The psychology department’s executive committee recently voted to officially ban the informal, yet, traditional practice of graduate students providing food for their thesis defense (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
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August 11, 11:24 pm
Committee votes to end department tradition despite opposition from senior faculty
By Maanas Oruganti
A UCLA graduate school executive committee passed a policy July 29 preventing graduate students from catering food at their thesis defenses. The psychology department’s executive committee voted to end the tradition of students bringing food to their thesis defenses after a Science Magazine article brought the stresses this tradition caused for students to light, said Anna Lau, head of the UCLA psychology department executive committee and a psychology professor.
Arts
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August 11, 10:40 pm
First-generation student’s videos capture honest, guiding glimpse of college life
By Julie Lee
Binisha Dahal spent her senior year of high school making YouTube videos. The rising second-year anthropology student runs a YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers and makes content surrounding college life, including tips on productivity, her daily activities and personal Q&As about UCLA.
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August 11, 11:26 pm
Possible delay in fall election as USAC election board chair fails to meet deadline
By Megan Son
Undergraduate student officials addressed the election board’s failure to meet deadlines at a special meeting Wednesday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council held a meeting Aug. 7 with election board chair and fourth-year psychology student Kyana Shajari to discuss her failure to fill spots on the USAC election board and approve election codes by July 30, a deadline set by the council in May.
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August 11, 11:23 pm
Cuts to heath insurance benefits prompt walkout at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center
By Julia Shapero
Resident physicians and interns will hold a walkout at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center on Wednesday in response to alleged cuts to health insurance benefits and restrictions to union access.
Opinion
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August 11, 11:07 pm
Editorial: City ban on sleeping in cars further disadvantages homeless students in LA
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August 11, 11:22 pm
Hong Kong is now a city of protests and tear gas, a city indomitable in its ideals
The Quad, Lifestyle
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August 16, 1:13 pm
The Quad: From ‘finstas’ to LinkedIn, personal branding on social media can help in hiring
By Kanishka Mehra
Once it’s on the internet, it never goes away. Students spend a good amount of their college careers trying to make themselves as hirable as possible for life after graduation.
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