You’re not a true Bruin if half your friends weren’t pre-med students when they started at UCLA, only to realize it wasn’t for them. But for those that do make it, medical school represents another beast altogether.
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Caring for the caregivers
For many medical school applicants, being a doctor means caring for the people who need help and fulfilling dreams of serving the community. But about 400 physicians die every year by suicide, and almost 50 percent of medical students reported feeling emotionally exhausted and less empathetic toward their patients. News reporter Shreya Aiyar, opinion columnist […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Leaked frat minutes should be a catalyst for serious reflection
White supremacy has always lived in the American fraternity house, whether or not the members wear hoods. From the vestiges of Jim Crow, to racist songs about lynching at the University of Oklahoma last year, to a blackface party here at UCLA just this fall, Greek life has been an incubator of racism for so […]
Bekhzod Aliev: Animal testing best option in absence of viable alternatives
The proverbial hammer has come down on UCLA researchers testing the effects of methamphetamine withdrawal on animals. On April 22, the campus was ablaze with the furor of the Animal Justice Project, protesting what they believe is the unfair treatment of animals by members of the university. This has become an annual occurrence on campus, […]
Anastasia Lukianchikov: UC is trading quality education for financial security
In the administrative struggle for academic efficiency, students have long been left with competing values: the search for personal growth and the promise of monetary returns. The change in the perception of higher education didn’t happen overnight: State funding, across the country, took a dive in 2008, and many states struggled to bounce back in […]
Jasmine Aquino: Allowing USAC to campaign on the Hill would promote political dialogue
The flyers, high-fives and small talk from Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates don’t extend to the Hill, but USAC’s importance does. The 14 newly elected student officials will institute policies and services with millions of dollars’ worth of student fees. Every undergraduate student pays into USAC, and they are all affected by its decisions. But […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Lax enforcement of USAC Election Code threatens democratic process
It didn’t take long for the student government election to spiral out of control. Before voting even began, it came to light that the Social Justice Referendum campaign had outspent the agreed-upon campaign finance limit nearly tenfold. The referendum reported that it spent upward of $7,400, far more than the $750 limit for ballot measures, […]