The University of California Board of Regents announced the sale of $200 million worth of its investments in coal and oil sands companies on Sept. 9, continuing the board’s trend of following environmental conscience only when backed by business acumen. Read more...
Photo: A digger extracts bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta, Canada to convert into synthetic crude oil for energy. (Creative Commons photo by . Shell via Flickr)
Overgeneralization threatens our campus. Misunderstanding and prejudice based on bold speculation from within the student body have been harming our campus climate for years. Allowing Arthur Wang’s words to be taken at face value without input from the other side only exacerbates such problems. Read more...
Photo: A variety of students walking outside Royce Hall. (Creative Commons photo by SnippyHolloW via Flickr)
I often wonder how many college students read fiction if not for the purpose of writing a course paper. Many students would claim that the sheer amount of work from their classes and jobs do not leave them any time to read for “pleasure.” However, reading a great work of fiction is invaluable for reasons other than pleasure, especially for college students. Read more...
Photo: A collection of fiction from a book sale. (Creative Commons photo by Brittany Stevens via Flickr)
This summer has seen a debate over whether the UC Board of Regents should adopt a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that categorizes certain speech critical of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic. Read more...
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to the University of California Board of Regents that represents the opinion of 83 different affiliated student groups and organizations throughout the UC. Read more...
The Greek system – commonly seen as dangerous by many not within it – has become the college version of the chicken or the egg riddle: Is it the system that causes its problems, or those within it? Read more...
Photo: (Maggie Zheng/Daily Bruin)
Articles such as the piece posted by Aram Ghoogasian in the Aug. 31 issue of the Daily Bruin – “Gender divisions in Greek life promote sexism, should be banned” – provide a very useful service to our campus community by giving us the opportunity to think seriously about issues that are salient not only throughout the collegiate world, but throughout our nation. Read more...
