Since Bike Week is coming up starting on May 13, now is a perfect time to open a campus discussion about the benefits that a complete Westwood Boulevard bike lane would bring to the UCLA community. A bike lane that extends the full length of Westwood would be the biggest step thus far toward furthering […]
Author Archives: Jacob Jarecki
Track teammates cohost video blog series
Teammates, roommates, and now, co-hosts: since the launch of the track and field team’s video blog series, “Trackside,” junior hammer thrower Alec Faldermeyer and junior pole vaulter Mike Woepse have added a new dimension to their friendship. The duo started co-hosting the show last season at the suggestion of their coach, Mike Maynard, who wanted […]
Performance art acts as medium of change
From hybrid cars to hybrid foods, hybridization is largely the way of the future. Dance may prove no exception to this trend as it intersects with the visual arts to form a growing field: performance art. A number of performance art pieces were performed at UCLA in the last month alone. In early April, […]
Plugging into the classroom: UC seeks financial footing in shift toward online education
The University of California is increasingly shifting toward online education, following incentives from state leadership and in step with a growing trend nationwide. Since discussions began in 2010, online education at the UC has gone through several identity changes, some forced by budgetary issues, others by lack of feasibility. Originally proposed as a program that […]
Long Story Short – April 15, 2013
Former Long Story Short co-host and Daily Bruin Radio staff reporter Christyana Cabal fills in for Samantha Abraham this week for a show filled with zoo animal puns and student stories at Bruin Day. Later, Daily Bruin A+E contributor Jacob Klein shares his experience at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. […]
Long Story Short – April 8, 2013
In honor of Autism Awareness Month, Kevin and Sammi speak with UCLA psychology professor Jan Blacher about the prevalence and social change in autism and what people can do to help. Daily Bruin Opinion columnist Eitan Arom discusses rebenching, or the equalization of per student funding at each of the UC campuses, and how it affects […]
Men’s golfers keep lively on the green during spring break
For the members of the UCLA men’s golf team, with their eyes set on conference and national titles, the decision of whether to relax or practice over spring break was simple: They kept working on getting better.