Affirmative action’s days may be numbered due to an academic’s (pur)suit for the numbers. When UCLA School of Law professor Richard Sander filed his lawsuit against University of California two weeks ago, it was not to ban affirmative action. Read more...
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November 26, 11:42 pm
Financial literacy education at orientation would help alleviate future stress
“Broke college students” is our self-proclaimed name – and we own it. But why can’t we be Bruins on a budget? First-year students may be excited to take on the world as they join UCLA, but the reality of how expensive their Uber rides or restaurant meals are hits hard and quickly. Read more...
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November 26, 11:33 pm
Application-building approach to college admissions not viable for higher education
This winter, prospective college students will spend their hard-earned break agonizing over the Common Application, digesting turkey while continuously modifying essays and questioning every step of the process that will determine their admissions future. Read more...
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November 25, 10:52 pm
Ashe Center’s sudden policy changes blindside students, breaches coverage
Getting a rug pulled from under you is pretty dangerous. It makes one wonder, though, why UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, which oversees and provides medical care to UCLA’s students, continues to pull the rug from underneath its students. Read more...
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November 20, 10:37 pm
Class-based affirmative action would better address inequity in UC system
History is replete with accounts of ambitious political initiatives that have promised to address all manner of injustices, only to devolve into a “tragedy of good intentions.” Race-based affirmative action seems to be no exception to this historical trend. Read more...
Photo: California passed Proposition 209 in 1996, banning racial preference policies in state institutions. There is evidence to believe, however, that the University of California continues to use race-based affirmative action, despite its illegality and ineffectiveness as policy. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 19, 11:13 pm
UCLA’s failure to rise to the occasion leaves elevators liable to be dangerous
UCLA’s elevators are notorious for being unreliable. Even more unreliable, though, is the university’s elevator permit process. Roughly 61 percent of the 531 elevators on campus, including those in Rieber Hall, Sproul Landing and Ackerman Union, currently have expired permits. Read more...
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November 19, 11:07 pm
Media literacy GE classes necessary to help students navigate modern platforms
What do you get when CNN’s Jim Acosta, President Donald Trump’s administration and a doctored video enter the national news media? A new low in our post-truth reality. Read more...
Photo: The internet has made it easier for false narratives to be spread, one example being the Trump administration’s decision to share a doctored video. It’s therefore important that students be given the tools to critically decipher the media. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)