The UCLA Center for Accessible Education needs to take some notes on how to better serve students with disabilities. By law and university policy, CAE is required “to provide academic support services to regularly enrolled students with documented permanent and temporary disabilities.” One of these support systems is providing notes for students with learning, psychological or physical disabilities. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Center for Accessible Education recently changed incentives for its note-taker program, in which students submit their notes to be used by students incapable of taking their own. The new incentives are a downgrade rather than an upgrade, and must be amended again. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)

School seminars and parental advice were always big on one fact: Don’t get into cars with strangers. Today, it’s just another way to get around. But these services still come with dangers – labor and safety ones. Read more...

Photo: Uber and Lyft introduced Los Angeles to the realities of the gig economy. But their growing usage and integration into daily life pose numerous challenges that have yet to be considered. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)

Applying to attend the country’s No. 1 public university doesn’t just mean being a student. Sometimes, it also entails beating a system meant to work against you. Read more...

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What happens when visionaries in science and scholarship unite with the community to solve one giant global problem? Apparently, a few vague promises touted as solutions. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge has undertaken the task of halving depression’s effects by 2050. The DGC aims to do this through various programs and research. Despite these efforts, students have seen little to none of the initiative’s benefits on campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)

No community in Los Angeles faces the challenges veterans do. Their scars, mental and physical, make reintegration into civilian life a daily struggle. But what’s worse than not helping them is agreeing to and then giving them the cold shoulder. Read more...

Photo: UCLA and the Brentwood School made a commitment to help veterans when they leased property from Veterans Affairs – it’s high time they both came through on that commitment and delivered the services that veterans expect and need access to here in Los Angeles. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)

There’s truly no worse feeling than mustering up enough energy to carry your bag filled with books to a study spot on campus, only to find hundreds of other students had the same idea. Read more...

Photo: UCLA had money to build an academic center for student-athletes. Yet, this campus is lacking a central study space that offers academic services and resources to the general population. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)