This Week in the News serves as The Quad’s space for reflection on current events at and around UCLA. Every week, Daily Bruin staffers will analyze some of the most significant stories to keep readers up to speed. It’s week one of winter quarter and the news cycle has already begun to pick up. From […]
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Week nine: Access control shortages, Murphy Hall flooding, man arrested for trespassing
This Week in the News serves as The Quad’s space for reflection on current events at and around UCLA. Every week, Daily Bruin staffers will analyze some of the most significant stories to keep readers up to speed. As we approach the end of the quarter, students are scrambling to finish up final papers and […]
The Quad: Students cultivate re-commerce industry to counter fast fashion’s ecological harm
The word “pollution” tends to evoke images of devastating oil spills in vast oceans or black fumes spilling from big, industrial factories. Interestingly, the tremendous environmental implications behind the trendy clothes that hang in our own closets seem to constantly slip our minds. With the recent completion of discount shopping blowouts like Black Friday and […]
The Quad: Bruin Bike Share sees competition with e-scooters in year of its release
Accidentally snoozing your alarm too many times is no longer an issue thanks to the wide selection of transportation options around campus. There are Bird, Lime and now Jump e-scooters all throughout Westwood, but before those came, there was Bruin Bike Share. Bruin Bike Share was launched in October 2017 and has since expanded its […]
Week seven: NSJP conference controversy, UC admissions lawsuit, catastrophic wildfires
This Week in the News serves as the Quad’s space for reflection on current events at and around UCLA. Every week, Daily Bruin staffers will analyze some of the most significant stories to keep readers up to speed. We’re coming into the final stretch of things here at UCLA. As midterm season winds down and […]
The Quad: A look into how UCLA’s admit rates have changed in light of increasing applicants
UCLA’s acceptance rate has dropped 4.4 percent over the past five years. UCLA had yet another record-breaking number of applicants in fall 2018. Though new admits’ excitement has surely turned into midterm stress by now, the admissions process for fall 2018 proved to be one of the most competitive cycles in the University of California’s […]
Week six: Midterm elections, EPA nomination, elevator trouble, Vegan Bake-off
This Week in the News serves as the Quad’s space for reflection on current events at and around UCLA. Every week, Daily Bruin staffers will analyze some of the most significant stories to keep readers up to speed. It wasn’t just midterms season at UCLA this week. From the U.S. midterm elections to the EPA’s […]