As juniors and seniors, you may be considering graduate school in the near future. While students prioritize personal statements, standardized tests and reference letters when preparing their graduate school applications, they often don’t pursue funding sources such as fellowships, scholarships and grants, which can sometimes supply between $5,000 and $30,000 a year. Read more...
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November 21, 10:02 pm
Submission: Fellowships, funding resources important for graduate school
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November 16, 11:05 pm
Submission: USAC needs to hold all appointments to consistent standards
One of the most important tasks of the Undergraduate Students Association Council is appointing students to different campuswide boards and committees to provide an undergraduate voice to organizations that would otherwise be void of it. Read more...
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November 14, 10:29 pm
Submission: State rhetoric about international students is antithetical to its values
A few weeks ago, a UCLA professor asked international students to stay behind after class. He told them how rigorous their writing-intensive English Composition 3 course was and that they should feel comfortable dropping the class if they didn’t feel prepared for the writing standards of the class. Read more...
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November 12, 11:20 pm
Submission: Bruins should assemble to protect funding for Pell, Cal Grants
Today, more than 7 million students, including 39 percent of Bruins, rely on Federal Pell Grants to help pay for college. However, Congress has proposed a $3.3 billion cut to Pell Grant funding for the 2018 fiscal year. Read more...
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November 12, 11:16 pm
Letter to the Editor: Free speech center plans to fully engage campuses, students
Keshav Tadimeti’s recent Opinion column about the University of California’s new National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, titled “New free speech center should be proactive, localize campus operations,” downplays the extent to which the center and its fellows will engage with UC students and campuses. Read more...
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November 3, 3:05 pm
Submission: UCLA dance teams deserve designated practice spaces, not parking lots
If you are looking for an article describing the obstacles dancers face in their everyday struggle of dancing in parking lots, this piece will only give you a taste of our reality. Read more...
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October 31, 11:20 pm
Submission: Growing reliance on part-time faculty shortchanges instructors, students
When someone asks me what I do for a living, I say I’m a teacher. “Oh?” they ask. “What grade?” “Actually, I teach university students, at UCLA,” I say. Read more...