Truth be told, I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I signed up to study abroad this past summer. I didn’t check for travel warnings, and reading the safety guidelines provided by the study abroad office only caused me stress. Read more...
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UCLA is at the precipice of an opportunity to either take a step toward better sexual assault policies and procedures or fall back into its past habits of noncompliance and complacency with the status quo. Read more...
The rising cost of higher education is about to hit us all as students at the University of California. UC President Janet Napolitano proposed a plan last week to enact an up to 5 percent tuition increase annually for the next five years that will be felt across our student population, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Read more...
University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown are engaged in a chess match for funding and have taken to using students as pawns. Read more...
In a submission titled “University irresponsible for inviting controversial speaker to campus,” published on Nov. 5, Natalie Charney condemns several academic departments at UCLA for inviting Steven Salaita to speak on campus. Read more...
The focal point of the undergraduate student government’s Nov. 18 meeting in Ackerman Grand Ballroom is a resolution which calls for the University of California to divest from certain companies that some students say profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. Read more...
Next week is mental health awareness week. As universities across the country are navigating a series of crises regarding mental health and higher education – including a loss of funding for mental health resources due to the expiration of Proposition 63 in California and nationwide debate about involuntary psychiatric withdrawal policies – UCLA student government offices will hold a number of events next week that foster an ongoing conversation about mental health. Read more...
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