Anybody who has visited UCLA’s campus recently can’t help but notice its brick-laden paths are abuzz with whirring motorized scooters weaving in and out through crowds of students. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations director)
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October 15, 10:49 pm
GRE wastes applicants’ time, fails to indicate future student success
Prospective graduate students have a lot of boxes to check: personal statements, transcripts and also a four-hour high school review costing about $200, otherwise known as the GRE. Read more...
Photo: The general GRE tests students in verbal reasoning, quantitive reasoning and analytical writing, but graduate programs in the University of California system should no longer require students to take the exam to apply. The general GRE test doesn’t test students in the knowledge they’ll need to know in their prospective graduate degree programs and is, therefore, an unnecessary hassle. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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October 14, 11:02 pm
Accessibility, affordability would incentivize students to use public transport
This post was updated Oct. 15 at 1:11 p.m. Los Angeles transit sucks. After only two years in LA, I’ve come to realize a fundamental truth: If you want to get anywhere in the city on time, you’d better Uber and better budget a good amount of time to get through traffic. Read more...
Photo: Cities like Berlin offer students free access to an easily usable system of public transportation. Los Angeles should make its public transportation easier to use and take steps to make it more accessible to students in the city. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)
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October 11, 11:30 pm
Yes, UCLA has great dorm food. But that cannot justify its inflated prices.
Whether it’s Tex-Mex at De Neve, Asian fusion at Feast at Rieber, health-conscious options at Bruin Plate or one of the many other choices available, UCLA delivers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA has been charging students for avocados at an elevated cost. While this may seem minor, it reveals how the university has been shortchanging students. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
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October 9, 11:29 pm
UCLA Academic Counseling fails to meet transfer students’ needs
A college counselor’s advice can make or break your academic career. But at UCLA, you’ll probably break down before you even get to their office. At least, if you’re a transfer student. Read more...
Photo: (Alice Lu/Daily Bruin)
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October 8, 11:04 pm
USAC an ineffective platform to solve sexual violence issues
The nation’s representatives made one thing certain this fall: Politics has no place in sexual violence prevention efforts. Tell that to UCLA’s undergraduate student government. The Undergraduate Students Association Council has decided to take a stand against sexual violence in Greek life, following sexual assault allegations against a former Zeta Beta Tau fraternity member and a lawsuit against the Interfraternity Council. Read more...
Photo: The feud between UCLA Greeklife and minority students makes the undergraduate student government a political hodgepodge that is unfit to address sexual violence in fraternities. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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October 8, 8:48 am
UC’s overly ambitious energy plan serves political needs, not students
Economists of all stripes are fond of saying that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Where the University of California’s renewable energy goals are concerned, this old adage is 100 percent correct. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Daily Bruin)