A UCLA education is never exactly the same for every student because of the multitude of academic options available to undergraduates both on campus and elsewhere. UCLA provides students with a variety of ways to enrich their academic education ““ from interdepartmental majors to study abroad programs to academic tutorials ““ by allowing students to […]
Author Archives: Heather Rabkin
Alumni pursue humanitarian causes
Naya Villarreal is a political science student who graduated from UCLA last quarter and has decided to spend her first years out of college in the Caribbean ““ not on vacation, but rather as a member of the Peace Corps. Villarreal always knew the Peace Corps was something she was interested in, and her experiences […]
Same-sex couple hears wedding bells
There will be the traditional wedding cake, a live band and a reception, but the marriage taking place between two UCLA students today in Bruin Plaza will not be legal. The Student Coalition for Marriage Equality at UCLA is hosting the mock wedding to educate students on campus about the situation same-sex couples are in. […]
Union on strike at UCs
The Union of Professional and Technical Employees, which has nearly 10,000 members, is planning to hold a one-day strike at all nine University of California campuses today. “We are striking on Thursday fundamentally because there is one-third of our staff that leave every year in turnover. UC salaries are typically 30 percent behind what other […]
[A closer look] PULSE frees groups from fund-raising
The passage of the PULSE referendum will not only prevent debt due to budget cuts, but will also allow groups not to fund-raise as heavily and keep them from having to dig deeper into USAC’s surplus funds, groups say. PULSE, which stands for Promoting Understanding and Learning through Service and Education, was passed by a […]
[A closer look] Law students push for recruiter presence
Brad Schwan was involved in active duty for the Army for six years before coming to UCLA for law school. A second-year student at the UCLA School of Law and vice-chairman of the UCLAW Veterans Society, Schwan knew he always wanted the opportunity to go to law school, which was one of the reasons he […]
[A closer look] Multicultural faculty recruit diverse student body
Professors who are part of the four ethnic study centers on campus play a role in drawing undergraduate minority students to UCLA, and in retaining them. The admission of undergraduate minority students statistically went up slightly for the 2005-2006 school year, leading to a possibility of a bigger representation of minority students on campus next […]