We, the undersigned graduate students, faculty fellows and lecturers of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese, wish to express our sadness after learning of the death of Andrea DelVesco. Read more...
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October 21, 10:28 am
Submission: UCLA must address violence against women in light of student’s death
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October 21, 1:59 am
Mental health at the University of California – fast facts
University of California psychological counseling centers served 33,164 patients in the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Of those patients, 6,228 were at UCLA. About 5 percent of all UC students were seen for either crisis, urgent or triage same-day appointments between July 1, 2014 and Feb. Read more...
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October 20, 12:00 am
Submission: Support for transfers should not end after Transfer Pride Week
With Transfer Pride Week coming to a close, the progress within the transfer community is ever more clear. The transfer community is vast and diverse – diverse not only in ages but also in past experiences and the road taken to get to UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government Transfer Student Representative Ariel Rafalian’s office hosted a transfer student mentorship program to help incoming transfer students navigate life at UCLA. Mentors and mentees were announced at an event during Transfer Pride Week. (Courtesy of Ariel Rafalian)
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October 20, 12:00 am
Submission: Healthy Campus Initiative works to promote wellness of UCLA community
We agree with the call to action written in your recent opinion piece supporting the development of a peer-counseling program. We’re pleased to report that a group of faculty and administrators, led by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh, has been meeting since last spring to develop such a program. Read more...
Photo: Different on-campus resources can improve campus-wide mental health. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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October 19, 12:19 am
Letter to the Editor: BruinAlert should be used more consistently during campus emergencies
The Daily Bruin recently included an editorial about the underutilization of the UCLA BruinAlert Mass Notification & Advisory System. We concur with opinions expressed and suggest if the system was deployed more consistently during campus emergencies, utilization would go up. Read more...
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October 16, 10:27 am
Submission: Firing of Berkeley lecturer signals need for UC worker solidarity
On Sunday, Alexander Coward blew the whistle on the shadowy practices of hiring and firing lecturers at the University of California. He issued a powerful statement after his year-to-year contract was not renewed by UC Berkeley’s mathematics department. Read more...
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October 16, 10:22 am
Submission: UCLA fails to adequately support students with disabilities
I grew up in Los Angeles and always regarded UCLA as one of the best universities in the world. Even though I attended California State University, Northridge, for my bachelor’s degree, I still held UCLA in high regard. Read more...