Janelle Cohen’s early sexual harassment education in grade school featured pictures of girls crying and big red letters sensationalizing the threat and effects of sexual assault. Cohen, who said she is a sexual assault ally, did not respond positively to these messages. To combat the stereotypical images of sexual assault, the third-year theater student decided […]
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MEChA de UCLA organizes week to empower women
A series of events this week aimed at empowering women at UCLA will culminate in a celebration at the Student Activities Center on Friday. Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán de UCLA, also known as MEChA, hosted UCLA’s second annual Semana de la Mujer this week. The UCLA organizers used the event to lead into this […]
UCLA report shows cost larger factor in college choice
The cost of college is becoming one of the biggest concerns for high school students applying to college, according to a report released Wednesday by the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute. In five to 10 years, affordability will likely be as important to students as a college’s academic reputation in their college decisions, in many […]
Afrikan Student Union to create racial profiling database
The Afrikan Student Union is calling for members of the UCLA community to submit written accounts of any experiences of mistreatment and racial profiling by university police. The student group, which serves students who identify as part of the Afrikan Diaspora, intends to use these accounts to create a database for its administrative staff, said […]
Conference to explore methods of teaching heritage speakers
Rohan Sharma was raised speaking both Hindi and Punjabi with his parents. But having grown up in the U.S., the first-year undeclared student was educated in English and was unable to perfect his reading and writing in his native languages. An event at UCLA this weekend aims to investigate more effective methods to teach heritage […]
UCLA drops to 10th place on Times World Reputation Rankings
UCLA dropped from eighth place to 10th place this year in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings list.
GSA Recap – March 5
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The UCLA Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are […]