Last month, as UCLA graduates bid their farewells, the administration was already looking ahead, making frantic preparations for the incoming class of more than 6,000 freshmen. Per tradition, several hundred of these fresh-faced students will arrive without any intended course of study – the dreaded “undeclared.” Luckily, with the creation of three new minors in […]
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Gael Adrien Mbama: Accent reduction training would help international students get jobs
The foreign accents that charm many Americans can also be a major barrier to getting hired after graduation. It is no secret that having a heavy accent can make it hard for candidates to find jobs in the U.S. – a point many research studies have shown. Having a thick accent can make it seem […]
Clea Wurster: Ashe Center website must provide more efficient medical service information
As UCLA students, we know we must use reliable sources, peer-reviewed journals and primary sources for our research. But when it comes to our health care, UCLA has us do basically the opposite. Case in point: the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center website. The Ashe Center website gives very little information about the […]
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Selby Kia: TAs should facilitate group work, conversations in discussion sections
Contrary to what they’re called, many discussion sections do not, well, have discussions. The fifty-minute block of time usually consists of a teaching assistant talking through problems on the board or giving an addendum to a previous lecture to a room full of weary students. TAs should try to avoid emulating lectures in discussion sections, […]
Chris Busco: UCLA needs focus on preventative mental health care for students
Mental health is a big problem for the University of California. A really big one. For reference, the number of UC students utilizing counseling services has grown by 54 percent, while the enrollment growth has been 15.5 percent over this same period. Clearly, it’s a mounting problem that needs to be addressed. The UC’s mental […]
Ankita Nair: UCLA should make BruinCast public to expand educational opportunities
UCLA offers hundreds of classes to its students. Tragically, however, no student will ever come close to taking full advantage of these wonderful educational opportunities. Enter BruinCast. Every day, thousands of students use BruinCast, a UCLA service that provides video and audio recordings of lectures. Though most students use BruinCast to catch up on missed […]