Financial literacy education at orientation would help alleviate future stress

“Broke college students” is our self-proclaimed name – and we own it. But why can’t we be Bruins on a budget? First-year students may be excited to take on the world as they join UCLA, but the reality of how expensive their Uber rides or restaurant meals are hits hard and quickly. The first year […]

Inadequate advertising and value result in lack of hype for meal swipe coupons

Dorm coupons are here to save the day and your appetite. If you consider $3.45 a saving, that is. Students with a UCLA Dining Services meal plan have the option to exchange a meal swipe for a meal coupon that can be used at various on-campus restaurants through the Meal Numeration Coupon Program. It’s not […]

GRE wastes applicants’ time, fails to indicate future student success

Prospective graduate students have a lot of boxes to check: personal statements, transcripts and also a four-hour high school review costing about $200, otherwise known as the GRE. Graduate schools can require applicants to submit scores in the GRE General or a GRE Subject test, sometimes both if you find yourself applying to an English […]

Enormous Activities Fair limits search for clubs to zero week, on-campus students

You know it’s zero week when the Enormous Activities Fair is in full swing and students are walking around with bunches of flyers in their hands. The obvious thought on these Bruins’ minds: So many clubs, so little time. Each year, UCLA hosts the EAF to give students an important first glance of student life […]

Sandra Wenceslao: Installation of security cameras in Kerckhoff would deter criminals

Fear no more, cameras are on their way. On their way to Kerckhoff Hall, at least. The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed the installation of cameras on the third and fourth floors of Kerckhoff Hall on May 8. The conversation was spurred on by the recent etching of a homophobic slur into the office door […]

Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA should better publicize alternatives to DUO app in MFA process

Students now have yet another reason to be glued to their phones. UCLA recently tightened up its cybersecurity with the implementation of multifactor authentication. Signing in to MyUCLA, CCLE or any UCLA application now requires at least two forms of verification: the original password and then a mobile app push login request, a call or […]

Sandra Wenceslao: UC’s college-prep courses should offer affordable out-of-state prices

California boasts the best public university system in the country. But tell that to the out-of-state students who don’t have a chance to attend a University of California because their high school doesn’t offer them courses that would help them meet the UC’s minimum admission requirements. The University of California created the Scout program in […]