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: 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 […]