Last week, Bruins voiced their support for a project to increase student housing last week at a Westwood public hearing. The proposed project would add 6,900 beds to five different sites throughout Westwood to meet the demands of student enrollment and extend housing guarantees for undergraduates. Westwood residents and property owners, on the other hand, […]
Category Archives: The Quad
The Quad: Not asking for it at Amber Rose SlutWalk, protesting status quo
On Sunday morning, I showed up to Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles with a friend wearing a bargain-bin negligee set and a black leather puffball choker, ready to strut my stuff. Some eight or so months after writing on the Women’s March, in which I described myself as a “nontypical attendee of a march […]
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. […]
The Quad: Tips to prevent, resolve conflict with roommates on the Hill
Like any other incoming student, I passed the summer before college planning my life for the next four years. A major component of this ideal life revolved around having the perfect relationship with my roommates but I soon realized that this would not be possible. In the coming year, there would be a lot of […]
The Quad: Useful Facebook groups to help guide you through life as a Bruin
Although UCLA tries to provide every resource a student may desire, it’s the student’s own responsibility to seek them out. This can become an immense task because of the sheer number of options that we have: more than 1,000 student clubs and organizations, resource centers and programs like Scholarship Resource Center and the Undergraduate Writing […]