In next week’s election, graduate students will have the option of voting to amend their constitution to fund a Graduate Writing Center that would assist students with various types of professional writing. The Graduate Students Association voted to put a referendum on the ballot that, if passed, would add a $3 fee per quarter starting […]
Author Archives: Bridget Shackelford
Bruins battle Trojans in debate
The UCLA and USC speech and debate teams met Thursday night at UCLA to discuss the controversy surrounding the political cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have caused international debate and turmoil in the Middle East. The first cartoon ran in a Danish newspaper in September 2005 and depicted the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban […]
Fiat Lux course sheds light on UCLA’s black experience
A Fiat Lux freshman seminar focused specifically on the black student experience at UCLA and how black students are affected by campus demographics is set to be offered for the first time next quarter. Fiat Lux seminars are one-unit courses designed for underclassmen. They were started after Sept. 11, 2001, to provide a place for […]
Study examines spirituality among university members
Most university students and faculty members consider spirituality to be an important part of their lives, according to a study by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA scheduled to be released today. Over 40,000 professors from 421 colleges and universities and 112,232 first-year students from 235 colleges and universities were surveyed about how their […]