After spending nine weeks burning brain cells under UCLA’s fast-paced quarter system, many students can finally return home, reunite with their families and temporarily remove themselves from the college scene during the Thanksgiving break. For international students, however, the four-day weekend is too short to plan a trip home, so most of them, we assume, […]
Category Archives: The Quad
The Quad: On changing faith and spirituality while in college
Sitting in my room on a corner of my desk is a small makeshift temple. My mom hurriedly packed it into my suitcase the day I left for college, the words, “Make sure to pray everyday,” echoing in my head as I flew 3,000 miles to my new home. Practicing faith in college has been […]
The Quad: Why there’s a no-crop-top rule at the Bruin Fitness Center
According to UCLA Recreation rules and regulations, students must wear full-backed shirts to recreational facilities like the Bruin Fitness Center and John Wooden Center. I was unaware of this dress code regulation until, earlier this quarter, I was called out by a Bruin Fitness Center staff member for donning a black cropped tank to the […]
Coffee Cultured: A taste of the Los Angeles coffee scene
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 […]
The Quad: A look at how our traditional Thanksgiving meal came to be
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I’m sure you can practically smell the turkey roasting in the oven, hear the cranberries sizzling in a pot on the stove and taste the familiar fall flavor of warm pumpkin pie. While you can probably guess that these three dishes, along with gravy and stuffing, are the staples […]
Matcha tea: A lifestyle and form of art
I have spent countless days since I came to UCLA perfecting one of my most treasured skills: the art of making a perfect ice cream cone. I’ve mastered this skill through repeated practice at Feast, but contrary to what you may think, it’s not just the ice cream that appeals to me – it’s the […]
The Quad: A breakdown of Hill student demographics
“All the first-years live in Hedrick,” is a hackneyed statement many incoming first-year students hear when they’re finding out more about UCLA, scouring the pages of Facebook groups and College Confidential. It’s a given that Hedrick Hall is filled with first-year students due to its distance from campus. However, the student demographics of the other […]