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Category Archives: The Quad
Don’t drink the brand ambassador Kool-Aid
Become a brand ambassador – it’s a great way to gain experience doing nothing, and annoy people on campus. During the fall quarter of my first year, when I should have been studying for my imminent Chemistry 14A final, I was carousing around Westwood with a bunch of actors in grey shirts promoting WeChat, the […]
Pop culture alone does not influence young voters
Popular culture is a uniting element in a country that is becoming increasingly divided, which makes it the perfect tool for politicians to seize hold of. Even better, it holds the potential to interest, although not necessarily engage the least politically-involved demographic – young people. It has been widely known that young people have the […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 7: Your daily cup of joe (Bruin)
Whether coffee’s your cup of tea or not, it matters. In 2015, the National Coffee Association and The Specialty Coffee Association of America found more than half of Americans over 18 years old drink coffee daily and that Americans consume about 400 million cups of coffee a day. In academia, caffeine’s popularity is even more […]
#HashitOut: A very long weekend
Eldrin Masangkay and Francesca Manto break down the events of the long weekend in another episode of #HashitOut. The NBA All-Star festivities and the Grammy Awards are just a couple of the topics that they discuss.
On the media frenzy surrounding faith and football
What do quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Tim Tebow have in common? Judging by their playing careers, probably not a lot – they might even seem like opposites if you think about it. Tebow led the Florida Gators to two national titles but ended up a first-round bust in the NFL after his pro career fizzled […]
Lost in Boelter: Understanding coding languages
The world of computers revolves around code. Everything that we do with a computer, from booting it up to browsing the internet, is facilitated by collections of computer code files that are packaged into single, functioning units known as software applications – software, for short. Problems solved using computers are implemented algorithmically with computer code. […]