This year’s incoming class will bring almost 1,000 more bodies to campus than last year’s 8,786 newly admitted freshmen and transfer students. If you think this is just another drop in the big bucket of the most populated college in California, it might be a little more unnerving to know that the University of California intends to enroll another 5,000 students systemwide over the next two years. Read more...
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Mi mamá proudly told my extended family members I was off to study at the famous UCLA while I silently wished I could stay home to study during my first year. Read more...
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The American prison system and its population is huge. About 22-percent-of-the-world’s-prisoners huge. This sound bite has been used in many political debates, stump speeches and news articles, but changing this apparent injustice through scientifically backed, tried-and-true methods has been slow and complicated. Read more...
Photo: Despite enacting policies to reduce the number of prison inmates, California needs to implement reforms such as split sentencing to help reduce inmate recidivism. (Creative Commons photo by davebloggs007 via Flickr)
If you’ve been a new student at UCLA, you’ve been encouraged to read a “common book.” The UCLA common book aims to connect new incoming students – both freshmen and transfers – faster than you can judge a book by its cover. Read more...
Photo: Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of “Between the World and Me,” which has been selected as this year’s common book. (Courtesy of Montesbradley via Wikimedia Commons)
Editor’s note: This column discusses the issues of sexual assault and rape. Students are beginning or returning to UCLA and besides their grades and social lives, they must be on the lookout for sexual assault. Read more...
Dear Reader, Last May, we at the Daily Bruin had the fight of our lives passing a referendum to keep Student Media alive and running. Our staff spent countless – literally, it’s impossible to count – hours campaigning, flyering and stressing the value our paper presents to this campus. Read more...
It’s that time of year again. Summer is drawing to a close, which means that fall quarter is coming up and thousands of UCLA students desperately need to find an apartment. Read more...
