When people first hear that transfer students make up one third of the students at UCLA, according to Transfer Student Support, they are usually quite surprised. Many have thought of transfers as a small subset of the student population, and as fitting into an equally narrow demographic. The reality is, however, that transfers at UCLA […]
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Submission: Groups ask USAC candidates to decline sponsored trips
Editor’s note: The following is a statement jointly written and disseminated by the Armenian Students’ Association, Samahang Pilipino, the Afrikan Student Union, Students for Justice in Palestine, the Muslim Student Association and Jewish Voice for Peace. Representatives of those organizations contacted candidates, asking them to sign the statements by the deadline of Monday at 5 […]
Submission: Board’s handling of USAC elections deplorable
As board members of UCLA’s Young Americans for Liberty and Bruin Republicans we represent the voices of libertarians and conservatives on this campus. We can mutually attest to the deplorable handling of this year’s student government elections thus far by both the Election Board and the Undergraduate Students Association Council and thank the Judicial Board for overturning this year’s elections calendar. […]
Submission: Survey results a first step in furthering online education at UCLA
Recently, the Daily Bruin published an article discussing the lack of initiative for online education. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission established an online education advisory board aimed at facilitating discussion regarding how online education would impact the academic experience at UCLA. This board, comprised of students who […]
Submission: USAC’s exclusivity a disservice to the student body it represents
On Tuesday at the Undergraduate Students Association Council endorsement hearings, I walked off stage after giving my opening statement, a surprise to many in the room. But as a presidential candidate, I could not partake in a process that systematically keeps students from getting involved in their student government. As I looked around the room […]
In her own words: ‘Your body will heal, and your soul will too, but the latter will take time’
Introduction Survivor stories Marie Jane Veronica Sabrina Luke Emily In their own words Emily Sabrina Veronica Jane TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. In January of last year I was raped in my room in the University Cooperative Housing Association on Landfair Avenue. I was bitter for a long time toward those of you […]
In her own words: ‘I did not feel like the survivor, I felt like the accused’
Introduction Survivor stories Marie Jane Veronica Sabrina Luke Emily In their own words Emily Sabrina Veronica Jane BY SABRINA* TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. I was 18 years old and a freshman at UCLA when I was sexually assaulted. It is a night I have been trying to piece together for […]