Wednesday, April 8

GE courses become more demanding

Every day, students sulk out of their general education classes, muttering curses about their professor giving them too much work. With last fall’s unit increase for GE courses, professors have had to make an equal increase in workload if it isn’t already at the level required for a five unit course. Read more...





“˜Jenin Jenin’ film screening turns into Israeli-Palestinian debate

In a room full of people passionate about the truth, conflict was inevitable. On Wednesday night, the screening of a film about the Israeli military action in Jenin last spring and a presentation by a UCLA student who visited the site sparked a heated debate over the actions of the Israeli military in the West Bank refugee camp. Read more...


Sex education

In some English classes, students read Shakespeare and explicate poetry, but one seminar takes self-motivated students to unchartered territory where in-class sexual analysis is part of their participation grades. Read more...


Getting to class can be cumbersome for disabled

UCLA students who take off to class ten minutes before it starts can consider themselves in a state of oblivion ““ not because they’ll be late or unprepared, but because they’re likely unaware of the time and effort it takes for a student using a wheelchair to travel down Bruin Walk. Read more...