It was 4 p.m. on the first day of spring quarter. Instead of being inside my cool dorm room after a tiring day of back to back classes, I was standing in the middle of the Sunset Village patio frantically checking the nutritional analysis of the food options available at the quick-serve restaurants while trying […]
Category Archives: Campus
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. […]
The Quad: USAC’s history of slate politics
The sun is out, the magnolias are in bloom and students are starting to spend more and more time in Powell and YRL. This can only mean one thing – winter quarter is coming to a close. When we return from spring break, USAC election season will start to pick up. I remember last year […]
Throwback Thursday: A tale of unwelcome furry friends in UCLA buildings
People often bring their dogs onto campus, and many students enjoy taking a break from their impending finals and projects (and Daily Bruin responsibilities) to pet them – myself included. But some other furry friends aren’t as welcome. A March 6, 2003, issue of the Daily Bruin reported that people had discovered rats living in […]
The Quad: UCLA celebrates Iranian New Year with Nowruz festivities
This post was updated on March 15 at 2:07 p.m. As Iranians cleaned their homes and bought new clothes to celebrate the Iranian New Year, UCLA played host for the first time to the Farhang Foundation’s ninth annual celebration of Nowruz at Royce Hall and Dickson Court on campus Sunday. Iranian New Year, also known as […]
The Quad: Students with tattoos talk future employment
For many people, tattoos, piercings and other forms of body art provide an artistic opportunity to express themselves as individuals. Tattoos have become more mainstream in recent years – nearly 40 percent of millennials have tattoos. However, in 2013, researchers at University of St. Andrews in Scotland found that employers still consider hiring employees with […]
The Quad: USAC members and the distraction of social media
If you’ve never paid much attention to the undergraduate student government, you’re in good company; the men and women of the council themselves seem to be a bit distracted as well. Over the past six weeks, Daily Bruin Opinion columnists attended USAC meetings to observe council members and their social media and phone habits. For […]