On Monday night of week seven, I stumbled upon a Facebook post sharing an article titled “Data, teachers’ allegations undermine Gompers’ college-ready promise.” Gompers Preparatory Academy was the high school I graduated from. The 3,000-word article proceeded to discount the validity of my “college preparedness.” While there may be some correlation between the quality of […]
Author Archives: Lydiette De Jesus
Lydiette De Jesus: Departments must meet student demand, expand classes for minors
Nothing is more stressful than seeing the class you need to graduate fill up, with no waiting list in sight. That’s the case with seniors vying for the Global Health 100: “Global Health and Development” next quarter. The global health minor, created in fall 2015, requires the class as one of its mandatory upper-division core […]
Lydiette De Jesus: UC’s restriction on work hours is unmindful of student needs
This summer, the stoves weren’t the only hot items in the dining halls. The department was under some serious heat, and now student dining workers are somehow still dealing with the fire. UCLA Dining Services faced criticism after a push for higher student wages revealed that some student employees worked more than 30 hours each […]
Lydiette De Jesus: UCLA must meet students’ needs for health care services
It’s 9 a.m., and the professor begins class promptly. Papers ruffle, and the professor’s voice is heard amidst a chorus of coughs, sneezes and sniffles. It’s flu season, and for a campus as large as UCLA, that means sick students – and a lot of them. The good news is the Arthur Ashe Student Health […]
Lydiette De Jesus: Students should embrace everyday activism to reduce rape culture
Editor’s note: This column discusses the issues of sexual assault and rape. Students are beginning or returning to UCLA and besides their grades and social lives, they must be on the lookout for sexual assault. Sexual assault is any sexual act or behavior that comes without clear consent. Some forms of sexual assault are attempted […]
Lydiette De Jesus: Claims of racial bias in admissions are ignorant, perpetuate racism
Sleep-deprived summer-session students were unpleasantly surprised by a poster last week which brazenly argued UCLA is racially biased because it admits more African-American students than it should. “UCLA violates Prop 209 to discriminate against White and Asian students in favor of Blacks,” it read. The seemingly polite and factual language of the poster penetrated the […]
Alum’s Haiti volunteer experience during school unlocks lifetime career
At eight years old, Elisha Chan left her family and a familiar society behind in Hong Kong to pursue an education in the United States. She struggled to learn a new language in a country where she knew no one, but persevered because education was a priority for her family. Ten years later, Chan was […]