Author Archives: Stephen Stewart

Conflict over changes to leave of absence policy continues

This article was updated on May 29 at 1:39 p.m. The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Graduate students gave a presentation to the UCLA Academic Senate Graduate Council last Friday, in which they expressed concerns about changes made to […]

Graduate Writing Center awaits fate of referendum to alleviate deficit

The original version of this story contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The Graduate Writing Center will no longer be able to hire graduate student writing consultants using “return-to-aid” funds, university officials said. The university recently announced plans to cut the revenue for the center, […]

Graduate students call for changes to leave of absence policy

Two graduate student organizations released statements against recent changes to the leave of absence policy earlier this month, as part of continued graduate student response against the changes. Previously, graduate students had the option to take a leave of absence -– up to six quarters off for medical, family, military, emergency, research or academic purposes. […]

Ravi Zacharias confronts issues of tolerance

Growing up in predominantly Hindu India, Ravi Zacharias came across many instances where people would greet him, a Christian, with “Merry Christmas.” Since moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1985, Zacharias said he has noticed that people greet each other with a more inclusive phrases such as “Happy Holidays.” Zacharias hopes to explore the topic of […]