What sets UCLA apart from USC, we tell ourselves, is that this campus provides education for all, while that other school does so for the privileged. Indeed, there is perhaps no greater insult to a public university’s stakeholders than it adopting the most-maligned practices of private institutions – namely, compromising the admissions of deserving students […]
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Lost in Boelter: Does it compute?
When I was in elementary school, one of the weekly vocabulary exercises I had to complete was in the topic of “fields of study.” This basically meant that our class had to learn the etymology of many of those terms ending in the root “-ology,” or “field of study” – a task I’m sure we […]
Minding the media: Journalism, a changed game
If I had a nickel from everyone who’s ever told me not to be a student journalist, I could actually afford to be one. The Chicago Sun-Times laid off its entire photo staff during my last semester in high school, when I worked as my school newspaper’s photo editor. At the time, its staff included […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 4 – The story behind the Bruin mascot
If the year were 1925, this past weekend incoming freshmen would have gone to Grizzly Day instead of Bruin Day. Although UCLA started in 1919, the Bruin hasn’t always been the school’s mascot. For nearly seven years, UCLA’s athletic teams and even this newspaper were marked with the name “Grizzly.” Then in 1926, UCLA got […]
From the copy desk: Editing out implicit bias in the newsroom
Editor’s note: A newspaper’s copy desk keeps its writers and editors accountable to the public. In this series, Daily Bruin Copy discusses the biggest issues they face in making sure the stories are fairly told. Media can be biased, and the Daily Bruin is no exception. At the copy desk, we have to deal with […]
UCLA women’s club lacrosse looks to take home national title
The UCLA women’s club lacrosse team finds itself in the enviable position of going to nationals for the third year in a row. UCLA (12-4) defeated UC Santa Barbara (11-6) and Cal Poly (10-4) en route to capturing this year’s Western Women’s Lacrosse League title Sunday. Thus, with their first-place finish, the Bruins will head […]
Lost in Boelter: Abstract simplicity
Bits of change Computer science is a changing landscape. The truths and limitations of today may not necessarily hold for the next. The rate at which new innovations in computer science are developed is dizzying, and this is an exciting yet somewhat humbling fact. The rapid advancements within computer science allow not only for computers […]