Friday, January 30

Forget PC, go for brutal honesty

Hi everyone. My name’s Mark. I’m a freshman and I’m from New Orleans. That’s one of the most painful lines I can utter these days. Say it in a small group setting and a gasp goes up around the room. Read more...


Reducing consumption beats all

David Lazar’s submission about the downside of recycling was not entirely inaccurate (“Reduce, reuse, and stop recycling,” Feb. 7). It was just a lazy, vague, unconvincing take on the subject. Read more...



Speaks Out

Do you think BruinCast and other new technologies in the classroom are going to affect the way UCLA classes are conducted? Alicia Basmadjian Graduate student, nursing If they post the lectures online, no one’s going to show up to class. Read more...



Letter to the editor

Online lectures could benefit good students When I read an article or essay about making lectures available on-line, there is inevitably a professor who is afraid that interaction and “human contact” will be lost to technology. Read more...


Students don’t have it that easy nowadays

Is technology making it easier for today’s UCLA students than it was for previous generations of Bruins? Most people would answer with a resounding “Yes.” Computer tools make it so easy to draft and edit a term paper, perform calculations, design spaces and more. Read more...