With the grind of midterm season wearing students down, Halloween can provide a much needed break. However, while mainstream American culture gears up with jack-o’-lanterns, costumes and enough candy to keep the local dentist in business, different cultures within America are preparing to celebrate other autumn holidays. Dia de los Muertos Dia de los Muertos, […]
Category Archives: Lifestyle
The Quad: Bodybuilding as an alternative method to stay fit
College is the stage where students start becoming more fitness conscious, as they gain access to campus gyms. The Bruin Fitness Center and John Wooden Center are often inundated with students working out to achieve their fitness goals. Many students work out to stay fit, but there is also a fraction of the student body […]
The Quad: Meditation for midterms
Feeling inundated by the stress of exams, work, relationships or all of the above? If your answer was yes, then consider picking up meditation as a means of self-care. Meditation is the practice of focused attention toward a single point of reference, be it your breathing, bodily sensations or single words or phrases. These words […]
The Quad: The brewing process behind a craft beer
When I first turned 21 and could finally enjoy drinking alcohol in bars, I often found myself ordering mixed drinks, particularly any drink that could drown out the taste of the alcohol. With traumatizing flashbacks of college parties where vodka is served out of a plastic handle, wine out of a bag and watery, bland […]
The Quad: A look inside Gene Block’s office hour
Chancellor Gene Block’s mythical office hour is widely accepted as real despite the relatively little evidence to actually support its existence. Intrigued by this absence of proof, the Daily Bruin took a trip to the Chancellor’s office last week to see what exactly transpires at the office hour. I expected most of the students at […]
The Quad: Sampling beer at Ralphs’ new bar section
Westwood Village’s bar scene may be nearly dead, but hope can spring from the most unexpected places. Cue Ralphs’ wine and beer bar, where you can do your grocery shopping and reward your amazing adult-ing without having to even finish doing so. At the Cork and Tap Beer and Wine Bar, you can choose from […]
The Quad: The surprising health benefit of Fluffy Friends for Finals
Petting puppies may be an effective and adorable answer to improving your mood, as studies link human interactions with pets to the production of stress-reducing hormones. It goes without saying that many factors of college life can cause a great deal of stress for a student, so finding ways to reduce academic, social and other […]