The rising cost of higher education is about to hit us all as students at the University of California. UC President Janet Napolitano proposed a plan last week to enact an up to 5 percent tuition increase annually for the next five years that will be felt across our student population, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 12, 6:10 am
Submission: State, administrators responsible for protecting affordability of UC
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 12, 6:08 am
Travis Fife: Lack of transparency in proposed tuition plan leaves students in dark
University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown are engaged in a chess match for funding and have taken to using students as pawns. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 12, 12:52 am
Letter to the Editor: Steven Salaita’s words not incitement, should not be censored
In a submission titled “University irresponsible for inviting controversial speaker to campus,” published on Nov. 5, Natalie Charney condemns several academic departments at UCLA for inviting Steven Salaita to speak on campus. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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November 10, 12:00 am
Editorial: USAC must not limit press, student access to divestment meeting
The focal point of the undergraduate student government’s Nov. 18 meeting in Ackerman Grand Ballroom is a resolution which calls for the University of California to divest from certain companies that some students say profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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November 10, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: UCLA should be upfront, create uniform policy on mental health issues
Next week is mental health awareness week. As universities across the country are navigating a series of crises regarding mental health and higher education – including a loss of funding for mental health resources due to the expiration of Proposition 63 in California and nationwide debate about involuntary psychiatric withdrawal policies – UCLA student government offices will hold a number of events next week that foster an ongoing conversation about mental health. Read more...
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Editorials, Opinion
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November 10, 12:00 am
Editorial: Students should criticize state, not UC regarding proposed tuition hike
The University of California may raise tuition once again after three years of managing to keep it flat while facing lower state funding. But students shouldn’t get mad at the UC: We need the money, and it’s the state that’s to blame. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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November 10, 12:00 am
Submission: Both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict must engage in dialogue
I believe each and every one of us has a story, a story worth sharing and a story worth being heard. So here is mine. I am an American Jew of Iranian descent. Read more...