Surprise, surprise! UCLA’s tuition has gone up again. If you’re like me and have been hibernating in your room studying for midterms, you probably didn’t know that the University of California Board of Regents adjourned yet another meeting on how to make our lives more miserable. Most recently, they approved a tuition increase of 2.5 […]
Author Archives: Sravya Jaladanki
The Quad: The ins and outs of Title IX procedures
I call my parents every day. Yes, you can make fun of me, but usually if I go a day or two without talking to them, my homesickness kicks in. The phone call often starts with my mom asking me what I ate for lunch and ends with her asking about my plans for the […]
The Quad: A farewell to late-night Bruin Cafe, a lukewarm welcome to Hedrick Study
Goodbyes don’t sit well with me. I’ve never liked them, and never will. When my pet fish Greeny – yes, he was green – died, I silently thanked my mom for flushing him down the toilet before I got home from school because she saved me from a hard goodbye. But Thursday, when I stumbled […]
The Quad: Student activism against Piterberg demonstrates power of action
It’s Saturday of first week and I’m lying in bed, basking in the warmth of my space heater as I evade responsibility for one more hour. I open Facebook and peruse through the status updates and memes in front of me, most of them relating to social activism and reactionary outbursts regarding “political correctness.” Don’t […]
The Quad: Kellyanne Conway as a symbol of feminist success
“Behind every successful man there is a woman.” “This is a load of bull,” I thought to myself. Hearing these words from a relative at the tender age of 11, my inner feminist was hot-headed and impulsive. Are men really that incompetent that they can’t achieve success without women – in the background and away […]
The Quad: Even during finals, love yourself like Kanye loves Kanye
Love yourself like Kanye loves Kanye. Love yourself enough to cancel your already rescheduled show and the rest of your tour, go on a lengthy rant about Beyoncé, Jay Z and Hillary Clinton and ultimately, to hospitalize yourself because you recognize and understand that you’re mentally exhausted. I am Kanye’s biggest fan. Or at least […]
The Quad: Should weeder classes be as difficult as they are?
“I’m pre-med! For now, that is…” That’s usually my response every time a relative asks me what I’m studying in college. It’s not because I’m uncertain of whether or not I want to be a doctor. Rather, it’s because of my fear of not being able to make it through the Chemistry 14 series in […]