The line for the chipotle chicken bowl at Bruin Plate seems to wrap around the building. The Bruin Fitness Center and John Wooden Center only get busier by the hour. As we shift into week three, newcomers to UCLA may already be getting a feel for the culture here on campus – the fitness culture, […]
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The Quad: Popular UCLA majors do not always correlate to high employment rates
Popped champagne and glittery graduation photos aside, what lies ahead for our graduating seniors may be anything but smooth and picturesque. The real world, as they say, is a tough place to be. Students artfully craft four-year plans to improve their job prospects, no doubt changing their major once or twice along the way. But […]
The Quad: A comparison of LA driving costs
It’s Week 8 and your bank account is probably crying a lot more than you are right now. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, your account balance might as well be holding its own funeral by the time you emerge from the waters of Malibu or the bars of Las Vegas. While we offer no […]
The Quad: Why don’t we have Starbucks on campus?
“I miss UCLA coffee,” said no one ever. If you haven’t let out an unsatisfied grumble or wince after a sip of an iced mocha from Bruin Café or Kerckhoff Coffeehouse this week, you, my friend, are either getting used to the quality of coffee available here or are simply not a religious coffee drinker. […]
The Quad: Understanding ‘Asian glow’ and how to counteract it
“Why are you so red?” If I had a dollar for every time I got asked that question on Thursday nights, I probably wouldn’t have to worry about my post-college debt. Okay, that’s an exaggeration; but still, it’s a ridiculous amount. Let me answer your question cumulatively. Alcohol flushing is a common phenomenon that affects […]
The Quad: What is it like to transfer out of UCLA?
Although many of us may have chosen to camp out in our rooms or flee to Coachella on the weekend of Bruin Day, our wariness of participating in the day’s festivities does not lessen the pride we have for being a Bruin. With another Bruin Day for transfer students coming up, the line of incoming […]
The Quad: Private donations should not be viewed as state funding substitute
Behold the UCLA campus. Straight ahead is the Powell Library, named after Lawrence Clark Powell, a previous university librarian whose son is a recent donor of $5 million to UCLA Library. To your left is the Luskin School of Public Affairs, made possible in part due to the $100 million donation of alumnus Meyer Luskin. […]