Hey, I was wondering. … Where have all the toilet seat covers gone? In previous years, they were in every bathroom. This year, I have yet to see them in any building on campus. Are budget cuts really that bad? Are bathroom germs no longer considered a threat? -Natasha Barra This would be a very […]
Author Archives: Jake Tracer
Life at a co-ed college is … normal
Jake, What’s it like to go to college with boys?! -Katherine Bauer Just to clarify, Katherine’s a third-year student at Smith College in Massachusetts, a school famous in part for being an all-girl’s institution. I can just imagine her face while thinking about the question, lighting up at any mention of the opposite sex and […]
Jake Tracer insists he’s not making this up
No one has e-mailed me about this specifically, but I have had numerous people in the last week or so ask me two general questions in person: 1. Do people actually e-mail you? 2. Why are you writing a column like this? The answer to the first question is, in a word, yes. None of […]
UCLA should compensate students for travel, too
Jake, Construction is always happening on campus, and the workers use up valuable space for parking. Right now, the grassy area by the Medical Plaza (on Gayley and Le Conte avenues) has been overtaken and paved to accommodate the construction workers for the new hospital. It looks like the parking area for the hospital is […]
There are places I remember ““ but not quite
Jake, I know I’m not in Los Angeles, but since I’m in a new city (akin to many of the freshmen at UCLA) I was wondering if you could give me some direction about Birmingham, England. Your column inspired me to inquire if there are equivalents to Coffee Bean, the Troubadour and anywhere to get […]
About Payne
Although I had gone to interview him, writer/director Alexander Payne asked me the first question. “Can I offer you something to drink?” “A glass of ice water would be great.” “Sure you don’t want something else? A Coke or a beer?” “Not unless you want to open a bottle of wine …” Payne’s eyes widened […]
TA reviews not logistically possible
Hi Jake, I consult bruinwalk.com professor reviews every enrollment period, but it has occurred to me that having a similarly formatted “˜TA Review’ forum would be immeasurably more helpful, since they do most of the grading in lower-division classes. So this is just to get this idea out and see if the bruinwalk people find […]