Hoping for change is a mistake in California – especially on the housing front. The Golden State was on the verge of a breakthrough in its housing affordability crisis. Read more...
Community, Opinion
|
May 21, 11:23 pm
Op-ed: Tuition hike reveals failure to recognize contributions of nonresident students
On Thursday, The University of California Board of Regents decided to, once again, raise tuition for nonresident students. UC President Janet Napolitano sent a clear message to all out-of-state, international and nonresident-tuition-nonexempt undocumented students: We don’t care about you unless you bankroll our institution. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
May 21, 11:22 pm
UC’s tuition hikes overlook overarching issue of graduate student under-enrollment
Finish the puzzle. Deferred enrollment – the process of stashing your admit letter so you can make the world a better place for another year before having to learn how to play rage cage. Read more...
Photo: Nonresident tuition will be raised by $762 next year to boost the UC’s budget. But regents are ignoring a key issue behind their budgetary woes: graduate student under-enrollment. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Community, Opinion
|
May 20, 11:05 pm
Letter to the editor: Public perception of predictive policing is wrong, it can help reduce crime
This post was updated May 21 at 11:28 a.m. Dear Editor, Earlier this month, Opinion columnist Lena Nguyen criticized the character and reputation of my colleague, Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropology professor, in an Opinion column titled “Predictive policing algorithm perpetuates racial profiling by LAPD.” The piece maligned the nature of his work and contributions to the public – joining other attacks on his work in the past few weeks. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
May 20, 11:02 pm
UCLA Mobile is hardly useful to students, lacking even the most basic features
Imagine having a UCLA mobile app, where you could access everything, from dining hall menus to class schedules, in one place. Believe it or not, this app already exists. Read more...
Photo: (Alice Lu/Daily Bruin)
Opinion
|
May 20, 12:00 am
The Centennial Issue: UCLA, For Sale
In the beginning, Westwood was without form and void. Only ranch land was upon the face of the rolling hills. Then Edwin and Harold Janss said, “Let there be UCLA.” The Janss brothers’ land grant gift to mankind and the University of California came at $3.5 million less than the actual price – in effect, the first ever donation to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Jennie Wang/Daily Bruin)
Opinion, Opinion Columns
|
May 19, 10:50 pm
Student services fee emblematic of administration lacking financial transparency
For many students, the cost of attending UCLA is itself a burden. What’s even more of a burden is footing the bill so that administrators can pay for a red carpet photo shoot. Read more...
Photo: (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)