Post Tagged with: "UCLA"

15May
2013

Real Talk: Opportune Times

Inspiration for this blog entry comes from two sources: the movie Good Will Hunting and college acceptance season. Both are examples for us to reflect on the opportunities we have and capitalize on them.

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8May
2013

New USAC Slate Let’s Act! Seeks to Address Diversity and Affordability

USAC elections are underway. Let’s Act!

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14Mar
2013

Real Talk: Character Counts

A story was shared by my Professor last week, and I thought it said a lot about character. He talked about John Wooden’s acceptance of the Head Coach position for UCLA Basketball (GO BRUINS!). His character teach us many great lessons, and give a glimpse as to why he may have been so successful. I think as Muslims in particular, we can learn a lot from John Wooden’s story.

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19Jul
2012

The Inverted Classroom: A Place for Students to Apply Knowledge

Universities like my own have increasingly turned to online classrooms to accommodate more students into these already packed courses. Some educators, however, are using a hybrid of online and in-classroom courses to produce a more valuable educational experience.

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21Apr
2012

The Post-Grad Life: Make the best use of your time after college

You are about to graduate, so what’s next? Save the world? Become a billionaire? Cure cancer? What is the first thing you are going to do? And how are you going to do it?

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8Apr
2012

An Exclusive Interview with Hamza Siddiqui

Al-Talib interviews Hamza Siddiqui, a spoken word artist, who is a Junior at the University of the Pacific. In this exclusive interview, Siddiqui performs two spoken word pieces, one of which has not been publicly performed yet.

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23Feb
2012

In Videos: Muslim Americans Respond to the Syrian Crisis

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Al-Talib asks Muslim Americans at UCLA for their opinion on the recent crisis in Syria.

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23Jan
2012

Top 10 Study Spots at UCLA

Students already packing the libraries? Can’t seem to find an empty place to focus and study? Al-Talib has got your back. We asked students where they love studying the most. Here are 10 study spots around the UCLA campus you should check out.

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27Nov
2011

What Muslim Students think of TLC’s “All-American Muslim” show

Al-Talib interviews two Muslim students from UCLA on what they think of TLC’s show “All-American Muslim”.

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27Nov
2011

In Videos: Occupy UCLA

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In the past couple of weeks, the Occupy movement has spread to college campuses around the nation, including UCLA. Hear about what UCLA students are demanding.

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