Reminiscing about time in the newsroom is like creating headlines -30-

One thing a lot of people don’t know about journalism is that writers do not normally write the headlines of their stories. Or, well, at least I didn’t know that before I joined the Daily Bruin. That’s the copy editor’s job. The copy editor writes the headline because the copy editor is supposed to be […]

The Copy Shop: Why hyphenation of dual heritage terms has been a point of contention in newsrooms

Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor. At the end of March, The Associated Press once again shook the world of copy editing […]

USAC uses surplus funds for own projects, leaves the rest for student applicants

This article was updated Feb. 1 at 1:29 p.m. Student government officials split surplus funding between their own projects and student groups. The Undergraduate Students Association Council received $424,885 in surplus funding to spend at its discretion. Surplus funds are funds made available by increased revenues from student fees or USAC programs costing less than […]

Breakdown of the Nov. 6 ballot propositions and measures

Voters in Los Angeles will vote on 11 statewide propositions, three city constitutional amendments and one countywide measure Tuesday. Here’s some information on all of them: Proposition 1 Proposition 1, officially called the Housing Programs and Veterans’ Loan Bond, would authorize the state to sell $4 billion in bonds to fund affordable housing programs. About […]

Freshly appointed election board chair hopes to rewrite election code

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 2:33 p.m. A former undergraduate student government presidential candidate was appointed election board chair Tuesday night. Richard White, a fourth-year political science student and the Leaders Influencing Tomorrow presidential candidate in the 2018 Undergraduate Student Association Council elections, was confirmed by the council in a 10-2-1 vote after […]

Election board’s chairlessness sets back process of revising its code

The undergraduate student government promised to overhaul its election code, but has yet to take the first step to do so. Claire Fieldman, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, announced Aug. 7 the council would rewrite the election code, the procedures governing the election board and election process. The effort to reform election code comes […]