I agree with Maximilian Pitner that there needs to be more open thinking and discussion about the drinking culture in America and on this campus. I just read a global perspective on root causes, changing the culture, and reducing adverse consequences of drinking, by Maik Dunnbier of IOGT International. Read More…
Although there were barely 50 words devoted to the issue of the amicus curiae brief issued by the university, in the Daily Californian from Sept. 3, there is a considerable amount to say regarding “race-conscious admissions.” Since 1996, it may be true that diversity has suffered on campus, but when Read More…
Student leaders should organize on political issues Many students, alumni and community members have questioned the competency of new UC Student Regent-designate Sadia Saifuddin — so much so that they have actively campaigned against her appointment on questionable grounds. A significant portion of the organizers against her appointment have made Read More…
Student regent needs to represent all students UC student regents are supposed to represent all UC students. Sadia Saifuddin’s leading role in the UC-wide anti-Israel divestment movement calls into question her willingness to represent the Jewish community — its extreme left excepted. In pushing for divestment from the Middle East’s Read More…
Hard times for the University of California Of historical value we find it interesting to note that our beloved Alma Mater appears to have evolved from a bastion of innovative thought and free speech to a seemingly spineless institutution begging for funds, selling out entire departments to the likes of Read More…
Father of two UC students speaks against appointment of Janet Napolitano as UC president I remember that when the small federal budget reduction was implemented, Janet Napolitano held airline passengers hostage by deliberately reducing the number of TSA security personnel in airports to create an artificial logjam to avoid implementing Read More…
A different look at why the humanities matters Many thanks to Martin Jay for his defense of the humanities (“Why the humanities,” July 8). Alongside a halfhearted suggestion, half-abandoned in the penultimate sentence, that a humanities major is good for the career, he suggests that the humanities are about critical Read More…
State legislature was right to reject unit caps As a current UC student, I am relieved that the Legislature has rejected the governor’s plan to impose unit caps. Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal protects the state’s coffers but at the expense of students. Rather than help students graduate in four years, Read More…
The inability to have a smoke free home In an editorial from June 10, The Daily Californian wrote, “In comparison, residents of apartment buildings do not have a choice about whether or not their neighbors smoke, but they can make a choice to keep their living situations smoke-free.” In housing Read More…
“BareStage” was first “Bear Stage” I read with some interest the article in The Daily Californian by Jessica Pena on the the founding of BareStage Productions. I cannot speak to what Ben Rimalower found at Cal in 1994, but I can assure that “Bear Stage” existed as an ASUC-supported musical Read More…