When I imagine average graduate students writing massive, book-length dissertations, I see tired figures, slumped over desks with dark circles under their eyes and piles of books scattered beside them. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 24, 11:13 pm
Serli Polatoglu: Dissertation process should be aligned with digital age
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 21, 11:23 pm
Ryan Nelson: SHIP’s debt should not be students’ burden
Health insurance is boring until it isn’t. This was the sentiment expressed at a weekly Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting in early February. This statement symbolizes the new fight brewing over the University of California’s Student Health Insurance Plan, which is now more than $57 million in debt. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 21, 12:01 am
Alexandra Tashman: Redefining the healthy body vital for wellness
The fashion icon Kate Moss once said, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” This quote reflects a message that is often emphasized in American advertising: If you want to be successful or happy, you need to be skinny. For most of us, this concept has very little to do with reality. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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February 21, 12:01 am
Editorial: UCLA Dining should expand halal and kosher options
UCLA Dining Services should do more to provide kosher and halal options on the Hill, a change Jewish and Muslim students on campus are pushing for. Students from the Jewish and Muslim student unions met with dining representatives on the Hill in January to advocate for more kosher and halal foods, which are prepared to meet certain requirements of these religions’ laws, for on-campus residents. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 20, 12:12 am
Katie Shepherd: UC should look past state budget for funds
California’s government cannot reliably predict the amount of funds that will be available for the University of California in the distant future. Read more...