When organizations fail to adequately police themselves, university administration has a responsibility to step in. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Greek life on campus. Read more...
Photo: (Kimberly Ann Striegel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 31, 12:00 am
Ara Shirinian: UC should protect student privacy, take steps to prevent data mining
Every day, billions of pieces of information are collected on students and used to create intricate profiles on them. Most of these students don’t even have a choice, because they are forced by their schools to use programs that track them. Read more...
Photo: (Yanna Lee/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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March 30, 11:57 pm
Submission: Diversity requirement key to UCLA principles, tackling global issues
On behalf of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion specialists and associate deans of UCLA, we write to express our strong support of the proposed College of Letters and Science undergraduate diversity course requirement, which amends Divisional Regulation A-458. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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March 30, 11:52 pm
Letter to the Editor: Addition of bike lanes would harm Westwood traffic, community
Your recent editorial on bicycle lanes on Westwood Boulevard trivializes the Westwood Neighborhood Council’s concerns about the safety of bicyclists and adverse impacts resulting from such lanes. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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March 30, 12:00 am
Editorial: USAC councilmembers’ resignations set troubling precedent
Carlos Quintanilla’s resignation Thursday marked the third time a student-elected officer has left their student government position this school year. Quintanilla cited personal reasons for his departure and declined to comment any further. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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March 30, 12:00 am
Kunal Patel: Napolitano, UC administrators must be more accessible to students
University of California President Janet Napolitano is in quite the predicament. At the UC Board of Regents meeting this month, student protesters disrupted the regents meeting by stripping, shouting and throwing fake money to decry the tuition hike plan. Read more...
Photo: A hot mic caught UC President Janet Napolitano calling a student strip protest “crap” at the Board of Regents meeting this month. After news of her gaffe began to spread, Napolitano apologized to students, saying that she “was caught on the mic with a word that was unfortunate.” (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Editorials, Opinion
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March 23, 2:32 pm
Editorial: Napolitano responsible for regaining student trust after protest comment
Last week, University of California President Janet Napolitano expressed an insultingly cavalier attitude toward student protesters at the UC Board of Regents meeting, endangering her already precarious relationship with a distrustful student body and toppling her carefully crafted image as a concerned and understanding administrator. Read more...