Several undergraduate student government officers and Election Board officials met Wednesday to discuss bloc voting and other concerns about the student government election process. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Constitutional Review Committee, which is in charge of proposing changes to USAC bylaws or the Election Code, convened to discuss possible solutions that aim to make […]
Author Archives: Keshav Tadimeti
Lost in Boelter: Understanding coding languages
The world of computers revolves around code. Everything that we do with a computer, from booting it up to browsing the internet, is facilitated by collections of computer code files that are packaged into single, functioning units known as software applications – software, for short. Problems solved using computers are implemented algorithmically with computer code. […]
Lost in Boelter: Demystifying computer science
Editor’s note: Opinion columnist Keshav Tadimeti has a few words to say about computer science at UCLA. This is the first in a weekly blog series explaining the ins and outs of what’s taught in Boelter Hall. My name is Keshav Tadimeti. I am an American-born Asian Indian. I also happen to be a computer […]
USAC to scale back JazzReggae Festival in wake of deficits
The undergraduate student government will significantly downsize the JazzReggae Festival this spring to account for previous festivals’ financial deficits. The JRF is a festival-style event that features musical performances, food and artwork associated with the jazz and reggae culture. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Cultural Affairs Commission has organized JRF for the past 30 years. […]
Keshav Tadimeti: Change necessary to shorten waiting lines, increase value of E&T Fair
I raced into Ackerman Union, hoping my sprint down Bruin Walk hadn’t soaked my dress shirt in sweat. I skidded to a stop outside Ackerman Grand Ballroom and, with a stack of resumes in hand, mustered up whatever courage I could get on an empty stomach and walked in. One hour was all I had […]
Keshav Tadimeti: Dining hall locker system in need of revamp
Hit C. Punch in “5555.” Press the lock key. That’s a dining hall locker procedure I’m sure many of us use. If the locker locks, our search is over. If not, we try again. At the De Neve dining hall, my search for a functional locker averages six iterations of the procedure. Lately, however, it’s […]
UCLA professors to be honored by AAAS for scientific research
Two UCLA professors will be honored as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, in February. Patrick Harran, a biochemistry and chemistry professor, and Douglas Black, a microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics professor, were among 347 AAAS members who were selected in November to be fellows. AAAS members selected 24 […]