It seems as though Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz hasn’t ridden a bike on Westwood Boulevard, but that doesn’t stop him from acting like he understands cyclists’ problems from the safe space of his car. For years, bike lane advocates have supported an engineering study to test whether Westwood Boulevard has the capacity to […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Andiver Castellanos: Administration should better publicize academic probation resources
Oftentimes, students that go through academic probation are stigmatized and shamed for it, but people forget to realize that universities often do not publicize the resources available to these students. According to its website, UCLA will place a student on academic probation if their term or overall grade point average falls between 1.5 and 1.99. […]
Jacqueline Alvarez: An online reporting system would keep RAs accountable
There is no doubt that UCLA Residential Life takes the resident assistant hiring process very seriously. Hopeful applicants must undergo an extensive background check and go through many hours of training. Resident assistants are students who are hired by Residential Life to make dorm floors a safe and welcoming place by fostering a sense of […]
Gael Adrien Mbama: Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion can do more to unify students
It is crucial in the wake of all-time-high racial divisions in this country for progressive college students to stick together. Unfortunately, as surprising as it sounds, we live on a divided campus. Many people on the UCLA campus tend to remain within their own communities. UCLA appointed Jerry Kang as the first vice chancellor for […]
Scott Bays: Information seminars can help fight stigma against liberal arts degrees
Last summer, I went home for a week to visit my parents after New Student Orientation. I had spoken to my dad multiple times since orientation ended, but was too nervous to tell him about the harrowing thing I had done there. I knew I had to tell him at some point, so one afternoon, […]
Arman Sharif: Housing at UCLA should not be gender-segregated by default
I usually get reactions of doubt when I tell students who do not live on campus that UCLA undergraduate apartment rooms are separated by gender. I ran into the issue last year during room sign-up, when my request to live with two female apartment mates felt all but revolutionary at first. Ultimately, I decided I’d […]
Erin Nguyen: UCLA needs to implement competency-based learning in STEM courses
On my first day of organic chemistry class, my professor told us to look to the person on our left, then our right and expect one of the three of us to drop or fail the class. Though harsh, my professor’s words held truth. Universities are admitting more science, technology, engineering and mathematics students than […]