Author Archives: Abigail Palmer

Before standing up in front of 60 expectant students for his first discussion section, a new teaching assistant can shed his nervousness by leading his fellow TAs through a mock discussion section, where they can practice eliminating shaking hands and awkward pauses. At a university with more than 24,000 undergraduates, TAs have become an integral […]

Community volunteers will meet tonight to conclude a three-day phoneathon focused on encouraging academically qualified black students to apply to UCLA. UCLA alumni, current students and other concerned community volunteers met on Wilshire on Wednesday and Thursday night and will do so again today, with the goal of contacting about 400 black students to tell […]

The University of California, along with other companies, has just entered a bid to manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which specializes in nuclear research ““ one week after an apparent security breach in another UC-managed nuclear research facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos laboratory officials said last week that three portable computer drives […]

Sunday afternoon on Bruin Walk is a stark contrast to the normally bustling environment of students rushing to class or campus groups handing out promotional fliers. But Garo Manjikian, a graduate of UC Riverside and current CALPIRG campus organizer for UC Santa Barbara, was there to approach the few people walking by. “Hello, have you […]

During meals in campus dining halls and on evenings in Sunset Plaza, 9-year-old Andres can be seen eating with his mother or playing with students who have become his friends. With a mother who is a faculty member in residence in Canyon Point, Andres has a vibrant social life and is good friends with the […]

Students with learning disorders made up 156 of the cases of students served by the UCLA Office of Students with Disabilities last year. But unlike many of the students served by the office, these students struggle with disorders which have no known cure and cannot be located. Learning disorders affect a person’s ability to either […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a speech Thursday that if the Democratic party retakes control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term congressional elections, the affordability of higher education will be on the top of its agenda. This pledge is part of House Democrats’ “New Direction for America,” which also focuses on […]