Author Archives: Sharifah Williams

Clusters of recycling bins are scattered across campus and in surrounding neighborhoods, but many students question the accessibility and effectiveness of UCLA and Westwood’s recycling programs. Recycling programs are welcomed by most, but some students see flaws that, students think, may limit their effectiveness. Lack of access to recycling containers is the main problem for […]

Champagne corks flying across crowded rooms of people singing “Auld Lang Syne” marked the start of another new year early last Wednesday. With the beginning of 2003, students are making their way back to campus and have their own personal expectations for the year, as well as fears for the state of the world. “War […]

Last week applications from students attending high schools across the nation poured into UC admissions offices. In the Los Angeles area, some public high school college counselors are finding that their students’ applications may not go as far as those from magnet or private schools. As counselors watch seniors set out for their futures, some […]

Students in small clusters walk down a street where tents serve as homes, passing out bottles of water to the scattered residents. It’s another day in “Tent City,” and the homeless are thankful to receive a necessity that is difficult to come by in their community. The Water Project, a registered UCLA student organization, strives […]

When your roommates are loud and don’t give you space, when they borrow your stuff without asking, and you can’t communicate, who are you going to call? The roommate doctors. Most students have not heard of the roommate doctors, even those who have been to The Center for Women and Men ““ where the doctors […]

Meyerhoff Park became the center of heated religious debate Thursday afternoon when a platform speaker urged students to listen and react to his ideas regarding Christianity and the Ten Commandments. The speaker was Ray Comfort, an Evangelist who said he was invited by Campus Crusades for Christ to inform the UCLA campus about Christianity. “We’re […]