Focus on individual academic counseling is necessary to amend freshman orientation

New Student Orientation exemplifies exactly what the next four years will be like for incoming first-years: friends, fun and total confusion over class planning. Orientation is a three-day session during which new Bruins get to explore Westwood and the campus. Incoming students take part in many activities, from an after-hours scavenger hunt to a four-hour […]

USAC votes in support of The Agora, citing potential to bring down housing costs

Student government endorsed a high-rise housing project in Westwood on Tuesday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted unanimously, with four abstentions, to support The Agora, a proposed 16-story high-rise project on Hilgard Avenue. The project has been met with both support and opposition from different neighborhood councils and community groups. USAC heard presentations by opponents […]