When I think of the proposed "Community and Conflict in the Modern World" General Education requirement, three things immediately come to mind: the superficiality of General Education courses, cultural hostility on campus and the need to focus on racial sensitivity outside the classroom. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 11:37 pm
The personal take of “˜Student Speak Out’ effectively addresses antagonism
In what has been dubbed as "Student Speak Out," law students from UCLA assembled in the hallway of the Law School to inform their peers of discrimination and antagonism of minorities behind the scenes. Read more...
Opinion
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April 12, 12:19 am
Santa Monica College rightfully retracts two-tier education plan
Fee increases, student protests and pepper spray are familiar to the University of California "“ and now Santa Monica College. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 12, 12:16 am
Students need to engage in a more meaningful debate on “˜Kony 2012′ that goes beyond social media
As a college student with a Facebook account, I heard about the "Kony 2012" campaign the night it launched. The 30-minute video, created by Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate people about the crimes committed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, spread faster than any other Internet video in history. Read more...
Opinion
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April 12, 12:15 am
Letter to the editor: Alternative economic theory is taught at UCLA
I am writing in response to Ramsey Ugarte's column on April 8, in which he argues that alternative economic viewpoints (especially Austrian economic philosophy) should be taught in the classroom at UCLA. As a history graduate student and a teaching assistant, I have frequently encountered "alternative economic viewpoints" in the curricula here, and in my own seminars I have tried to include discussions about different economic models. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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April 11, 1:48 am
Computer science GE should be required
You have probably heard the cliche story about how a rudimentary general education course was so captivating that it caused a student to switch majors and career paths. Read more...
Opinion
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April 11, 1:43 am
Speaks Out: Mid-quarter course evaluations
Do you think students should conduct course evaluations in the middle of the quarter? Read more...
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