that 10 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Filing petitions for receiving course credit or dropping classes from your transcript requires navigating the campus bureaucracy. Giving students more convenient options to fill out and submit these petitions would save them – and administrators – time. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 27, 11:11 pm
UCLA must support students by providing more accessible options for textbooks
There are many things to like about attending a university during the 21st century. Ask someone older, and they may share a horror story or two of lugging textbooks for miles, uphill both ways. Read more...
Photo: (Angela Song/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 26, 11:58 pm
Enormous Activities Fair limits search for clubs to zero week, on-campus students
You know it’s zero week when the Enormous Activities Fair is in full swing and students are walking around with bunches of flyers in their hands. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations director)
Editorials, Opinion
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September 26, 11:48 pm
Editorial: CAPS needs to accept its limitations, focus on short-term treatment, referrals
UCLA’s mental health care services can be summed up in one word: disappointing. That’s old news to many. UCLA’s Counseling and Psychological Services has an unflattering reputation: ludicrously long appointment wait times, cramped space, dried-up funding and limited personnel. Read more...
Cartoons, Opinion
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September 26, 6:23 pm
Editorial Cartoon: Zero week – a false sense of security
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Daily Bruin)
Cartoons, Opinion
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September 20, 12:23 pm
Editorial Cartoon: Oh, how I’ve missed you, UCLA
Photo: (Andrea Grigsby/Daily Bruin)