by Nicole Chavez On Saturday, October 31st at the Afro American Cultural Center, a group of thirty students discussed sex over lunch. The workshop titled “Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Sexuality,” was one of several discussions hosted during Sex and Sexuality Week. The goal of the series of workshops and performances was to “promote a sex-positive,…
Author: Nicole Chavez
314 Years of Whiteness
by Nicole Chavez Like most of its Ivy League peers, Yale has never been the front-runner on diversity. Established in 1701, the college’s founding purpose was to serve as an institution of higher education where the white, wealthy elite would send their sons to be groomed into polished politicians and stoic stockbrokers. Given the great…
A Haunted (Frat) House
by Nicole Chavez Halloween has come early to UCLA, and it’s scarier than ever. On the night of Tuesday, October 6, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity commonly referred to on our campus as “Sig Ep” hosted a “Kanye Western” themed party. Baggy jeans replaced board shorts, padded bottoms were squeezed into jeans and leggings, and…
Welcome to the Asian American Cultural Center
by Nicole Chavez At the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) Welcome Reception last Thursday, music and students flowed out of the wooden doors of 295 Crown Street. Balancing their teetering paper plates piled with Asian cuisine, the students who call this old house home talk animatedly with friends. An hour into the event, after everyone…