BY David Bocarsly Last week, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to invest $100,000 into an endowment fund that would return money to student programming each year. This unprecedented decision takes tangible steps toward stabilizing USAC funds and supporting student group programming, two of my goals for this year. USAC has fluctuating amounts of surplus […]
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UCLA alumna discusses benefits of Teach for America
In her Sept. 23 column, “Who will teach America?” Maia Ferdman wrote that Teach For America is creating “a generation of dedicated thinkers and doers” working to transform education in America.
Submission: Claims against approval process for Luskin Conference and Guest Center lack merit
The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center will become a reality at UCLA in 2016 thanks to a generous gift from two alumni who share UCLA’s vision of creating a place where academics from all across the world can gather to share ideas, host world-class conferences and stay on our campus, experiencing the inspiration and vitality that are part of UCLA.
Speaks Out: Advice for the new quarter
The Daily Bruin asked students what advice they have to tackle the beginning of the quarter and a new load of courses.
Submission: Holistic review process upholds core values
The original version of this article contained an error and information that was unclear. See the bottom of the article for additional information. SUBMISSION The Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools is evaluating charges of illegal race-based discrimination in 2007 and 2008 that were alleged by Professor Richard Sander first in an […]
Submission: Dialogue on Israel-Palestine should account for power imbalances
On Jan. 17, a rare event will occur at UCLA. Iyad Burnat, a Palestinian citizen of the West Bank village of Bil’in, will visit the campus to speak about non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory. Burnat is the focus of the dramatic and acclaimed new documentary “5 Broken Cameras,” recently shortlisted […]
Submission: Proposed UCLA conference center too costly, ignores tax code and zoning
The University of California is a public trust, a public treasure, an institution of world renown, not because it operates campus hotels, but because of its faculty and student body. Broken down by square footage, the 250-room, $162 million Luskin Conference and Guest Center is 91.5 percent hotel and a mere 8.5 percent conference meeting […]