No Offense, But: Admissions and administrators

“No Offense, But” is back for the final podcast of the year. Join outgoing Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, outgoing assistant Opinion editor Ani Gasparyan and columnist Enming Zhang talk about UCLA’s plan to reduce enrollment rates and grow summer classes. After the break, they bring out the tissue boxes for administrators’ lack of transparency and […]

No Offense, But: Fees and football

“No Offense, But” is back for the penultimate podcast of the year. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and columnists Andrew Raychawdhuri and Reilly Berberian as they talk about the potentially egregious misuse of student fees by UCLA. After a quick break, they talk about a nonissue that has been setting Westwood ablaze: synthetic soccer fields.

No Offense, But: Sharing bikes and elections

“No Offense, But” is back in your feeds with another wonderful podcast – this time about UCLA Transportation’s failing Bruin Bike Share program and about the ongoing North Westwood Neighborhood Council election. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and columnists Lucy Carroll, Andrew Raychawdhuri and Marcella Pensamiento as they break down the failures of bikeshare at […]

No Offense, But: The 2019 USAC election

This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council featured the lowest voter turnout in at least the past decade, an eye-popping number of empty seats on the council table and a remarkable lack of fanfare. The Daily Bruin’s Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, senior staff columnist Abhishek Shetty, columnists Edgerrin Panaligan and Enming Zhang, and campus politics editor […]

In the Know: Quarters, dimes and semesters

Quarters or semesters? The age-old debate has once again made its way on campus, this time thanks to Chancellor Gene Block. This week on “In the Know,” assistant Opinion editor Omar Said talks to Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti about why this year’s iteration of the debate came about, and what it tells us about Block, […]

No Offense, But: USAC elections

“No Offense, But” is back for another week, this time to answer a question on many students’ minds: What is going on with the Undergraduate Students Association Council? Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti, staff columnists Abhishek Shetty and Emily Merz, and columnist Will Bleveans break down why the upcoming student government elections are the dumpster fire […]

No Offense, But: The college admissions scandal(s)

“No Offense, But” is back for the quarter. Join Opinion editor Keshav Tadimeti and columnists Reilly Berberian and Abhishek Shetty as they break down both the college admissions scandals in which UCLA has been implicated. After they analyze the perks rich students enjoy, the trio opens up the age-old debate: quarters versus semesters.