Author Archive for John Bruning
Share the UC Wealth
After multiple rounds of brutal budget cuts and skyrocketing fee hikes, many in the UC Irvine community supported Governor Brown’s campaign in the hope that he might put an end to this nightmare. Since announcing his $500 million cut to the UC – nearly 20 percent Ń it seems that this nightmare may just be beginning. At least, that’s the way the UC administration is portraying it.
Regents Decide, Students Suffer
Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, it seems that a new round of fee increases will follow last year’s 32 percent hike. We won’t know until next month, when the Regents prepare for their annual November meeting, but UC Budget Director Patrick Lenz has suggested that the fee increase will “range anywhere [...]
Student Protests and Campus Police
A federal court ruled on the use of Tasers by California police. The ruling came in response to a 2005 incident in which a man was Tasered during a traffic stop, allegedly without provocation. While the case may go to a higher court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling would restrict Taser use to [...]
Drake Issues Lottery, Dodges Accountability
Some of you may have heard about the Chancellor’s office hours this week. The idea behind this new initiative is respectable, and in theory, honorable. The campus is home to “individuals who represent a wide variety of backgrounds, opinions and perspectives.” It only makes sense that the Chancellor would be interested in engaging in a dialogue with these individuals.
10 Ways to Really Go Green
While by no means a comprehensive list, here’s an alternate list of things each and every one of you can do to resist the negative impact you have on our ecosystem. Incorporating these suggestions into your everyday life may be difficult, even painful, but it is possible and absolutely necessary for the survival of the planet and the plants, humans and non-humans inhabiting it.
