159 million people watched at least one minute of the entire 2016 NCAA football season. The next year, more than 360 million watched the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational alone. The viewership of esports among 18- to 25-year-olds outpaces even the NBA Finals and World Series. Sponsorships included, the esports market stacked up to nearly […]
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Abhishek Shetty: USAC would benefit from simpler, transparent voting system
In the hysteria and insanity that engulf every year’s undergraduate student government election, one detail goes unnoticed: how big a role a labyrinthine system plays in determining the council’s general representatives. The Undergraduate Students Association Council completed appointments to the Election Board in January. The board has expressed the intention to increase the accessibility of […]
Keshav Tadimeti: Bruin Republicans desperate for publicity, not politics
On a campus of 44,000, you have to get creative to get people to show up to your club activities. Students rely on everything from dancing to tunes on Bruin Walk to channeling their inner meme expertise on social media to get turnout at their events. What you don’t see most student groups doing, however, […]
Omar Said: Bird’s efforts to respect laws and enhance user safety are not enough
Step aside, Bruin Bear. UCLA has a new contestant for school mascot – the Bird scooter. One night, the community went to sleep peacefully. The next morning, the Birds had appeared in large packs around the neighborhood – a silent mechanical invasion. They’re black, branded and can be found parked in front of campus buildings […]
William Bleveans: State legislature should focus on funding UC, not criticizing it
Pay no attention to the funding crisis behind the curtain. That’s the message California lawmakers are trying to send by relentlessly criticizing the University of California Office of the President for allegedly mishandling funds. In the wake of a report released earlier this month by the Huron Consulting Group, UCOP may cut its budget in […]
Scott Bays: UCLA Extension’s costly failures demand greater university oversight
What do iPads affixed to Segways, declining revenue and a boss that seemingly takes after “The Office’s” Michael Scott have in common? Apparently, it’s UCLA Extension. Several Extension employees spoke anonymously with the Daily Bruin last month, detailing extensive mismanagement in the university’s prestigious extension program, which offers certificates and transferable undergraduate degree credits to […]
Ani Gasparyan: UCLA Safe Ride suffers from both technical, advertising issues
You would expect administration at the university that created the internet to offer only the best digital services to its students. But the mobile app for UCLA’s evening transportation service glitches often and can’t even provide users with an accurate estimated time of arrival for their rides. UCLA Safe Ride is the rebranding of the […]