There's a scene in Good Will Hunting in which Matt Damon's character challenges a Harvard Law student, saying he is paying $50,000 per year for what he could get for $1.50 in library fees. Read more...
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October 10, 11:18 pm
Ramsey Ugarte: Project Degree Completion’s approach to increasing number of graduates flawed, unfocused
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October 10, 1:25 am
Maia Ferdman: UCLA students should participate in Westwood Neighborhood Council
Living in California during the general election may make UCLA students feel ignored or unimportant in the political arena. Presidential campaigns, which generally focus on swing states, may seem too distant to justify our civic engagement. Read more...
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Maia Ferdman
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October 10, 1:08 am
Ryland Lu: L.A. needs to repair streets, not spend more on new projects
Rarely do campaign smear tactics reveal anything substantive about what goes on in one's neighborhood. Read more...
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October 4, 10:21 pm
Eitan Arom: Students can upset media’s pull over politics with technology
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney inspired the country by bridging the partisan divide to say, "Shut up, Jim Lehrer." Read more...
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October 4, 10:12 pm
Maia Ferdman: Students must actively seek truth in debate
With the first presidential debate complete, the election season has reached its home stretch. Yet clouds of fancy political advertising, highly coordinated campaign speeches and blips of political rhetoric still linger in the air like bad Los Angeles smog. Read more...
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October 4, 1:16 am
Kunal Patel: Recent cut prevents California NanoSystems Institute from continuing vital outreach programs
The California NanoSystems Institute is losing millions from its budget "“ and unfortunately, in the aftermath of this cut, the research facility's funding model can no longer support most of its valuable outreach programs within the Los Angeles community. Read more...
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The California NanoSystems Institute in the Court of Sciences lost $3 million, a sizable chunk of its budget, after its temporary three-year funding agreement at UCLA expired this summer. Now, the institute will only receive and $800,000 operating budget from UCLA. As one of the consequences, the institute will have to reduce its community outreach programs.
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October 3, 1:05 am
Ramsey Ugarte: Including Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in the debates would broaden the discourse
When UCLA students tune into the presidential debates tonight, there will be a podium and speaker missing from that brightly lit stage "“ the presidential candidate running on the Libertarian ballot, two-time New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Read more...