Charley Guptill: Cru’s Safe Rides program should avoid religious, service overlap

The post-party nighttime trek from the apartments to Hilgard Avenue is treacherous. It’s cold, difficult to navigate in heels and kind of scary. Safe Rides, a service offered by Cru, an on-campus Christian organization, aims to eliminate the harrowing journey for homeward-bound women on Thursday nights. But while the leaders in Cru who oversee and […]

Charley Guptill: Students ineligible to donate blood should be given alternate options

As a UCLA student, if you decide to take some time out of your day to save three lives, you’re rewarded with a movie ticket and a sippy juice box. Altogether, not a bad deal. A single blood donation can help up to three patients, and at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center, gratitude for […]

Charley Guptill: Acne’s absence in media leaves scars

My sophomore year is poorly documented because I did not enjoy posing for pictures that showed off my breakouts. But my Facebook profile doesn’t seem to be the only place where depictions of acne are generally absent. I’ve had acne since I was a second-year, but despite how easily my red skin showed up in […]

Charley Guptill: UCLA Transportation should subsidize Metro bus lines

Getting out of the Westwood bubble has proven to be a crucial part of my UCLA education. Unfortunately, during much of my first and second years here, exploring Los Angeles actually just meant traveling even farther west than Westwood. Getting to the Third Street Promenade was the easiest option for a weekend day trip. When […]

Charley Guptill: Relief efforts would benefit from collaboration

The images of devastation inundating the news media from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines seem far removed from students going about their business at UCLA. It is clear, though, by walking down Bruin Walk that many UCLA students are giving money in the hopes of helping. Many have donated to both the American Red Cross […]

Charley Guptill: Older students deserve a more inclusive Bruin experience

Studying at UCLA is a young person’s game. The quintessential UCLA student in most people’s minds will invariably be someone aged 18 to 22. Joe Bruin, certainly, cannot be much older than 19. This understanding of our campus population should change to acknowledge older students at UCLA. While they don’t fit the stereotypical mold of a […]