I came to a roadblock after five great years here at UCLA. I met many people – few of them were real and kept it real. I studied abroad thrice, produced tangible changes on this campus and developed in ways that were unbeknownst to any wayward kid from Richmond, Calif. I did phenomenal work and […]
Author Archives: Kate Parkinson-Morgan
Submission: Past successes serve as foundation for future endeavors
When looking at history, we can see the power of the student voice, and how it is harnessed in the Undergraduate Students Association Council. We look to the Freedom Riders of the 1960s as an example of UCLA students being heard on a national level. Or the movement to divest from South African apartheid in […]
Submission: Retiring professor encourages critical, independent thought
I have regarded my time at UCLA a great privilege, both because of the high intellectual quality of the students who have chosen to take my courses and because of the stimulation from serving with such extraordinary scholars in the department of history and other departments on campus. I have been honored by invitations to […]
Graduating speaker hopes to contribute humor to 2013 commencement ceremony
David Shamash found himself in a dangerous part of town after getting off a boat in the middle of the night in Greece. His hotel was 15 miles away and the city was in the midst of a transportation strike, the fourth-year classics student said. To get to his hotel, he pretended to be the […]
Long Story Short – May 13, 2013
Rapper Lfeatherz, also known as second year psychobiology student Lawrence Madella, takes the mike in the studio to give a performance and answer a few of the host’s burning questions, such as how he chose such a unique stage name. Mother’s Day was this past weekend, so English Professor Joseph Nagy discusses the classic trope […]