Millions of Americans will gather around their televisions Sunday night to watch what is arguably the greatest spectacle of American culture – the Super Bowl. However, Monday night, I was glued to the TV watching a spectacle that I consider to be better than any game or reality television show – the Iowa caucuses. Democratic […]
Category Archives: The Quad
Press Pass: Daily Bruin Sports covers National Signing Day
Editor’s note: Sports Editor Claire Fahy details Daily Bruin Sports marathon coverage of National Signing Day. 5:30 a.m. I make it a habit not to get up before the sun. In fact, I’m morally opposed to rising at this hour. But alas, here we go. Seeing as I went to bed at midnight with the […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 5: The decline of campus festivals
Though you’re more likely to associate Mardi Gras with beads and booze than the Lenten tradition, UCLA’s history of celebrating the occasion involved neither. For decades, Bruins organized an annual Mardi Gras event to raise money for UniCamp, a summer camp for underprivileged kids, and the Recreational Association. The Bruin covered the 1965 event, previewing […]
California will remain Democratic in next Senate election
We all know the 2016 presidential contest is a big deal. Yes, I spent my Monday night with the Iowa caucuses, watching the first step of choosing the next leader of the free world as if it were a pro wrestling tournament. So I’m not surprised that news coverage has been dominated by the Donald […]
Hash it Out Episode 5: Trump gets stumped
Francesca Manto and Eldrin Masangkay return from a two-week-long break filled with recorder technical difficulties and birthday celebrations to discuss two hashtags that broke the internet this week: #IowaCaucus and #GreaseLive.
Press Pass: Daily Bruin basketball squad still searching for that winning path
Editor’s note: This week’s Sports on the Quad post is about the ups and downs of the Daily Bruin’s intramural basketball team. There are, unfortunately, more downs than ups. The mood entering Sunday’s prime time intramural basketball matchup at Pauley Pavilion was hopefully optimistic. The mood leaving it, not as much. The mercy rule ended […]
Olympic coverage should be free in US, not monopolized
If all goes well with the Olympic bid, the world will be watching Westwood and Los Angeles in 2024. Except for millions of Americans. This is hardly an exaggeration – the Olympic Games as a whole are perhaps the most-watched television program in the world, and viewership only increases with each successive games. In 2012, […]