Within the media world, columnists and reporters have the incredibly important responsibility of reporting the issues that face our community in an unbiased way so that all members of the community can judge for themselves what is best for the community.

Last year, a referendum was passed by UCLA’s undergraduate student body to add a transfer representative office to the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Additionally, in recent years advocacy for transfer students has grown, and the process for transfer students to integrate with the UCLA community has become more transparent.

Proposition 45 will give one politician in Sacramento the sole authority to regulate health care, including control over copays, deductibles and even coverage. This proposition creates more costly bureaucracy and unnecessary government oversight.