Pushing myself toward surprising, unpredictable accomplishments -30-

I remember waiting last year for -30- column drafts to come in, and everyone would offer the same excuse: “It’s so hard, I don’t know what to write!” Now I’m three days past deadline and the new Opinion editor is badgering me to finish spewing whatever sentimental bullshit I’ve accumulated over the past four years. […]

Chris Campbell: Newly elected LA school board must improve charter school accessibility

We can all agree Los Angeles needs better schools. Whether that means appending the word “charter” is a bit more contentious. And contentious is the perfect word to describe Tuesday’s Los Angeles Board of Education election, especially when it comes to the Westside’s own contest between incumbent board President Steve Zimmer and challenger Nick Melvoin. […]

Throwback Thursday: A look back at affordable Los Angeles realty

Los Angeles is many things: big, bustling, cosmopolitan – and growing. One thing it’s not, however, is cheap. Anyone who lives in and around the City of Angels needs to dedicate a pretty significant portion of their paycheck to shelter. Home prices across the city remain ridiculously expensive, and it’s rare to find a home […]

Throwback Thursday: Brewin’ up a Bruin Day

Prepare yourselves, Bruins. This weekend, thousands of bright-eyed, still-unbroken potential UCLA students and their families will descend upon our fair campus to gawk at Royce Hall, take pictures with the Bruin Bear statue, and maybe even commit the next four years of their lives to this university. Yes, it’s that time of year again. Saturday […]

Opinion editors: USAC candidates must stay clear from drama, violations to boost voting

The sun recedes on the aging walls of Kerckhoff Hall. Bruin Walk’s bricks glow an orangish hue. Flyers blow across Bruin Plaza, dancing in the wind and littering the walkway. Oddly cheerful headshots on signboards smile back at students making their way down Election Walk. A horde of students in matching T-shirts carry leftover flyers […]

Throwback Thursday: Expanding one’s mind through 1979’s Experimental College

If the university brochures and talking heads on TV are to be believed, college is a time for exploration and self-discovery. Indeed, UCLA has offered opportunities for students to challenge themselves and expand their intellectual horizons both in and outside the classroom. And then there was the UCLA Experimental College. A 1979 advertisement in the […]