Imagine navigating a public university in which students of your ethnicity make up less than 5 percent of the undergraduate student body. Imagine your university experience plagued by things like parties centered around racially insensitive costumes and a photograph of your undergraduate student government president throwing up a gang sign like it means nothing. And […]
Author Archives: Andiver Castellanos
Andiver Castellanos: UCLA must make online mental health module to increase campus dialogue
UCLA administrators and students have put a lot of emphasis on improving professional mental health resources. But students hold a lot of potential to attack mental health issues head-on. The undergraduate student population of UCLA continues to grow, but the university has not expanded its mental health services to keep up. Students continue to face […]
Andiver Castellanos: Administration should better publicize academic probation resources
Oftentimes, students that go through academic probation are stigmatized and shamed for it, but people forget to realize that universities often do not publicize the resources available to these students. According to its website, UCLA will place a student on academic probation if their term or overall grade point average falls between 1.5 and 1.99. […]
Andiver Castellanos: ASUCLA student workers should not be overburdened
As a student worker at the Associated Students UCLA, work often burdens me more than academics. That shouldn’t be the case. ASUCLA employs over 1,500 students, making it the largest employer of students on campus. According to its website, one of its core missions is the professional development of student employees. Yet, student workers are […]
UCLA Dining offers lottery-based cooking classes in Feast at Rieber
UCLA students can now take cooking classes taught by dining hall chefs on the Hill. UCLA Dining will host six cooking classes during winter quarter at Feast at Rieber. Students can enter a lottery on the UCLA Residential Life website to participate in the classes. [Related: Sur La Table brings new culinary shopping experience to […]
Themed floor for first-generation students to open in Hedrick in fall
A themed floor for first-generation college students will open in Hedrick Hall in fall 2017. First to Go, a Living Learning Community, will give students who are the first in their families to attend college an environment where they can learn from one another, according to UCLA Residential Life. Living Learning Communities are themed floors […]