With the start of a new school year comes another round of Daily Bruin intern applications. This is an exciting time for the Daily Bruin office as it ushers in an eager new class of writers, photographers, designers and more. The Daily Bruin received about 5 percent more applications this year than last year – […]
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The Quad: College ranking systems, categorized and (somewhat) demystified
Fall is here, so that means it’s time for a deluge of college rankings to drop like the leaves never do in southern California. The most recent update to our oversaturated college rankings landscape is the 2018 iteration of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Global Universities” ranking, released Oct. 24. It’s not to be […]
The Quad: Breaking down the admission statistics of the UCLA class of 2021
With a new year comes a new bright-eyed freshman class, ready to begin new journeys. But what is changing about the incoming class of 2021? How are student admissions different from the year I was accepted? Here are a few key trends. UCLA and UC Berkeley are becoming increasingly selective, but this year, UCLA takes […]
The Quad: New bike share program useful but possibly more efficient in Westwood
On Oct. 3, UCLA officially launched its Bruin Bike Share program, allowing students and faculty members, as well as those who are not affiliated with UCLA, to rent bikes to ease their transportation around campus and Westwood Village. This program is beneficial to the UCLA community because our campus is large and hilly. The objective […]
The Quad: Buildings of UCLA, a history of philanthropists
If you think about it, it’s a bit weird that almost all of the buildings on UCLA’s campus are given people’s last names. Geffen, Luskin, Broad, Powell – UCLA students utter these names with familiarity on a regular basis, although we associate the names with a building or a professional school rather than the individuals […]
The Quad: University endowments explained
UCLA’s newfound position as the U.S. News & World Report’s top public university – which it now shares with longtime #1 holder UC Berkeley – will give students something to celebrate. Administrators, though, are probably thinking about the ensuing financial windfall. The ability to plaster “NUMBER ONE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY” on campus materials, lampposts, websites and […]
Throwback Thursday: UCLA could have been home to oil wells
This post was updated Sept. 28 at 2:47 p.m. UCLA welcomed thousands of families to move-in weekend last week. Students and visitors took in the lush green hills that run alongside Bruin Walk, the dominating, brick-laced architecture of buildings like Royce Hall and Powell Library and the readily visible blue-and-gold pride of Westwood’s largest institution. […]