Imagine the vast landscapes that Los Angeles’ water supply flows through. Water from the Colorado River races past the Eagle Mountains, bends into the Mojave Desert and snakes through the Imperial Valley. The complex system of pumps and canals that comprise California’s water systems make the journey all the more impressive. Sadly, all the natural […]
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Abhishek Shetty: Ackerman’s aesthetic renovations should not be priority given projected losses
Amid million-dollar losses, increasing labor costs and faltering book sales, you wouldn’t expect Associated Students UCLA to be spending money on renovating bathroom tiles to aesthetically match the outside flooring. But that’s exactly what the association has planned in the future. ASUCLA announced at the beginning of fall quarter that it expected its Services and […]
Jacqueline Alvarez: GRE for law school application would improve diversity, break barriers
If you’re applying to UCLA School of Law, you better have deep pockets. Applicants to UCLA’s law school must take the Law School Admission Test, an exam that tests skills in analytical and logical reasoning. Aspiring law students pay $180 for each attempt at the LSAT and usually end up taking the exam more than […]
Mariah Furtek: UCLA needs to consider programs to help food-insecure students
While some Bruins will spend the weeks after the holidays doing extra sets of crunches in the hopes of getting their jeans to fit again after some scrumptious, festive food, other students will spend their time crunching numbers to see how they’ll afford their next meal. This lack of guaranteed access to sufficient nutritious food, […]
Editorial: UCLA’s handling of Skirball fire lacked foresight, clear communication
Smoky skies. Masked students. A near-deserted campus. This is what Bruins witnessed Wednesday, as a fire raged less than two miles away from campus in nearby Bel-Air. Students, faculty and staff weathered everything from power outages to ashy winds to intractable traffic as flames licked the hills by the 405 Freeway and the Getty Center, […]
Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA should create multiyear financial aid program to lower student stress
Excitement, cheers, tears of joy. Maybe even some coherent sentences. These are typically prospective students’ initial reactions to finding out they’ve been accepted to UCLA. But reality kicks in later, when these students have to figure out how to pay tuition and housing costs, and when they must work up the courage to open their […]
Ankita Nair: Graduate students need financial support from UCLA if tax bill passes
Graduate students at UCLA might have to pay taxes on money they don’t make. The United States House of Representatives passed a tax bill Nov. 16 aimed at reforming the tax code system. Among the bill’s changes is the repeal of Section 117(d)(5), a provision that allows graduate students to not pay taxes on their […]