On Aug. 26, Judicial Watch took a step in defense of taxpayer rights by filing a lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of former California Senate candidate Earl De Vries, alleges that the UC Board of Regents is currently violating federal law by granting in-state tuition and state-funded public benefits to undocumented immigrants. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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September 8, 6:20 am
Submission: UC cannot legally give undocumented students state benefits
Community, Opinion
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September 8, 6:16 am
Submission: Undocumented students deserve equal access to higher education
We, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success (IDEAS) at UCLA are a collective of undocumented students and allies who represent and advocate for the interests and rights of undocumented students here on campus and throughout the nation. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 8, 6:00 am
Editorial: UCPD must recognize racial-profiling issue
Claudius E. Gaines III, a black UCLA facilities employee, is alleging he was a victim of racial profiling during an arrest made by university police officers on Aug. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 8, 5:19 am
Aram Ghoogasian: Judicial Watch lawsuit lacks legal, moral basis
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” – unless they don’t have the proper paperwork and want to go to college. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 2, 12:00 am
Editorial: Minimum wage hike for Los Angeles is necessary, feasible
This is a fact: you cannot meet necessary living expenses on $9 per hour, the current minimum wage in Los Angeles. This past Labor Day, the holiday that pays tribute to the labor movement that achieved social and economic improvements for workers and their families, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan to raise the city’s minimum wage to $13.25 per hour over the next three years. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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September 2, 12:00 am
Editorial: ‘Yes means yes’ bill protects sexual assault survivors on campuses
This post was updated on September 4 at 12:56 a.m. Last week, the state Senate unanimously passed a bill that, if signed into law by Gov. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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September 2, 12:00 am
Travis Fife: Minerva Project reinvents classroom model, universities should take note
What’s really shocking about universities isn’t how much they’ve changed. It’s how much they’ve stayed the same. Think about the typical classroom: There’s a professor lecturing, a group of students taking notes and maybe a graduate student or two there helping the professor. Read more...