Charter Amendment C is a city measure on the May 16 Los Angeles ballot. Angelenos will also vote for city council members and LA Unified School District board members during the May 16 elections. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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May 14, 6:41 pm
Editorial: UC lacks transparency, exploits lecturers by cutting benefits
The University of California needs a lecture or two on how to treat its lecturers. UC’s chief negotiator said early March that summer lecturers at UCLA and several other campuses will lose their retirement benefits starting summer 2017. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 11, 10:01 pm
Abhishek Shetty: State legislators must be more realistic about UC funding constraints
State legislators might seem to care about the well-being of the University of California and its students, but it was painfully clear they came to the dealing table with a deck of marked cards when they negotiated a nonresident enrollment cap with the UC. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 11, 8:26 pm
Letter to the Editor: Administrative fees on contributions to UCLA are realistic, not harmful
With regard to Sandra Wenceslao’s column “UCLA’s fee on contributions can deter potential donors, harm students,” while I share her desire for donations to be donated, fully, to intended causes, her views read naively. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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May 11, 8:22 pm
Submission: State legislature must pass AB 71 to address affordable housing crisis
Summer is coming, and many students are thinking about final assignments, projects, internships and making summer plans. But for some students, summer means the end of stable housing and beginning the search for new housing options. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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May 10, 10:31 pm
Gael Adrien Mbama: Student organizations need city funding to tackle homelessness
Everybody knows Los Angeles has a homelessness problem. To be clear, homelessness is a complicated, multidimensional problem with no single solution, but LA city and county officials have a well-publicized $737 million plan to tackle it. Read more...
Photo: (Wenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Community, Opinion
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May 10, 10:30 pm
Submission: UCLA community must learn from errors, move forward with respect
Last week, a photograph of a UCLA undergraduate making a gang sign went viral. There is much we as administration don’t know about its context, including whether the photo was taken on campus. Read more...