The department of English revised the American literature and culture major fall quarter to offer new preparatory classes that allow students to focus directly on American literature instead of starting their major with a general English core curriculum. The revisions of mainly focus on differentiating it from the English major. Prior to the revision, the […]
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UCPD arrests two men for vandalism of Bruin Bear during rivalry week
University police arrested two men Wednesday for vandalizing the Bruin Bear. UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said in an email that Louis Torres, 19, and Willie Johnson, 18, were charged with conspiracy and felony vandalism after allegedly painting the Bruin Bear statue last month. The university erects chalkboard walls to protect the bear and other statues […]
Blockchain at UCLA provides information to students, leads to course on topic
A student group at UCLA helped create a new engineering course which will focus on a cryptocurrency technology called Blockchain. The new course in the department of engineering was designed by Blockchain at UCLA, a student organization founded last year that offers events and discussions for students to explore blockchain technology. Blockchain is an encrypted […]
Administrators discuss student advocacy for state funding at budget town hall
UCLA administrators strategized how students should respond to continual decreases in state funding as enrollment increases. Jeff Roth, associate vice chancellor of Academic Planning and Budget, said at a town hall Wednesday that general core funds per student, which is a combination of tuition fees and state support, has decreased over 30 percent since 2000. […]
UCPath representatives respond to unresolved payroll complications at town hall
UCPath representatives spoke to UCLA student workers Thursday about how to resolve ongoing payroll issues after nearly an entire quarter of complaints about being paid incorrectly. The Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Students Association and United Auto Workers Local 2865 organized a town hall in which student workers spoke with representatives from the UCLA […]
USAC recap – fall 2018
Claire Fieldman, president: Platforms: Fieldman promised to reform sexual violence prevention training for incoming, new and returning students. She promised to increase transparency of the administration’s emergency decision-making and enhance emergency preparedness trainings. She also promised to build a women’s leadership network of students, faculty and alumni. Quarter recap: Fieldman’s office will submit its proposal […]
Academics grapple with defining the concept of university as ’10 Questions’ concludes
The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. The series explores open-ended questions such as “What is beauty?”, “What is failure?” and “What is knowledge?” Each week’s panel features two faculty members from the School of the […]