Alejandra Cervantes is teaching fellow undergraduate students how to improve STEM teaching in higher education through her own credit-bearing class. Cervantes, a fourth-year mathematics and computer science student, created a seminar called “Lifelong Kindergarten: Reimagining STEM Higher Education Pedagogy” through the Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program. Under the USIE program, third- and fourth-year students can […]
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College admissions scandal elicits proposal of new bills by California lawmakers
Experts said state bills proposed in response to the college admissions cheating scandal may not have immediate effects on the role wealth plays in the college admissions process. California lawmakers proposed a package of bills on March 28 in response to the recent college admissions scandal uncovered March 12. These bills were aimed at addressing […]
USAC Election Board found to have violated constitution, election code
Student government election coordinators were found Friday to have violated their constitution and election code. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board found at a hearing Thursday the USAC Election Board failed to treat all candidates equally and to enforce campaign deadlines, in line with election guidelines. Brandon Broukhim, the vice chair of the Associated […]
Bruin Tea: Who chooses the dining hall music?
Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. Question: Who chooses the dining hall music? UCLA Dining Services said in a statement music is coordinated by a third-party contractor to fit the halls’ brand identities. Musical genre, tempo […]
Bruin Tea: Why is the layout of Boelter Hall and Mathematical Sciences so confusing?
Complaint: Why are Boelter Hall and the Mathematical Sciences Building so confusing? South Campus students criticize the layout of the connected Boelter Hall and Mathematical Sciences Building. They say its dead-end hallways and rooms accessible only from certain routes make it difficult and nonintuitive to navigate. Kelly Schmader, assistant vice chancellor of Facilities Management, said […]
After strike, Daily Bruin staffers meet with Communications Board
This post was updated April 15 at 2:32 p.m. The Daily Bruin editorial staff met with The Bruin’s publishing board Wednesday to call for reforms in the policies governing the appointment of future editors in chief, after several Bruin staff members announced a strike Tuesday. Forty-three staffers, consisting of editors and contributors, drafted and signed […]
AFSCME holds UC-wide strike in response to alleged intimidation by University
Standing outside Murphy Hall, service workers wearing green shirts and carrying noisemakers and rattles chanted, “We are not afraid.” University of California service employees held a systemwide strike Wednesday after their union claimed the UC had condoned the intimidation of workers participating in previous strikes. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, […]