Category Archives: Opinion

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 […]

Submission: UCPD community services director’s legacy remembered, must continue

For the past 20 years, Dr. Nancy Greenstein has championed student issues. As director of police community services for UCPD’s division at UCLA, Dr. Greenstein has dedicated her career to supporting students’ activism and amplifying their voices. She has worked tirelessly to help Bruins feel safe and heard. This week, she’s retiring from her career […]

Editorial: UCLA should encourage ride-hailing zones, not enforce with citations

Ubers and Lyfts holding up traffic are a common sight at UCLA. But the administration’s latest attempt to police where these vehicles can stop is much like the traffic congestion it’s attempting to reduce: inconvenient and impeding. UCLA Transportation partnered with Uber and Lyft during commencement to designate six pickup and drop-off locations around campus, […]

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 […]

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 […]