Category Archives: The Quad

Olive Tree Initiative sanctions Armenian genocide denial

It was my mistake. I didn’t have to walk to Bunche Hall after work on a Wednesday night to attend a meeting where I knew my fellow students would attempt to whitewash the Armenian genocide. But, being the fool that I am, I decided to witness first-hand what I had heard so many others talk […]

Welcome to Press Pass

Here’s one phrase you’ll never hear someone say in the Daily Bruin offices at Kerckhoff 118: “I absolutely love working in a windowless office.” However, you’ll often hear our office filled with laughter, intermixed voices from various meetings, vociferous debates over the quality of Justin Bieber’s new album, and the occasional “Slack me.” The Daily […]

Second Take: ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ powered Kanye West’s stylistic shift

Kanye West, dressed in an all-red suit, approached a music production center drum machine on the 2011 Coachella main stage. Before he pressed the first note of “Runaway,” a song off of his newest album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” he paused to look at the cheering audience. The audience’s approval contrasted the public backlash […]

Are there racist buildings at UCLA?

Most buildings in the United States are named after white men. At UCLA, this is no exception. And, given that racism was unadulterated and rampant for a vast majority of this country’s history, it follows that some of these buildings – including many at Ivy League schools and universities in the South – were named […]

eSports at UCLA: Bruins climb the ranks in League of Legends

One would be hard-pressed to start a serious conversation about eSports on UCLA’s campus without mentioning the big kid in the room, League of Legends. League of Legends at UCLA, also known as LoL@UCLA, is now the largest, and oldest, running video game and eSports organization on campus. League, as it’s also called, has become […]