Life is too short to spend time doing certain things. For young lovers, life is too short to stay in a relationship that’s grown stale and lifeless. For young professionals, life is too short to stay at a job that is boring, repetitive and unchallenging. For people with a brain, life is too short to […]
Author Archives: David Burke
Frat life not always epitome of “˜coolness’
I would like the title of my article to be “Frat guy says no dorks allowed” or something like that. Hi everyone. My name is Mike Dupecheck. You may have seen me around campus. I’m average height, I’ve got a bit of a gut, I wear a backwards hat that covers my brown hair, and […]
Westwood lacks student-friendly vibe
Most UCLA students don’t have a lot of options or devote a lot of thought to which city they are going to live in. For the first one or two years of school they grace the halls of the dorms, plow down grilled cheese sandwiches and jello in the dining halls, and benefit from having […]
Feature: Getting to know Walter, story of a homeless man
Despite society’s efforts to turn a blind eye to the homeless, the fact is they’re there. If you’re like me and you spend time in Westwood, then you know they are a part of the landscape. On Wednesday I set out to speak with some of them to find out what it’s like to be […]
Don’t worry about strike, baseball just a game
In the past few weeks, the sport of baseball has been climbing higher and higher in the headlines as a potential strike nears because the millionaire players and owners can’t agree on how to divvy up their billions of dollars. The divisive issue is a luxury tax that would tax teams a percentage of their […]
Zero-tolerance laws ignore specifics, punish unfairly
Maybe you’ve heard of Taylor Hess. He’s a 16-year-old high school student from Texas. He’s on the honor roll and the varsity swim team. He’s been in so little trouble during school that he’s never even had detention. Most recently, though, Taylor has been a victim to an unfair bureaucracy. He was expelled from school […]