Humans of New York, the popular photography blog by Brandon Stanton, is arguably the most-loved page on Facebook. And when an offhand remark by a Brooklyn middle school student about his principal turned into a wildly successful $1.2 million-and-counting fundraising drive to send students on field trips to Harvard, that status seemed to cement itself […]
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Additional competency exams could reduce redundancy of GEs
In the never-ending struggle to balance college coursework with extracurricular activities, jobs and life in general, there comes a time when certain coursework becomes an undue and frankly unnecessary burden. And by certain coursework, I mean specific general electives, which are mandatory requirements for UCLA students to graduate. The theory behind required general electives is […]
Zoey Freedman: Medical confidentiality encourages students to get tested
More often than not the stigma that surrounds STI testing and other sexual and mental health services deters students from wanting to get tested or partake in these services. The recently passed California Senate Bill 138 will allow dependents on health insurance policies to request confidentiality of certain medical services from the main insurance holder, […]
Chloe Lew: Capstone courses could ease students into professional world
This quarter, I’m taking my capstone seminar – what I’ve always thought of as the big, grand culmination of my four-year baccalaureate degree. But when I tell my friends I’m in this class, I’m mostly met with blank faces, which you can imagine makes the news rather anti-climactic. Each of these blank faces becomes doubly […]
UCLA Consent Week turnout not enough to spread awareness on campus
UCLA’s second annual Consent Week aimed to use five days to spread awareness of sexual violence and prevention, but failed to adequately expand its outreach to all affected communities on campus.
Submission: Westwood’s walkable street culture should be prioritized
Up until the 1990s, Westwood Village offered much more in the way of amenities and excitement, but in recent decades the area has seen much less activity and becomes especially quiet during evenings. This is a strange phenomenon; after all, if UCLA can scatter some $12.7 billion a year throughout the L.A. region, why can’t […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Bruin Republicans’ diversity requirement protest gains little support
It’s often said that a small, dedicated group of people can make a large impact. Last week’s protest by 10 members of Bruin Republicans was not one of those times. The organization staged a protest last week against UCLA’s new general education requirement, which would have students take a course about inequalities based on race, […]