This post was updated May 31 at 6:21 p.m.
The pandemic has taught us many things, but one of its most disheartening lessons has been that bad publicity is indeed better than no publicity.

For all its touted progressivism, California doesn’t provide its residents the reproductive freedom they need and deserve.
The state has an opportunity to change that.
Senate Bill 523, introduced by State Sen.

The process of negotiation needs to be a two-way street, but the University of California seems more than eager to cut lecturers off at every possible opportunity.

This post was updated Feb.15 at 3:33 p.m.
Campus reopening announcements for the fall may sound like good news, but students at the University of California are all too familiar with dashed hopes and low expectations.

This post was updated Jan. 18 at 7:41 p.m.
The University of California may have a few similarities with the California State University system, but it cannot share the same disregard toward student well-being.

California may have kept the door on affirmative action shut, but the University of California must keep the window of opportunity open to students.
Earlier this month, roughly 57% of California voters rejected Proposition 16.

Plans to reopen campus may have come to a screeching halt, but UCLA’s efforts to combat COVID-19 must continue full steam ahead.
Lingering hopes of a normal fall quarter were dispelled when UCLA notified its student body that it would be moving to mostly remote instruction for fall quarter.

The saying “out with the old, in with the new” symbolizes the sentiment of moving forward.
And with a new president taking over the University of California, we can only hope that forward is truly the direction the UC intends to head.

As spring cleaning comes to a close, the University of California has done its fair share by throwing out one of its longstanding admissions requirements – standardized testing.

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended life in the most unforeseeable of ways. At UCLA, our community is remarkably united by similar feelings of loss, confusion and concern, but also by light, hope and perspective that the pandemic has brought to the forefront.