UCLA Emergency Medical Services is a student-run organization dedicated to providing the best healthcare possible to Bruins suffering medical emergencies. Part one of this series explored the history of UCLA EMS, the process of getting hired and trained by the organization and roles student EMTs perform. In part two of this series, we hear from […]
Category Archives: Lifestyle
Quad Questions: Tracking UCLA students’ New Year’s resolutions
Every new year brings with it the chance to leave certain things behind and start afresh – to reflect on our behavior during the past year and make decisions to try to change, retain or let go of things in the coming year. This is exactly what the purpose of a New Year’s resolution is. […]
Coffee Cultured: Trying different coffee chains’ cold brew
From latte art videos on Facebook to not-so-witty quotes on T-shirts, coffee is an indisputable aspect of our everyday lives. Every frappy hour is national news, and liking the taste of coffee is viewed as a mark of adulthood. I don’t claim to be a coffee expert that can easily discern between single-origin coffees and […]
Quad Questions: What do domestic UCLA students get wrong about international students?
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 3:45 p.m. As an international student at UCLA, I have experienced some awkward and sometimes hilarious misunderstandings and situations in my everyday interactions with Americans. In addition to pronouncing words differently, walking on the wrong side of the road and not understanding common idioms and references, here are […]
The Quad: High school friendship can change, and that’s okay
When I went home this winter break my first thought was: I hate nostalgia. Borrowing Dennis Reynolds’ words from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” I hate nostalgia so powerfully that “the thunder of my vengeance will echo through these corridors like the gust of a thousand winds!” That’s an exaggeration, but watching this show, what […]
The Quad: Keep to your healthier diet resolutions at these Westwood restaurants
It’s that time of year again. Lines for John Wooden Center’s ellipticals seem never ending, Whole Foods Market teems with determined customers carrying carts of protein and veggies and at least one person you’ve talked to has mentioned some sort of a new diet or cleanse. With “Lose weight/healthier eating” being the most popular 2017 […]
The Quad: Monitoring health and stress with bullet journals
Starting last fall quarter, I kept a bullet journal. Created by New York digital product designer Ryder Carroll in 2013, bullet journals have become an uber-trendy, fun and lighthearted lifehack to keep track of one’s physical and mental health throughout the year. Bullet journals track correlations among things like sleep, exercise, food, mood, accomplishments, upsetting […]