Students in a class initiated by the Filipino student group Samahang Pilipino will receive course credit for the first time this quarter while participating in an internship on the historical difficulties Filipino students face in higher education. The Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment group, or SPACE, created the two-unit, student-led course in the Asian American […]
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UC to survey non-union employees about workplace experiences
The University of California will conduct a survey this week asking its non-unionized employees about their views on working at the University. The survey aims to help the UC gain perspective on the experiences and needs of its non-represented workers, according to a press release by the University on March 23. The survey will include […]
The Bruin Experiment fosters passion for science at underserved schools
Twelve-year-old William Trimble listed off coding languages that he learned himself as other students tested their experiments around the classroom. Some were rubbing balloons on their heads to test for electricity and others were building solar ovens to make s’mores. “And now I want to learn how to code in Python,” Trimble said with a […]
Student Aid Bill of Rights calls for streamlining loan payment process
President Barack Obama announced the Student Aid Bill of Rights on Tuesday, calling for the creation of a centralized payment information and complaint reporting website to make it easier for students to pay back their federal student loans. More than 40 million Americans have student debt, and the average student loan debt is about $28,000, […]
United Khmer Students’ Culture Night weaves together folk tales, dances
The United Khmer Students at UCLA, family and friends came together Sunday night to showcase Cambodian culture with student performances, weaving together traditional folk tales and dances at the 18th annual Culture Night. The event in Schoenberg Hall was a performance of an original 50-page play called “Thoun Chey and the Golden Fish,” which joins […]
Student groups discuss racial profiling against South Asians
More than a quarter of the nearly 40 South Asian and Middle Eastern students in the room raised their hands when a speaker asked if they had ever been called a terrorist. Following the Feb. 10 Chapel Hill shootings that led to the death of three Muslim Americans and the Feb. 12 police assault of […]
Smart meters to improve parking, decrease traffic in Westwood
Los Angeles transportation officials plan to launch a new pricing system for Westwood’s parking meters in the coming months, allowing meters to change their prices depending on the time of day. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation project aims to improve parking availability and distribution as well as decrease traffic congestion, according to a meeting […]