To the editor: Inasmuch because the state of California is the biggest internet tax donor among the many 50 states, a fantastic in opposition to one in every of our main universities is each economically and morally questionable (“‘Uncharted territory’: Newsom and UC go to battle in opposition to Trump’s UCLA sanctions,” Aug. 11).
That is a part of the assault on range, fairness and inclusion. It appears that evidently, if this stuff should be eradicated, what’s sought is a return to segregation. In view of California being a internet donor, Californians are to be required to subsidize this shabby try at re-segregation.
I wish to see the state battle this and, to the extent practicable, to hunt not solely a dismissal of this doubtful fantastic but in addition reparation for the bills of combating it. It’s unlucky that punitive damages can’t be assessed in opposition to the apparent instigator of this try at monetary penalization for making an attempt to stay as much as the assertion of equality on the very starting of the Declaration of Independence.
Invoice Seckler, Riverside
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To the editor: It truly is time to battle again. As a UCLA undergrad and legislation faculty alum, I’m personally affronted and shocked, however not stunned, by President Trump’s tried extortion of $1 billion from UCLA. I problem the UCLA Alumni Assn. (of which I used to be as soon as a board member), the school, the Related College students (of which I used to be as soon as president) and the college’s administration to face up and battle in opposition to this blatant try by Trump to decrease the facility and status of main universities throughout the nation.
No matter might have occurred throughout the campus protests over the conflict in Gaza, UCLA shouldn’t be antisemitic as an entire and to make use of this declare as a false foundation for the college to come back to its knees is sophistry. All Bruins ought to get up and battle.
James Stiven, Cardiff
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To the editor: The Oxford dictionary defines extortion as “the observe of acquiring one thing, particularly cash, by means of drive or threats.” I’d say this describes what our president is doing to a tee. His efforts to extract large sums of cash from UCLA and different outstanding universities is disgusting.
I’m positive Trump is thrilled with all the cash he’s bringing in from tariffs, program cuts, settlements from different universities and legislation companies and firing employees. Then, he spends federal funds on a new ballroom for the White Home and extra Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers. We, the individuals, are paying the worth with all of the cuts to applications that had been truly serving to us — to not point out the local weather of concern and uncertainty that he cultivates each day.
Joanna Ryder, Hermosa Seaside
