Many UCLA students spent this past weekend basking in the golden sun, adorned in colorful glitter, quirky sunglasses and grooving to big names in music like Beyoncé and The Weeknd. These students comprise a small portion of the thousands of music lovers that travel from around the world to the balmy deserts of Indio, California, […]
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The Quad: Social media hashtags can be used as a valid form of activism
The New York Times’ website displays a running list of men of considerable celebrity or public notoriety accused of sexual misconduct. The list comprises, at the time of writing, 99 men. Of that number, 71 been fired or forced to resign from their high-profile positions as a result of these allegations; 28 of them have […]
The Quad: LA Women’s March attempts to incorporate race, intersectionality
Ashley Michel proudly held up her sign to assert, “Sin Mujeres no hay revoluciόn,” or “Without women there is no revolution.” The poster the first-year global studies student carried in the second annual Los Angeles Women’s March was personal. She wanted to show she was proud to be not just a woman, but a Mexican-American […]
The Quad: Comparing Feinstein’s, De León’s policy positions in Senate seat race
This past weekend, student delegations from California universities travelled to San Diego for the California Democratic Party Convention. At the convention, which follows a similar model to the Democratic National Convention held during presidential election years, constituents have a chance to interact with and meet party leaders while candidates fight for the coveted party endorsement. […]
The Quad: Why you should care about the Winter Olympics
The score was tied 7-7, heading to the last attempt of the last end. The tension in the air was so palpable, it could cut through the very ice below it. The four-time Olympian stared at his target intently, crouched down, crept forward and released the stone. The dozens in the stands roared in anticipation […]
The Quad: How to be an ally to the LGBT community and other minorities
Pride Week is coming to an end at UCLA. Your neighborhood lesbians are playing Lady Gaga’s gay anthem “Born This Way” and there are rainbow flags everywhere. The LGBT community is down to party and flaunt their bad selves. For those of you who are not part of the LGBT community, this may have been […]
The Quad: National and state parks UCLA students should visit
America’s protected lands face an uncertain future. On Dec. 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced a plan to cut the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. Regardless of whether you support this decision or not, we must address the future of our national and state parks and protected lands. Within every state […]