Though UCLA needs more money from private donors as state funding is on the decline, fostering a sense of commitment in current students to donate in the future is not the solution.
Everyone always notices when the insignificant details slip away ““ a lost quarter, a missed call, a neglected Facebook post ““ but the greatest risk, never being able to think critically, can pass off absolutely unnoticed.
But this is nothing less than the current state of recent college graduate job trends: When job qualification is based primarily on quantitative skills, humanities students are going to be at an obvious disadvantage.
A rigorous education in almost any of the core humanities infuses in a student unprecedented and necessary skills, such as writing and research, communication, and the adroitness to weave through convoluted enigmas that have no single, obvious, or clear answer.
This weekend the Bruins were in Eugene, Ore. competing in the NCAA Preliminary Round. For some record-holding UCLA athletes, this competition was the last time they would proudly don their wearied sneakers as Bruins, while for others it was but a launchpad to the NCAA Championships and with it, UCLA history.
The weekend is over, and with it the track has cooled, the dust has settled and the fabled athletes either hold their heads high or heave crestfallen sighs as the 2011 Pac-10 Championships have come to an enthralling close.
In an unexpected turn of events, two freshmen nudged the Bruins up the board, scoring the first points of the Pac-10 Heptathlon Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
Uttering competitive ballet and women’s track and field in the same sentence might seem laughable, but the two may have more in common than previously thought. UCLA women’s track and field co-captain, Pac-10 champion and battle-tested competitor Lindsay Rowe grew up in a tutu.
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