Category Archives: The Quad

The Quad: The pros and cons of Measure M

Measure M offers something for nearly everybody: a Purple Line to Westwood, better bus and rail services and freeway improvements. In order to pass, the measure needs to attain a two-thirds “yes” vote Nov. 8. Measure M would increase Los Angeles County’s sales tax from nine to 9.5 percent. Culver City and Santa Monica would […]

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 […]

Press Pass: The fall 2016 recruitment process at the Daily Bruin

Recruitment decisions may have been posted on the door of Kerckhoff 118 in week 2, but the process of joining the Daily Bruin is far from over for the 2016 fall intern class. Before new staffers are able to work for the paper, Daily Bruin interns must go through a dozen hours of weekend training […]

The Quad: Upsides and downsides of on-campus jobs

This post was updated Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m. During the school year, many UCLA students opt to hold on-campus jobs. Some do it in order to pay for college as part of work-study, while others work for extra pocket money, valuable experience or another bullet on their resume. Compared to many off-campus jobs, ones […]

Second Take: Celebrities’ support of presidential candidates not enough to sway

The popular vote totals for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary came within 1 percent of each other. And some scholars suggest one person may have helped push the nomination Obama’s way: Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey was one of several celebrities who endorsed Obama in 2008. People came to associate the trust […]