This post was updated Aug. 30 at 6:59 p.m.
Low enrollment odds. Overflowing classrooms. Undergraduate students overwhelming faculty and teaching assistants.
Every political science student at UCLA is accustomed to them by now.

This post was updated Aug. 30 at 7:05 p.m.
Los Angeles Unified School District’s former superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, resigned this June.
LAUSD is the second-largest public school district in the country, serving over 500,000 students.

I hate my job.
I’ve uttered this phrase more times than I can count. It seems like every new position leaves me anxious for the next.

What’s your name? Your major? Where are you from? What dorm are you living in?
These questions will be the soundtrack to new students’ first few weeks at UCLA.

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6 p.m.
The latest iteration of Los Angeles’ charter reform process has ended in disappointment.
In August 2024, Mayor Karen Bass created the Charter Reform Commission to study LA’s city charter – the document that acts as the city’s constitution.

Students with aspirations in finance frantically refresh job portals, treating the application as the starting line.
But it isn’t.
By the time these finance portals go live, the students most likely to land offers have already spent months or years doing the quiet work that never shows up on a resume.

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 5:58 p.m.
The rules of an election can influence its outcomes just as much as the candidates.
The 2026 California gubernatorial primary featured an unusually competitive field, with six Democrats and two Republicans leading among more than 60 candidates.