Author Archives: Andrea Henthorn
Close to Home: A Flawed System
Close to Home: Housing Insecurity at UCLA
Asked & Unanswered
The Afrikan Student Union has released two sets of demands for UCLA in the last five years, most of which have not been fulfilled by university administrators. The demands, made in 2015 and 2017, address changes ASU leaders believe administrators should implement at UCLA to improve campus life for black students. The release of both […]
Napolitano, Block discuss student housing and food concerns
Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, said at least 3,800 new beds will be available on UC campuses by fall 2018. The UC system is in the process of adding a minimum of 14,000 beds by 2020 to fulfill a housing initiative. Napolitano said the UC is financing the construction of new housing […]
Close to Home: Van Life
Every morning during the summer of 2010, Seth Wing walked to Kerckhoff Hall from his van, parked on Veteran Avenue, with a cup of instant oatmeal in his hand and ready to start the day. That summer, before he graduated with a degree in geography/environmental studies and a minor in geospatial information systems and technologies, […]
Close to Home: Housing Insecurity at UCLA
X had dreamed of attending UCLA since she first visited the campus in elementary school. But when she finally came to UCLA, the college experience she had hoped for was interrupted by periods of housing and food insecurity. X is a fifth-year humanities student who has experienced homelessness while at UCLA. She has requested anonymity […]