UCLA will offer a professional writing minor for students to improve their practical writing skills. The minor offers an array of specialized writing courses in topics including web literacy, entertainment, business, science and technology, nonprofits and public engagement. Students can enroll in the minor after satisfying their Writing II requirement and submitting a brief application […]
Author Archives: Jacqueline Alvarez
Throwback Thursday: Thirty years ago, the Hill wasn’t so stringent on alcohol
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. Some Bruins know what it’s like to hide their alcoholic drinks before […]
Press Pass: An inside look at a Daily Bruin alumni event with Matea Gold
SAN FRANCISCO — Her day started with tweets, like usual. But by the evening, Matea Gold was far from Washington D.C., speaking as the featured guest at a UCLA reception that celebrated the Daily Bruin and the power of journalism. Gold, who is the national political enterprise and investigations editor at the Washington Post, graduated […]
Throwback Thursday: Students respond to fraternity scandal, alleged sexual assault
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. UCLA officials indefinitely banned fraternities from hosting in-house events with alcohol last […]
Throwback Thursday: Hunt for roommates has proved to be difficult throughout housing history
Have you ever loved your roommate so much you considered them your spouse? UCLA Housing believed this was the gold standard for rooming back in the 1960s. On Feb. 4, 1963, the Daily Bruin reported that Roger Nudd, then-director of UCLA Housing, said the qualities of a good roommate are those of a good spouse. […]
Jacqueline Alvarez: GRE for law school application would improve diversity, break barriers
If you’re applying to UCLA School of Law, you better have deep pockets. Applicants to UCLA’s law school must take the Law School Admission Test, an exam that tests skills in analytical and logical reasoning. Aspiring law students pay $180 for each attempt at the LSAT and usually end up taking the exam more than […]
Throwback Thursday: UC presidential expenses have always ruffled feathers
Midterm stress is in the air, and the cortisol-powered hustle and bustle is readily palpable. Week five of fall quarter has some students frantically cramming for exams and others hoping their classes get cancelled by some fortuitous fate – wishful thinking, to say the least. UCLA cancelling classes wasn’t always far-fetched. Our predecessors from 1984 […]