Nothing kills a dinner table discussion better than a conversation about policing in America. Add in a comment about our mental health care system, and you might as well pass on dessert. Mental health-related police encounters can be dangerous, and have the potential to end in tragedy. And in the line of duty, they’re a […]
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Keshav Tadimeti: Funding is required for universal health care in California to work
It seems fitting that while Southern California is trying to battle raging wildfires, Sacramento is rank with the smell of cindered health care legislation. Last month, California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon suspended Senate Bill 562, a bill that would overhaul the state’s health care market to make way for a universal or single-payer health […]
Austin Pink: UCLA needs more STEM-related minors to prepare students for workforce
Last month, as UCLA graduates bid their farewells, the administration was already looking ahead, making frantic preparations for the incoming class of more than 6,000 freshmen. Per tradition, several hundred of these fresh-faced students will arrive without any intended course of study – the dreaded “undeclared.” Luckily, with the creation of three new minors in […]
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 […]
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, […]
Avvalzameer Bhatia: UCLA must better inform professors about BruinCast, equip more rooms
BruinCast is perhaps the third-greatest invention of mankind, inferior only to the smartphone and Wi-Fi – at least for UCLA students. Fall quarter enrollment is fast approaching, and students will soon begin consulting everything from professors’ Bruinwalk.com ratings to MyUCLA’s class availability to craft the optimal schedule. But perhaps one of the most important factors […]