UCLA’s graduate students will have the chance this week to speak out on controversial changes to the university’s in absentia policy and to approve new funding to graduate-specific resources on campus. Read more...
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April 9, 12:13 am
Megan Beck: Cap-and-trade should provide limited allowances for UC
Carbon is now a commodity. Under California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, businesses and institutions – including universities – must pay for the carbon they emit. Senate Bill 497 strives to alleviate the financial burden on the University of California and California State University by freely allocating allowances, effectively exempting both university systems from having to purchase more carbon. Read more...
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April 9, 12:09 am
Eitan Arom: Data needed to ensure rebenching matches reality
Under the new University of California funding scheme set to be phased in over the next six years, the idea that all undergraduates should be equally funded is integral. But it misses a central truth: that all undergraduates are, in fact, not created equal. Read more...
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April 8, 12:00 am
Natalie Delgadillo: USAC should have allowed Bruin Diversity Referendum spot on ballot
Campus climate could find its way back to the ballot this year. Read more...
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April 5, 12:58 am
Benjamin Powell: Transfer students require more counseling resources
The California community college system is at a turning point. Read more...
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April 5, 12:00 am
Ryan Nelson: Lifetime, pharmacy care caps on UC SHIP should be removed
In Oakland, the University of California Office of the President has been engaged in deliberations over a cap on health. Read more...
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April 4, 12:26 am
Katie Shepherd: Collective student voice needed in UC advocacy issues
To a UCLA student, the concerns of faraway campuses like UC Berkeley and UC Davis might seem irrelevant to life on our campus. But the fact is, our campuses operate under the same system and are subject to the same budgetary strains that tie the University together in important ways. Read more...