Editor’s Note: Over the next 16 weeks, Assistant News Editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the ASICS L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]
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UCLA Academic Senate approves diversity-related course requirement
This post was updated on Nov. 20 at 5:50 p.m. The UCLA Academic Senate’s Legislative Assembly approved a diversity-related course requirement for the College of Letters and Science with a 85-18 vote Thursday afternoon. In late October, College of Letters and Science faculty approved the requirement, which would have students take a course about inequalities […]
Miles to Go: Cross training offers an alternative to high-impact excercises
Editor’s Note: Over the next 17 weeks, assistant news editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]
GSA vice president of internal affairs candidates released
The graduate student government announced Wednesday the three candidates hoping to fill the vice president of internal affairs seat. Heidi Alexander, Milan Chatterjee and Matthew FitzGerald are running for the position. Each candidate had to be nominated by at least 50 graduate students. Alexander, a graduate student in the UCLA School of the Arts and […]
UCLA Residential Life alters policy language to accomodate mental health issues
UCLA Residential Life changed its policy regarding dismissible offenses last week, altering some wording and removing language that made suicidal thoughts or attempts a violation.
Miles to Go: Balancing midterms, training to stay in the running
Editor’s Note: Over the next 20 weeks, assistant news editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]
Miles to Go: Tracking the impact of different campus running surfaces
Editor’s note: Over the next 20 weeks, Assistant News Editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. She’ll be reporting on the science and health aspects of endurance training as well as featuring students and L.A. residents who are taking on […]