Author Archives: Melinda Dudley

The senate proposal, which would change the structure of undergraduate student government and reorganize the responsibilities of its elected officers, has been listed as an action item for the Undergraduate Students Association Council and could be voted on as early as tonight. Passage of the proposal, like all constitutional and bylaw changes, would require a […]

After a decade-long hiatus, the undergraduate nursing program at UCLA will reopen and expects to begin taking applications for students entering in the fall of 2006, UCLA officials announced Monday. None of the University of California campuses currently offer undergraduate degrees in nursing. The UCLA School of Nursing had offered an undergraduate program since it […]

Working alongside recovering drug addicts and her fellow students, Sarah Kolterman wielded a rake and a pair of hedgetrimmers as she joined in at a relandscaping effort at a drug recovery center. “You can’t get the best of me, rosebush!” yelled Kolterman, a fourth-year psychology student, as she attempted to remove some feisty foliage, which […]

A $1.1 million Department of Education grant has been awarded to UCLA’s Early Care and Education program, doubling the number of students who will be able to receive child care assistance through the university. Child care services for students are available through UCLA Early Care and Education, which operates an accredited child care center, preschool […]

An error by a political coalition has misrepresented the personal views of a student leader as those of all UCLA undergraduates. Undergraduate Students Association Council President Jenny Wood gave her personal endorsement to several campaigns involving ballot initiatives in the Nov. 8 special election. But due to a miscommunication between Wood and the group running […]

The Graduate Record Examination is undergoing its biggest overhaul in its 55-year history, affecting what the Educational Testing Service estimates to be 500,000 future graduate students. Starting October 2006, the GRE will change its content, format and scoring method. The test will also nearly double in length, from two and a half hours to over […]

Starting Monday, the nearly 37,000 faculty, staff and students still holding the classic blue or gold BruinCards began to swap them for new ones. The new BruinCards have a more secure encryption to safeguard information stored on the card and feature UCLA’s recently redesigned logo, although there is some question whether the changeover is worth […]