Mariah Furtek is a staff columnist studying abroad in London until winter quarter. In this column series, she analyzes UCLA’s study abroad program and examines from afar how Bruins live in their beloved Los Angeles. Gleaming skyscrapers rub shoulders with museums and shops, each jockeying for a position in the crowded skyline. This city is […]
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Westwood fails to offer students both entertainment and basic living essentials
It takes a village to raise a child. Thank goodness UCLA students have Culver City. Students have long complained about their needs being neglected by the Westwood Neighborhood Council. Many have perceived these complaints as being primarily about the lack of nightlife – bars, dancing, live music and pool tables. Sometimes, the conversation has extended […]
Unconventionality of 2018 Bruin Bash lineup supported sociopolitical discussion
Bruin Bash and sensitive sociopolitical topics typically don’t go together. This year they did – and tickets still sold faster than Bird scooters flying down Bruin Walk. Bruin Bash is an annual concert organized by the Campus Events Commission and the Cultural Affairs Commission, and is part of True Bruin Welcome week. While all students […]
UCLA should encourage student camaraderie with more social events
Now that the week zero festivities have settled down, and all that’s left are the flyers littering Bruin Walk, Bruins will need to find a way to keep themselves busy. UCLA pulls out all the stops during zero week for its True Bruin Welcome, which consists of a week’s worth of social activities, brightly advertised […]
Filing petitions at UCLA is bogglingly time-consuming. We need to streamline.
Thursday, 9 a.m., week eight. A 30-minute-long line awaits you at the bottom of Murphy Hall. When it’s finally your turn, you try to drop off that petition form to finally get rid of that 10 a.m. class you can never quite make it to. You realize too late, though, that you haven’t gotten your […]
UCLA must support students by providing more accessible options for textbooks
There are many things to like about attending a university during the 21st century. Ask someone older, and they may share a horror story or two of lugging textbooks for miles, uphill both ways. But even today, Bruins don’t have an easy time getting ahold of textbooks, with long lines in the Ackerman Student Union […]
Enormous Activities Fair limits search for clubs to zero week, on-campus students
You know it’s zero week when the Enormous Activities Fair is in full swing and students are walking around with bunches of flyers in their hands. The obvious thought on these Bruins’ minds: So many clubs, so little time. Each year, UCLA hosts the EAF to give students an important first glance of student life […]