[ORIENTATION]: University education isn’t limited to classroom

When I arrived at UCLA, I had never envisioned that I’d find myself stranded in South Central on a cold November night, with no cell phone, money or way of getting home. URSA assigned me a bad registration time one Friday night, ruining the plans I’d made to go to a movie opening. (As you’ll […]

Bruins beware: Bogus business on the prowl

When a well-dressed man carrying a leather briefcase took the stage last quarter in first-year undeclared student Amanda York’s Astronomy 3 lecture, she couldn’t help but listen. “He told (students in) the class that they could make $5,000 this summer with a paid internship as district managers for a large corporation,” York said. Along with […]

Chancellor’s office hour won’t cut it

Students knew they weren’t going to any regular office hour when they showed up Tuesday on the second floor of Murphy Hall. Like he does every quarter, Chancellor Albert Carnesale held student office hours, where any student could come discuss grievances, requests, aspirations or other issues. Carnesale’s decision to hold office hours is a nice […]