The phrase “popping pills” has become more frequently used in conversation among college-aged students in recent times. Other terms such as overdose and abuse have also become more integrated into the daily vocabulary. Addition of these terms to daily speech is one indication, among other information gathered from research and surveys, that reveals the increasing […]
Author Archives: Sarah Winter
Center offers writing tools for grad students
Graduate students looking for help with their writing ““ whether it’s a dissertation or a research-grant proposal ““ can find it at the UCLA Graduate Student Writing Center. Created in response to requests from graduate students for better writing resources, the center offers one-on-one writing help as well as other writing workshops. Mac Marston, Graduate […]
Creating a sense of community
Stepping into the main lounge of the co-operative housing association in Westwood, one can expect to hear snippets of conversation in foreign languages and see signs advertising anything from free guitar lessons to the benefits of recycling. A popular option for foreign exchange students, the co-operative housing association, commonly referred to as the “co-op,” is […]
Professor of African religion to speak today
Elias Bongmba recalls a conversation he had with a friend from Bamenda, Cameroon, five years ago. The friend had been convinced by others in his town that the HIV/AIDS-related deaths of many of his family members were the result of witchcraft. The town of Bamenda, tucked in the northwest corner of Bongmba’s native country of […]
Former ROTC student dies in Iraq
Mark Daily, a 2005 alumnus, joined the ROTC program in 2003, “with the intention of going to Iraq,” according to an essay Daily posted on his MySpace Web site which details his reasons for joining the Army. In the essay, Daily outlined his view of an oppressive situation in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s government and […]
A Closer Look: Battle over civil rights issues still waging
As the country took Monday to remember the life of Martin Luther King Jr., students continue to draw upon the broader issues of the Civil Rights Movement in their activism on campus. King’s fight to create equal rights for all American citizens in the 1950s and 1960s is in the past, but students say they […]
Student awarded Marshall Scholarship
After three years of juggling a full class load and a part-time research job, Tom Clarke’s hard work will pay off when he heads to Oxford University on the prestigious Marshall Scholarship next fall. Awarded to about 40 American students each year, the Marshall Scholarship covers all costs of earning a two-year degree at a […]