Post Tagged with: "MSA"

20Feb
2013

MSA West 2013 – The 15th Anniversary

A gallery of photographs from the MSA West 2013 conference in UC Santa Barbara

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1Feb
2013

How to Get Married in the MSA

There are some things in life that are inevitable. Death. Taxes. The Illuminati. Skinny jeans. And marriage within MSAs.

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23Jan
2013

Real Talk: Assumptions

One of our biggest mistakes is assuming the worst of one another. We witness one small, random action and allow our minds to warp it into something entirely different. We develop an entire story line and come to conclusions, all based off of one small data point.

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11Sep
2011

Growing up Muslim in Post 9/11 America: Standing out in North Dakota

Alaa Koleilat, a 3rd year Neuroscience major at UCLA, was living in North Dakota when the attacks happened. She shares her experience as one of the few Muslims that live in this state.

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9Aug
2011

Ramadan Away from Home

Between attending classes and work and studying and an internship, finding the time to make food for iftar can be very difficult for Noor Teebi, a third year at UCLA who is spending her first Ramadan on her own. Being away from home for the first time, many other Muslim students face the same unexpected challenges of having to wake up for suhoor on their own without a parent to drag them out of bed or making it through an [...]

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18Apr
2011

Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Program (IYTP) Granted New Privileges to Keep Alive

The Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Program (IYTP) at UCLA has been struggling with the new rules that prohibit volunteers under 21 years to attend a Juvenile Facility site in order to tutor inmates. On April 15, 2011, IYTP admin met with leaders of the Los Angeles County Probation Department. In this meeting, Los Angeles Probation Department granted IYTP several new privileges.

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15Mar
2011

The Do’s and Don’ts of Restoring Sanity

Judging by protests attended by various politicians at the Orange County ICNA fundraiser and the recent incident in Washington DC, the effects of the rally to restore sanity have surely worn off. And they exhibit a strong message to American Muslims: we sure have our work cut out for us.

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27Jan
2011

SJP at UCLA – Teachin for Palestine Awareness Week 2011

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16May
2010

UCSD Muslim Student Responds to David Horowitz Event

Original Post can be found here To the General and Campus Communities: As you are all well aware, I am the one who spoke at the David Horowitz event this past Monday May 10, 2010. Allow me to begin by stating that I do NOT condone murder, I do NOT condone genocide, and I do NOT condone racism under any circumstance whatsoever against Jews or anyone else. These accusations are lies that I refuse to allow David Horowitz and his [...]

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19Feb
2010

Reflections on MSA West 2010

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Over the past weekend I was fortunate enough to participate in an event that was both inspirational and educational. The event I am referring to was MSA West, hosted at the University of California Davis. After getting through the near 7 even hour drive there my expectations were high. Because after traveling in a car for about 7 hours my thoughts going in were “this better be worth it”. My expectations were not only met, but exceeded throughout they entire [...]

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