The first day I went to my Political Science 30 class this quarter, I was surprised to find that it was the only time my professor would be lecturing to us in person. Political Science 30 with Professor Kathleen Bawn is a flipped class. It’s one of the several flipped, or hybrid online, classes that […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Chloe Lew: Eliminating jargon key to uniting students of different majors
I wasted a lot of my time at college feeling patronized – not for what I studied, but for what I didn’t study. For a while, being an English student – and not a science, technology, engineering or mathematics student as most of my friends were – meant that it was okay to be called […]
Aram Ghoogasian: USAC should take concrete steps to establish on-campus prayer space
Student government resolutions can’t enact change on their own. The effort that sometimes succeeds their passage, however, can. At the Tuesday Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting, the USAC General Representative 1 office will introduce a resolution in the hopes of establishing an on-campus space dedicated to prayer and meditation. The discussion shouldn’t take very long […]
Shani Shahmoon: Financial Wellness Program needs greater emphasis on mental health
For UCLA students, keeping their mind on their money could prove costly. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Financial Supports Commission office just introduced the Financial Wellness Program, an administrator-led program aiming to address students’ financial literacy, mental health and advocacy through workshops, coaching and online educational efforts. Over the past year, USAC’s FSC office successfully […]
Travis Fife: UCLA must pressure NCAA to let student-athletes sign endorsement deals
Duke may have hoisted a trophy on Monday night, but the real winner of the 2015 men’s basketball tournament was the NCAA. The championship game between Duke and Wisconsin was the highest rated championship in 22 years, averaging 11.3 million viewers across the broadcast. These ratings capped off a tournament in which advertising revenue totaled […]
Arthur Wang: New UC Info Center offers transparency in college admissions
College admissions is an anxiety-inducing topic. Just ask the 92,681 freshman applicants who applied to UCLA in the fall. While 16,059 freshman applicants received the good news last year, in the months leading up to the decision’s release, prospective students were left in the dark in terms of admissions statistics. But it won’t be this way for […]
UCPD must implement body cameras, heighten sensitivity measures
The Los Angeles Police Department will equip 7,000 of its officers with body cameras. University police, on the other hand, have not equipped a single officer to date. Recent events have shed light on the need to equip police officers, and consequently the UCPD, with cameras. However, progress in implementing body cameras for UCPD has […]