Imagine two UCLA students earn the highest grade their professors award. One receives an A. The other receives an A+. Both students earned the best grade available in their respective courses, as some professors do not offer A+ grades, and UCLA doesn’t require them to. Read more...
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August 18, 8:45 pm
Opinion: UCLA owes funding transparency to its political science students, professors
Low enrollment odds. Overflowing classrooms. Undergraduate students overwhelming faculty and teaching assistants. Every political science student at UCLA is accustomed to it by now. And recent budget cuts to the department threaten to make those problems worse. Read more...
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August 17, 2:19 pm
Opinion: LAUSD’s AI misstep shows what happens when technology comes before students
Los Angeles Unified School District’s former superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, resigned this June. LAUSD is the second-largest public school district in the country, serving over 500,000 students. Read more...
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August 15, 9:54 am
Opinion: Why your boring job is an opportunity for learning
I hate my job. I’ve uttered this phrase more times than I can count. It seems like every new position leaves me anxious for the next. Read more...
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August 14, 7:29 pm
Opinion: There’s no place like UCLA, so get comfortable with starting over
What’s your name? Your major? Where are you from? What dorm are you living in? These questions will be the soundtrack to new students’ first few weeks at UCLA. Read more...
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August 10, 3:53 pm
Opinion: LA’s charter reform efforts have failed to produce meaningful change
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6 p.m. The latest iteration of Los Angeles’ charter reform process has ended in disappointment. In August 2024, Mayor Karen Bass created the Charter Reform Commission to study LA’s city charter – the document that acts as the city’s constitution. Read more...
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August 9, 10:13 am
Opinion: UCLA students should prepare thoroughly for finance jobs by learning the hiring process
Students with aspirations in finance frantically refresh job portals, treating the application as the starting line. But it isn’t. By the time these finance portals go live, the students most likely to land offers have already spent months or years doing the quiet work that never shows up on a resume. Read more...