Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA must address potential hiccups in providing dining halls as study spaces

Finding study spaces at UCLA is always difficult: dorm lounges aren’t ideal for study groups because you might bother others present; private study rooms in Rieber Court and Covel Commons have to be scheduled well in advance, especially with midterms fast approaching; and libraries are typically overcrowded and present similar scheduling issues. UCLA has a […]

Sandra Wenceslao: LA recycling program needs better regulation, tailoring to customers

Walking to and from UCLA to your apartment can be tiring process – especially if you’re one of the unlucky few living off campus. Now, imagine having to push aside large amounts of trash every day in order to go up the stairs to your apartment just because haulers have missed waste pickups. The city […]

Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA should create multiyear financial aid program to lower student stress

Excitement, cheers, tears of joy. Maybe even some coherent sentences. These are typically prospective students’ initial reactions to finding out they’ve been accepted to UCLA. But reality kicks in later, when these students have to figure out how to pay tuition and housing costs, and when they must work up the courage to open their […]

Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA should implement multifunctional rooms for child care

If you’re a parent looking for a clean and private place on campus to change your child’s diapers, you’re out of luck. In October 2016, former-president Barack Obama passed the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act, which requires diaper-changing stations be installed in all public, federal restrooms. In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill […]

Sandra Wenceslao: Enlisting more staff could make Volunteer Day better

Children all over Los Angeles learn in schools adorned with bright murals that UCLA students have painted on hot, sunny Volunteer Days year after year. UCLA’s annual Volunteer Day was created nine years ago as a chancellor’s initiative, said Ashley Love-Smith, interim director of the UCLA Volunteer Center. The initiative was meant to ensure the […]

Sandra Wenceslao: Test-material vending machines would ease student stress

You’re in class, ready to take an exam, but you realize that you forgot your blue book. The first thing you do is ask your classmates for a spare. Then, you have to run to the closest store that sells them. You sprint there, grab the required blue book, but now there’s a line – […]