“Pedestrian” is not a word normally associated with the academic path of a UCLA student.
Author Archives: Charley Guptill
In the know: _Humanities doctoral programs_
A doctoral program in humanities can now take almost a decade to complete.
_Voting remains vital in USAC elections, even with most candidiates running unopposed_
For the past three years, voter turnout for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections has hovered around 37 percent of the undergraduate student population.
_Students need to engage in a more meaningful debate on “˜Kony 2012′ that goes beyond social media_
As a college student with a Facebook account, I heard about the “Kony 2012″ campaign the night it launched. The 30-minute video, created by Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate people about the crimes committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa, spread faster than any other Internet video in history.
In the know: California lawmakers wear hoods for a cause
California lawmakers have become the most recent group to don hoodies to pay tribute to Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen who was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
_Housing and Hospitality Services should hire more interns to increase student education of sustainable food choices_
Although for many of us ramen and popcorn might be staples of our diet, eating healthily is important for college students. Our minds and bodies need the proper fuel from the healthiest and, ideally, the most environmentally friendly sources.
_UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services deserves more funding for the care it provides_
Sexual assaults are an unfortunately common occurrence on college campuses. One in five college women will be sexually assaulted at some point during her undergraduate career.