“Behind every successful man there is a woman.” “This is a load of bull,” I thought to myself. Hearing these words from a relative at the tender age of 11, my inner feminist was hot-headed and impulsive. Are men really that incompetent that they can’t achieve success without women – in the background and away […]
Category Archives: The Quad
The Quad: UCLA EMTs discuss the benefits of their life-saving work
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 […]
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. […]
The Quad: Attending a taping of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
I didn’t expect to already ditch a lecture in week one – I’d like to think that I possess some level of self-control. But when a friend asked me if I wanted to go to a taping of “The Ellen Degeneres Show,” bad Kermit took over and my decision was made. Located in the Warner […]
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 […]