UCLA has opened an admissions waitlist for the first time in its 93-year history. Read more...
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April 17, 11:21 pm
Saving Student Media: Students should be able to choose whether or not to financially support campus newspapers
When you picked up this newspaper, you didn't pay a dime. When you visit the Daily Bruin website, all of our content is free Â"“ that is, if you are not a UCLA student. Read more...
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April 17, 7:14 am
Ghosts of Fees Past: Allocation of funds should be aligned with interests of current students
When the UCLA undergraduate student body votes next month whether or not to approve a fee increase of $3, generations of students for years to come will be affected by that decision. But don't worry, UCLA. No pressure. Read more...
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April 12, 11:41 pm
Proposed GE diversity requirement is only a Band-aid approach
When I think of the proposed "Community and Conflict in the Modern World" General Education requirement, three things immediately come to mind: the superficiality of General Education courses, cultural hostility on campus and the need to focus on racial sensitivity outside the classroom. Read more...
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April 12, 11:37 pm
The personal take of “˜Student Speak Out’ effectively addresses antagonism
In what has been dubbed as "Student Speak Out," law students from UCLA assembled in the hallway of the Law School to inform their peers of discrimination and antagonism of minorities behind the scenes. Read more...
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April 12, 12:16 am
Students need to engage in a more meaningful debate on “˜Kony 2012′ that goes beyond social media
As a college student with a Facebook account, I heard about the "Kony 2012" campaign the night it launched. The 30-minute video, created by Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate people about the crimes committed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, spread faster than any other Internet video in history. Read more...
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April 11, 1:48 am
Computer science GE should be required
You have probably heard the cliche story about how a rudimentary general education course was so captivating that it caused a student to switch majors and career paths. Read more...