Though UCLA needs more money from private donors as state funding is on the decline, fostering a sense of commitment in current students to donate in the future is not the solution.
Author Archives: Michael Dafter
_In the Know: Obama's jobs bill defeated_
If you relied on common sense to comprehend what lawmakers do in Washington, you’d never figure it out.
_The Path to Protest_
What better way to hide under a veil of dogmatism then to disregard large-scale protests as the whining of naive young people?
_It's the thought that counts_
Everyone always notices when the insignificant details slip away ““ a lost quarter, a missed call, a neglected Facebook post ““ but the greatest risk, never being able to think critically, can pass off absolutely unnoticed.
But this is nothing less than the current state of recent college graduate job trends: When job qualification is based primarily on quantitative skills, humanities students are going to be at an obvious disadvantage.
A rigorous education in almost any of the core humanities infuses in a student unprecedented and necessary skills, such as writing and research, communication, and the adroitness to weave through convoluted enigmas that have no single, obvious, or clear answer.
Women’s track and field shows a fierce fight in the Preliminary Round for the NCAA Championships
This weekend the Bruins were in Eugene, Ore. competing in the NCAA Preliminary Round. For some record-holding UCLA athletes, this competition was the last time they would proudly don their wearied sneakers as Bruins, while for others it was but a launchpad to the NCAA Championships and with it, UCLA history.
Women’s track finishes in sixth place at the Pac-10 Championships
The weekend is over, and with it the track has cooled, the dust has settled and the fabled athletes either hold their heads high or heave crestfallen sighs as the 2011 Pac-10 Championships have come to an enthralling close.
Freshmen heptathletes of women's track and field team place in top eight at Pac-10 Heptathlon Championships
In an unexpected turn of events, two freshmen nudged the Bruins up the board, scoring the first points of the Pac-10 Heptathlon Championships in Tucson, Ariz.