Many students have been experiencing difficulties with MyUCLA ““ the campus Web site where students can find everything from their grades to a personalized message from their doctor ““ in the past few weeks. Some students reported no problems with the Web site, but others said they were unable to access their Webmail accounts from […]
Author Archives: Colleen Honigsberg
A closer look: “˜Buck-Fifty’ provides late-night hangout and cheap sandwiches
Ask almost any UCLA student about a fun night that involved “Buck-Fifty,” and they’ll probably be able to rattle off numerous anecdotes. The eatery Roll-Inn, located at 927 Gayley Ave., is usually known to students as “Buck-Fifty” after the former price of their 6-inch sandwich, and has become the social hangout for students leaving parties […]
Los Angeles mayor seeks to curb youth violence
In a conference hosted Friday by UCLA and Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn’s office, L.A. County took a step toward improving relations between law enforcement officers and the Los Angeles community. Friday’s conference, which was attended by social workers, non-profit agencies, law enforcement officials, UCLA affiliates such as Chancellor Albert Carnesale and politicians from the […]
A closer look: Iraq war to be major issue in 2004 presidential election
The war in Iraq doubtlessly will be one of the most important issues at stake when voters turn out to determine whether they will re-elect President Bush in 2004. Though it is too early to determine how Bush will be affected by the war in the upcoming election, Tuesday night’s State of the Union address […]
Affirmative action stance debated
In the dispute over affirmative action, both sides of the debate often argue that Martin Luther King Jr. would have supported their perspective. In King’s most famous speech, given at the Washington Monument in 1963, he stated his hopes that his children would be valued by their personality rather than their race. This speech, which […]
Supplemental costs for more units posed
The extra time college students often take to explore options before finishing their degree may cost more than they expected. To ease the state’s budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to eliminate subsidies to all undergraduate University of California students who take more than 10 percent beyond the requirement of the minimum number of units […]
Students petition progress requirements
Students frustrated with the recently implemented quarterly unit requirements are now taking action. Under the expected cumulative progress requirements ““ first implemented in fall 2001 ““ students must take at least 13 units per quarter, and must complete 29 units every two quarters. The one exception is for students in their first two quarters, who […]