Undocumented students face challenges in gaining access to a variety of social services. The University of California has an obligation to make sure obtaining a UC education is not one of these challenges. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 30, 12:12 am
Zoey Freedman: UC should provide undocumented graduate students a means to fund education
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 29, 12:17 am
Katie Shepherd: UC should make exceptions to admissions rules for veterans
There are a lot of things I never got used to growing up in a military family. One of the only aspects of military life that I did learn to expect was its uncertainty: uncertainty in where I would be living in a year, uncertainty in when my father would be returning from overseas, uncertainty in whether I would graduate from the same high school where I started as a freshman. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 28, 12:13 am
Ryan Nelson: Students should manage unsubsidized loan debt early
It is typically best not to worry about things beyond your control. For college students, however, the dizzying cost of higher education and the financial pressure placed on students’ backs by hefty student loan packages are impossible to ignore. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 25, 12:00 am
Alexandra Tashman: UCLA must make sexual assault education an ongoing effort
Sexual assault is a perennial issue on college campuses. Every year, college students become survivors of a crime that is preventable. Part of the reason is that consistent and mandatory sexual assault education is sorely lacking on UCLA’s campus, as at many schools. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 25, 12:00 am
Eitan Arom: USAC Israeli-Palestinian resolution imposes false consensus
On Tuesday night, more than 100 students crowded into the Kerckhoff Grand Salon. Many of them sat on the floor, while others stood in the back. For about two and a half hours, they took turns speaking and cheering one another on. Read more...
Photo: More than 100 students attended Tuesday’s USAC meeting, prompting the event to be moved to a larger venue of Kerckhoff Grand Salon. The focus of the meeting was a resolution supporting steps toward peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Public comments lasted for several hours.
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 24, 12:09 am
Kunal Patel: Community colleges should not give 4-year degrees
If a pending proposal is enacted, the University of California could soon have a new competitor in the market for bachelor’s degrees. The Baccalaureate Degree Study Group, a committee convened by the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, is examining the viability of giving community colleges the ability to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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October 23, 12:23 am
Natalie Delgadillo: Devise new UC admissions criterion to improve student diversity
Increasing diversity in light of a state ban on the use of race and ethnicity in university admissions has, for the better part of two decades, proved a difficult task at the University of California. Read more...