Students in Jack Caughey’s class can turn in annotated McDonald’s menus and “interview” poems for class assignments. Caughey, a teaching assistant for English 4W: “Critical Reading and Writing,” encourages students to build their own syllabi. He said he thinks students can learn analytical skills by close-reading everything from classical literature to fast-food advertisements. “The fundamental […]
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Campus clubs work together to promote student voter registration
Student groups and University of California campus officials are working together to register students to vote for the California primary election before the Monday deadline. Yara Hejazi, registration director of Vote for our Future, or V4F, and third-year political science student said he thinks student groups aim to address low voter turnout for young people. […]
USAC recap – May 17
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda items The council approved an […]
UCLA names University of Michigan professor as dentistry school dean
UCLA officials appointed a new dean for the UCLA School of Dentistry on Tuesday. Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will succeed Dr. No-Hee Park, who has served since 1998, as the eighth dean of the dentistry school June 30. Krebsbach is the Roy H. Roberts Professor of Dentistry at […]
UCLA’s X1 Robotics seeks to engage students in hands-on projects
The second floor of Boelter Hall is often heard before it’s seen. Filled with sounds of metal striking metal, the open workspace is cluttered with wires, rods and circuit boards, serving as the home base for multiple engineering and computer science groups – and now, X1 Robotics. X1 Robotics is a student-run robotics club founded […]
Bruin Republicans discuss candidate Donald Trump, upcoming primary
Members of Bruin Republicans said they are uncertain about how they will vote in the California primary, after several major Republican candidates dropped out of the race. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the Oregon primary unopposed Tuesday. While some members of Bruin Republicans, a student-run conservative political organization, supported Trump even before he was […]
Student helps girls keep on track through running, self-reflection
Becca Waggoner still remembers the rush she felt when she completed her first long run when she was 13 years old. She was nervous, but the thrill of the race stuck with her. Now, Waggoner works as a mentor to girls much like her 13-year-old self as a coach for Girls on the Run, a […]