Adi Jaffe sat before a group of 20 students Tuesday evening and shared a single text message from his wife that changed his life. “She said she’d found my Ashley Madison account,” said Jaffe, a psychology professor. “But it was only one iteration of a much deeper problem.” Jaffe said Ashley Madison is an online […]
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UCLA may offset increasing enrollment with added online classes
Increases in student enrollment is one of the factors that contributed to a 35-class increase in online courses offered over the past three years, said an undergraduate student government council member. The increase in online classes from three offered in 2013 to 38 offered now is a response to the growing number of students enrolled […]
Peer coaching program helps students have the GRIT to take on life
Students often find themselves caught up with academics, social lives and doubt about the future – it’s stressful. The GRIT Coaching Program, by the Bruin Resource Center, is trying to fill this need by employing peer counselors to lend an ear to fellow students and helping them improve their mental well-being. TRANSCRIPT: LIN: It’s no […]
USAC recap – Feb. 23
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week 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. Special Presentations General Representative Aaliya […]
Q&A: Co-chairs of Revolution Club at UCLA discuss goals, beliefs
Editor’s note: The following story uses two sources who asked to remain anonymous to ensure their personal safety. The sources said they received death threats after stepping on an American flag at a past protest. The Revolution Club at UCLA, a pro-communism club students created in 2014 to speak out against capitalism and imperialism, held […]
UCLA students protest Bosnian restrictions on religious symbols
Students lined up near Ackerman Union on Tuesday afternoon with posters and the Bosnian flag in hand to protest the Bosnian government’s recent ban of the hijab and other religious symbols in legal institutions. Event organizers hosted the event to show solidarity with Muslim women, said Merima Tricic, an event organizer and fourth-year political science, […]
Celebrities come to UCLA to speak about Alzheimer’s disease
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Rogen will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to explain the importance of discussing Alzheimer’s disease through comedy and performance. The Architects of Change event, held at the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Korn Convocation Hall on Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m., will include a discussion between Seth and […]