The defining UCLA experience is trying to avoid organizations flyering on Bruin Walk. Clubs must accost students as they head to class or swarm Dickson Plaza each fall for the Enormous Activities Fair to ensure everyone knows they exist. If only a website existed for students to find all these organizations without the daily hassle. […]
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ASUCLA should remedy drop in textbook sales by stocking fewer books
With textbook sales at Ackerman Union declining, Associated Students UCLA has taken the concept of nonprofit a bit literally. ASUCLA, a nonprofit, student-run organization that oversees on-campus retail sales and the student union building, is expected to lose more than $1 million this fiscal year. The financial loss is the result of a decline in […]
Jacqueline Alvarez: UCLA should offer a traditional business curriculum for undergraduates
Aspiring entrepreneurs beware: Don’t bother coming to UCLA as an undergraduate if you want a business degree. UCLA boasts a world-renowned business and management school and recently secured the title of “No. 1 public university.” But despite what these accolades might suggest, UCLA doesn’t offer a business major. The only semblance of an undergraduate education […]
Submission: UCLA professor must dissociate organization from allegedly racist ties
I recently came across UCLA research professor and president of Californians for Population Stabilization Benjamin Zuckerman’s response to an alumnus’ call to leave hate out of the immigration debate in the United States. Zuckerman’s response claims xenophobia and racism have nothing to do with Californians for Population Stabilization, and rather that the organization’s campaigns against […]
Selby Kia: Absolute grade scale could curb bell curve’s detrimental effects
At UCLA, for whom the bell curve tolls depends on the professor and not much else. The bell curve, a statistical measure of grading, assesses students’ academic performance relative to other students in the class. This method of grading involves distributing grades along a bell-shaped curve, ensuring a small, top percentage of students get A’s, […]
Editorial: MyUCLA multifactor authentication necessary to improve online security
A safer campus starts online. UCLA announced that all campus workers, including faculty, staff and student employees, must enroll by Oct. 31 in a multifactor authentication system to log into their MyUCLA accounts. This extra security step requires users to link their MyUCLA to a mobile device, cellphone or landline to have a passcode sent […]
No Offense, But: ASUCLA and beef
No Offense is back for yet another riveting show. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and assistant Opinion editors Jacqueline Alvarez and Abhishek Shetty as they talk about the Associated Students UCLA’s projected losses of more than $1 million in sales this fiscal year. Then, the editors switch around to talk about the Covel dining hall’s […]