So much of an undergraduate education is paraphrasing a professor’s lecture into notes. Rarely do we have input on the curriculum; rarely is our insight given any significance beyond a letter grade; rarely are discussions with our peers perceived for their academic merit. But this spring, 20 students will lead seminars for other undergraduates to […]
Author Archives: Josh Macdonald
Open-source programs will open up knowledge
Intellectual property is now available in a generic brand. In the last couple weeks Wikipedia.org, the highly frequented, free online encyclopedia, has been running a major donation campaign to facilitate expansion. According to founder Jimmy Wales, a major part of Wikipedia’s eventual goal is to expand its services beyond the World Wide Web, to countries […]
Embrace perks of quarter system
Now that finals week has reared its ugly head, it may seem convenient to take out all our problems on the quarter system. Ten weeks isn’t enough time! You mean we have three sets of finals a year? I missed one lecture and now I feel like I’m four weeks behind. Perhaps we have forgotten […]
UCLA should support student arts
Anyone who’s looked into producing a show on campus knows how hard it is to book a venue. Even established student-production organizations such as Campus Events and the Student Committee for the Arts, complete with charters and budgets, have to fight the good bureaucratic fight to get their performers a stage. It’s not that venues […]
Film department’s focus should be on education
The undergraduate film and television major at UCLA resembles the master’s film program more than any other undergraduate program on campus. This reality neglects the fact that the study of film production and film criticism deserves to be taught as a liberal arts major. Digital video technology is pushing filmmaking and film language into a […]