When summer vacation started, many students jumped for joy as they looked forward to the long-awaited days of sleeping in, chilling on the couch and seeing old friends.
Author Archives: Brittany Chu
_A student-run food cooperative would let Bruins offer healthy, sustainable food options to each other, leading to a slimmer, greener UCLA_
Any first-time college student has heard horror stories about dining hall food and the “freshman 15.”
_UCLA would improve with more focus on multidisciplinary research_
As one of the largest research universities in the nation, UCLA can boast of having discovered the first cases of AIDS, as well as having made weather forecasting a modern-day science.
_Unpaid internship laws need specificity_
Companies are usually blamed for hiring unpaid interns. Yet universities are an overlooked contributor in the system that condones this unfair practice.
_AP credit should help fulfill GE requirements_
Coming into my freshman year with almost 70 Advanced Placement units, I had high hopes of graduating in three years.
_Admissions process should weed out the students who won’t bleed blue and gold_
When I applied to UCLA, it was not my first choice. Yet, it seemed unthinkable that I would not apply to UCLA, because all I had to do was check one more box in the online application.
HyperCities Egypt website collects tweets about Egyptian revolution from people within the country
A website created by two UCLA faculty members and one graduate student captured thousands of tweets after the resignation of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.