In addition to livening up Westwood every third Thursday of the month, Westwood LIVE was in Bruin Plaza yesterday making sure as many Bruins as possible know about this wonderful USAC initiative to bring more Bruins into Westwood, our lovely little college town immediately south of the UCLA campus. Westwood LIVE is meant to celebrate three…
Hausu!
Last Friday, I went with my friend Mariam to a screening of House, or Hausu in Japanese, that was put on by the Campus Events Commission. Before I get into the details, just let me tell you that this screening was probably definitely the most entertaining free CEC event that I have been to….
Tis The Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No- I am not crazy. I realize Christmas was a month ago. I am talking about gymnastics season! Every weekend I look forward to cheering on our team to victory. For those of you who don’t know, UCLA Gymnastics is one of the premier teams in the…
Academic Advisement
Hey readers! I hope all is well with your daily lives and such. For the most part my daily life has been fantastic. Even though I’ve been unusually busy this week, I made a goal to set an appointment with my academic advisor. An academic advisor is comparable to a counselor; he or she is…
While you wait for college acceptances…
Many of you have already applied to the college of your dreams and now it’s time to wait for those acceptance letters to start rolling in. As you may have heard the fabulous news, this year UCLA received over 90,000 applications (91,512 students to be exact applied to be newly admitted to one of the…
Last Winter Quarter for Undergrad
2012 brings in my last two quarters here at UCLA– Winter and Spring Quarter. The three classes that I am taking this quarter are Introduction to Social Welfare, Sociology of Education and Statistical and Computer Methods for Social Research. I am definitely looking forward to a busy, challenging and rewarding quarter. Last quarter was one…
UCLA #1 in number of applications… again!
It was recently revealed that we are again the most-applied-to four-year university in the United States, with our record-breaking 91,512 applications this past fall. This is a 12.7% increase from last year’s 81,235, and the largest increase came from traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups, signifying that we are diversifying and bringing in new perspectives and…
Beginning of the Quarter Checklist
Contrary to popular belief, the beginning of the quarter isn’t exactly peaceful! For me, things tend to be hectic, but I know eventually it will all settle down and I will settle into my usual routine. Things to do: 1) Finalize class schedule. Hopefully everything has worked out like I hoped, but sometimes once syllabi…
Back to the Beginning
Hello all! It’s the beginning of the quarter again and Week 1 is in full swing. I want to start by saying I hope everyone had a great break. It was much needed and greatly appreciated, but now its time to get back to work. Over the next week, I’ll be focusing on my…
New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year! It seems not so long ago when we just accustomed ourselves to typing “2011” on our papers and writing it next to our signatures, but before long, 365 days had passed and it’s time to get used to the next number up. And as always, a new year calls for a new…
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