Author Archives: Jennie Herriot

When high school math teacher Marty Romero accepted the UCLA math department’s offer to teach classes in Westwood for a year, he thought it would be a lot easier than the 40-hour weeks at Wilson High School in Los Angeles. But he soon realized his assumption was wrong. “It’s more work than I thought it […]

After nearly three months as the new vice chancellor of student affairs, Janina Montero is continuing to formulate ideas for improving student life at UCLA as she familiarizes herself with her new surroundings. Montero has outlined rough sketches of her goals for UCLA, though she has not yet created specific plans for achieving these goals. […]

It’s summertime and the living’s easy – but not as easy as many students taking summer classes at UCLA thought it would be. Students who choose to take regular UCLA classes in one of two condensed six-week sessions often find the classes more intense than classes taken during the regular academic year ““ despite a […]

At universities across the country, expenses never seem to stop piling up, and buying textbooks is no exception. Along with online bookstores and auctioning forums, UCLA offers ways for students to keep some textbook money in their pockets. At the local level, students can purchase books from the UCLA Store, located in Ackerman Union. Textbooks […]

For many UCLA students, a smaller community within the student body provides them with the support necessary to complete their degrees. These students often choose to cap their college experience with a special community graduation ceremony. Both undergraduates and graduates who identify themselves as members of six such on-campus communities ““ from the African Student […]

Thousands of miles away from the Middle East, few members of the UCLA community have a direct connection with the Iraq conflict. But UCLA alumnus and die-hard Bruin athletics fan Sameer Bakhda does. Known around campus as the guy who attends every UCLA athletic event he can, Bakhda joined the military to pay for medical […]

The Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars honored a leader in the Spanish-speaking community at their largest fundraising event of the year Thursday night. Jose Molina, chairman of Continental Broadcasting, received the 2003 Neil H. Jacoby Award for fostering international business and multi-cultural awareness. The Mexican-born Molina, who earned a mathematics degree from UCLA, […]