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 […]
Author Archives: Anush Khatri
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 […]
PRIME: Apathy in the Stands
There are a lot of things that are quintessential to the UCLA experience: walking up the Hill after a long day of classes, eating ice cream at Diddy Riese and watching some of the best college sports teams in the country. It’s just that the last one may come with the chance to see scores […]
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 […]