The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars is supposed to be a haven for international students as they navigate a new country and culture, miles away from their friends, family and home. Ironically, the center is perhaps the campus organization that most makes international students feel unwelcome and ostracized. The Dashew Center is responsible […]
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CAE must clarify guidelines to accommodate students with eating disorders
It’s 10 p.m., Thursday night, and your assignment is due in two hours. But those two pieces of sourdough bread you ate with dinner haunt your thoughts. After you had one piece, you couldn’t stop yourself from having a second. If you squeeze in a nine-mile run now, you will only have 30 minutes to […]
For students struggling with convoluted code, PIC Lab’s feeble efforts fall short
Programming experience is quickly becoming a requirement for students in the College of Letters and Science to get internships and jobs. If you haven’t had prior coding experience though, brace yourself for a world of pain. Students in the college often look into taking Program in Computing courses to satisfy major requirements or prepare for […]
Stop the clock on daylight saving time to reduce health, safety risks
UCLA’s official motto “Fiat Lux” means “let there be light.” But come Election Day, Californians will have the power to decide when there should be light in the day. Daylight saving time was first adopted in the United States to save energy and electricity during World War I by maximizing daylight during working hours in […]
Democratic Party won’t win over voters until its leaders actually represent them
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 9:27 a.m. A blue tent in a far-off desert. That’s the American political party that claims to represent me. I’ve lived in this country my entire life. I hold progressive opinions and stand for equity and inclusivity. I would have marched for women and for science if I […]
Editorial: UC’s confidentiality policies regarding Title IX threaten campus safety
If a UCLA Title IX investigation finds an employee to have violated sexual violence policy and no one notices, does it make a sound? No, this isn’t another quantum physics conundrum. It’s a question about transparency and safety. Students might hear about Title IX investigations from media outlets in sporadic intervals following public records requests. […]
With SB-320 veto, Gov. Brown joins history of obstructionism on abortion access
Women’s reproductive choices have once again been made by a man. Reproductive rights have always been limited, even in California. Prior to the state’s legalization of abortion, women were forced to seek illegal abortions, which lacked adequate safety measures and had risks of maternal death, disability and infertility. Making abortion illegal has only prevented women […]