Here at UCLA, we’re awfully proud of John Wooden. We have a statue of him, an athletic center is named after him and you can buy T-shirts with his face on them at Ackerman. And we should be proud. Wooden was awesome. But what if I told you that there was another coach who won […]
Category Archives: The Quad
More pros than cons – reflections on covering UCLA football
Editor’s note: With the college football season now over, Sports Editor Claire Fahy reflects on covering the popular sport from the sidelines as a student journalist rubbing shoulders with veteran beat reporters. I remember everything about my first day on the football beat. I can tell you what I wore (blue and red flannel, Daily […]
The psychology of consumer ethics, explained
Every product has a narrative. Someone harvested its fibers or manufactured it in a factory. Someone created the design. Someone calculated its value, demand and supply. Someone carried it. Someone distributed it. Someday it may be used by someone else. Someday it could be fated for a landfill. A world in a product. So much […]
Album Review: ‘Death of a Bachelor’
Panic! At The Disco reminds me of junior high school and early 2000s emo rock, a lite version of mentor band Fall Out Boy. So when Brendon Urie, the band’s driving force and only remaining original member, compared Panic! At The Disco’s new album to a “mix between Sinatra and Queen,” two of my favorite […]
Most interesting facts about 2015-2016 Daily Bruin recruitment
The lowdown on how UCLA’s student journalists are recruited.
Consent – it shouldn’t just be about sex
On the blog “Hyperbole and a Half,” there’s a post about the phrase, “Please Stop!!” It’s an account of children discovering the limitations of using that phrase for world domination. But the phrase itself is somewhat more nuanced than the blog post may lead you to believe. I myself have used it as both a […]
Best plays of UCLA football draft departures
Junior receiver Thomas Duarte became the sixth UCLA football player to declare for the NFL Draft Tuesday. With three graduating players and six early enrollees, the Bruins lose a total of nine players to the pros this year. Here’s a look back at each early enrollee’s best play from the 2015 season. Paul Perkins via […]