Sunday, July 12

In the news:

Students balance books and politics

Coming from Singapore as an international student, Kathleen Ditzig worries about adjusting to American culture. As a first-year art student she worries about adjusting to life in college. Read more...




Charge of King/Drew may shift

Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, which in recent years has been sharply criticized by the government for failing federal inspections, may merge with a UCLA hospital in an attempt to stabilize. Read more...


ASUCLA plugs new discount program

Starting this year, Associated Students UCLA has added a new twist to its traditional welcome-back coupon booklet. Special offerings and additional discounts are available to students who sign up for ASUCLA’s “Benefits U” campaign, a discount program aimed at attracting more students to ASUCLA-run stores on campus. Read more...


Editorial: Admissions quick fix isn’t a real answer

Our response to Harvard’s half-hearted nod to diversity in admissions is a quiet yawn. Several schools have joined Harvard in eliminating their early admission programs, but none of them will have any significant effect on a problem that is far larger than that. Read more...