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Book Preview: Spring 2022 novels offer fantastic worlds, intimate narratives
Springtime is a moment to turn new leaves and new pages. As days get warmer and the frost recedes, the season invites new novels telling tales of dragon slayers and deep family secrets. Read on for Daily Bruin’s picks of new books blooming this spring. (Courtesy of Little, Brown Books For Young Readers) “An Arrow to the Moon” by Emily X.R. Pan Romeo and Juliet might have looked quite different with a mythological twist.
UCLA's Jazz Combo Concert showcases student passion, musical growth - Daily Bruin
Creation is at the very core of UCLA’s jazz combos. The UCLA Jazz Combo Concert, which took place on Sunday, aimed to showcase the musical advancements of various jazz combo groups over the last quarter. Typically consisting of fewer than 10 musicians, the small groups work together during academic year to explore composition, improvisation and arrangements to showcase their work at the end of the quarter.
The Transfer Transition: 'Transfer shock' leaves students struggling to adjust to life at UCLA - Daily Bruin
“The Transfer Transition” is a series by Opinion columnist Sarah Karim, a fourth-year political science transfer student. These columns will explore various transfer experiences, from the application journey to the difficult process of transitioning to a new campus. The goal is to bring awareness to the unique struggles that transfer students face and to foster a deeper understanding of the transfer community. (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director) Change can hit like a ton of bricks.
Opinion: UCLA must follow through with promise of prayer space on campus
All Bruins deserve to be comfortable while observing their faith on campus. Unfortunately, with UCLA’s lack of prayer space, that’s not the case. The Muslim Student Association at UCLA has been trying to acquire a sufficient prayer space on campus for quite some time. Since the ’90s, Muslim Bruins have been praying in a loading zone behind Kerckhoff Hall and Engineering IV. Despite extensive dialogue between Associated Students UCLA and MSA for many years, the university has not made much progress.
UCLA alumnus aims to demystify medical school application process through YouTube
Sohini Halder is making her med school journey full screen. The alumnus and first-year medical student at UC San Francisco, started her YouTube channel in June 2020 to document her pre-med experience, which now hasmore than1,700 subscribers. As a former UCLA student, Halder said she understands the difficulties of navigating the medical school application process and aims to use her channel to help other aspiring medical school students prepare by sharing her own experiences.
The Transfer Transition: Inconsistent application requirements leave transfers at a disadvantage
“The Transfer Transition” is a series by Opinion columnist Sarah Karim, a fourth-year political science transfer student. These columns will explore various transfer experiences, from the application journey to the difficult process of transitioning to a new campus. The goal is to bring awareness to the unique struggles that transfer students face and to foster a deeper understanding of the transfer community.
The Transfer Transition: Navigating isolation, institutional barriers as transfer students at UCLA
“The Transfer Transition” is a series by Opinion columnist Sarah Karim, a fourth-year political science transfer student. These columns will explore various transfer experiences, from the application journey to the difficult process of transitioning to a new campus. The goal is to bring awareness to the unique struggles that transfer students face and to foster a deeper understanding of the transfer community. “Where do you go to school?” That question used to fill me with dread.
Opinion: Students ought to support Westwood businesses, dine out within their means
UCLA’s reopening means more than the return of students to Bruin Walk. It’s a fresh start for local businesses as well. After over a year of a mostly empty campus, businesses finally have a new wave of customers to look forward to. Freshmen, sophomores and transfer students will all have the opportunity to explore Westwood for the first time, which is an exciting prospect for Bruins and businesses alike.
Opinion: UCLA's snubbing of transfer students for housing priority shows lack of care - Daily Bruin
There’s a sad truth that transfer students must face from day one: We begin our time at UCLA when it feels as though it is already running out. For this year’s transfers, it certainly hasn’t helped that many haven’t yet hada moment to feel like a real student on campus.
Opinion: Changes to UC hiring process are necessary to facilitate greater faculty diversity
When it comes to facultydiversity, the University of California has more than enough room for growth. As of 2020, 55.7% of UCLA’s lecturers and professors were white. The number of faculty of color at UCLA has grown a mere 3% from 2010 to 2018. For context, the state’s nonwhite population grew about 4% from 2010 to 2019, according to the . While the numbers are close, this doesn’t mean the UC is doing as much as it should.
Opinion: The UC's job is to look out for its employees, and curtailments fail to do that - Daily Bruin
When it comes to addressing budgetary losses, curtailments and furloughs should be a last resort. But at the moment, the University of California is far too comfortable with the idea of resorting to that. The UC Office of the President proposed a curtailment plan in October that would require employees to take five days of unpaid leaveto help offset pandemic-related budget losses.
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