A multi-year tuition freeze is a great deal for students who will be enrolled while tuition remains stable, but students entering the University of California after levels thaw could be left to deal with sizeable consequences.
Author Archives: Katie Shepherd
Katie Shepherd: Elected officials should integrate opponents’ platforms
After a week of hearing pitches on Bruin Walk from each of the three slates in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election, we can finally walk to class without having to stuff several campaign flyers into our pockets as we pass.
Katie Shepherd: Campaigns should avoid sexual approach
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in America. Cancer takes second place. And while breast cancer comes in second in that category, it receives among the most publicity and research funding of any health issue in America. Moreover, breast cancer is one of the only diseases consistently sexualized by awareness campaigns. Sexualized […]
Katie Shepherd: Turnitin more helpful than harmful for professors and students
Most students click the submit button on Turnitin without a second thought, but some detractors within the Conference on College Composition and Communication would urge students and professors to pause before using the plagiarism detection software.
Katie Shepherd: Graduate students need to increase participation in elections
UCLA’s graduate students will have the chance this week to speak out on controversial changes to the university’s in absentia policy and to approve new funding to graduate-specific resources on campus.
Katie Shepherd: Collective student voice needed in UC advocacy issues
To a UCLA student, the concerns of faraway campuses like UC Berkeley and UC Davis might seem irrelevant to life on our campus. But the fact is, our campuses operate under the same system and are subject to the same budgetary strains that tie the University together in important ways. These connections can be seen […]
Katie Shepherd: UNITE committee needs constitution, specific goals
With several incidents of hate crime and slurs against various campus communities occurring in the past couple years, campus climate has become a major topic of discussion for students at UCLA.