Editorial

UC fails to meet deadline, noncompliance could result in tuition hike A 2017 audit outlined that the University of California had not disclosed $175 million to the public — an amount the University of California Office of the President says is incorrect — showing that UCOP exercised misleading budget practices while continuing to request more […]

Bylaws made incomprehensible after years of legislative tinkering When a student recently pursued the process to recall elected officials, ASUCD failed them. According to the Judicial Council’s opinion issued in the case Nelson v. ASUCD, the resulting process “was riddled with inconsistency, confusion, miscommunication, and amounted to a denial of the petitioners [sic] right to […]

The Editorial Board loves their moms Bryan Sykes, Editor-in-Chief: My mom always tells me, when I’m worried or stressed, to “think good thoughts and good things will happen.” If there is any phrase that best portrays my mom, it’s that one. She’s the most positive and supportive person I know and never fails to be […]

UC Davis conductor faces few consequences for sexual misconduct Christian Baldini, the UC Davis symphony conductor who was put on unpaid leave after sexual misconduct toward a female undergraduate, has returned to campus. Though he received a disciplinary letter from Chancellor Gary May, the letter will not be placed in his academic review file and […]

California, other states sue Environmental Protection Agency California was among 16 other states and the District of Columbia to sue the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, May 1 for its weakened auto emission standards. Rather than raising the standards for greenhouse gas emissions that threaten our environment, these standards are instead being lowered for cars […]

53,000 UC workers to participate in three-day strike The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has announced its plans to go on strike from 4 a.m. on May 7 to 4 a.m. on May 10 at all University of California campuses and some hospitals.   A combined 53,000 employees are estimated to participate […]

The Sacramento Bee lays off journalists, employees The Sacramento Bee laid off 15 journalists and eight employees from its production team this Tuesday. The announcement joined the list of other major publications that executed mass layoffs in 2018 — among them the Chicago Tribune and the Denver Post — highlighting the reality of financing print […]

Syracuse University, others punish Greek organizations for despicable behavior Syracuse University has permanently expelled its Theta Tau fraternity chapter after videos revealed its members spouting racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic language and acting out the sexual assault of a person with disabilities. In one video, which the fraternity has defended as “a satirical sketch” of […]

Reinvest in public education, students’ futures Each year, teachers have watched, petrified, as money is diverted from the education budget and students become desensitized to dwindling classroom supplies and textbooks that have been used 10 times too many. One art teacher in Tennessee recounted her experience using old markers to make watercolors. Another teacher from […]

Students face disciplinary hearings following Mrak sit-in For over a month in 2016, students occupied Mrak Hall to protest then-Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi. It was intrusive, it was vocal and, most importantly, it was effective. Students occupied Mrak again in January of this year, this time in protest of proposed tuition hikes throughout the University […]

Tourist litter causes ecological, economic devastation The Philippines announced on April 5 that the island of Boracay, a popular tourist destination known for its bright blue water and white sand beaches, would be closed to tourists for six months due to sustained environmental damage. The closure is in large part due to infrastructure problems and […]

44 percent of UC undergraduates experience food insecurity, study shows A recently published national survey conducted by the Wisconsin Harvesting Opportunities for Postsecondary Education Lab found that, of over 43,000 students surveyed from 66 institutions across 20 states, 36 percent of university students said they were food insecure at the time of the survey. The […]