The Bruins have been a powerhouse in traditional competitive sports, but UCLA is now taking the digital battlefield seriously as well. This year, UCLA has greatly increased its competitive presence outside traditional sporting arenas by fielding multiple teams who are representing the Bruins in competitive gaming tournaments. eSports, the collective name for competitive video gaming, […]
Category Archives: The Quad
Throwback Thursday, Week 6: Affirmative action
Affirmative action on university campuses has been a hot-button social and political issue for decades, a slow-burning flame that occasionally explodes and has never truly flickered out. California has long been an epicenter of these incendiary discussions about a policy that divides casual observers and academics alike, between those who view it as conducive to […]
Westwood, for rent: The Village’s past and present
Editor’s note: This is the first in a weekly series about the rise, decline and future of Westwood Village, a historic Los Angeles business district located near some of the wealthiest areas of the city: Bel Air, Brentwood and Beverly Hills. City editor Roberto Luna Jr. looks into the reasons for Westwood’s oft-discusseddecline and what, if […]
‘Cellphones cause cancer’ and other health myths
When I got my first cellphone, my mom told me to not put it in my pocket because it would give me cancer. I rolled my eyes and told her that that was stupid, but I always worried a little when I went to slip my phone into my jeans. It’s a worry that many […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 5: Class conflicts
Enrollment is terrible, it’s always been terrible, it always will be terrible. On Monday, just before the winter class catalog was released and less than a week before students received their enrollment appointments, the administration announced that Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate test credits will no longer count toward advancing students’ enrollment priorities. For those who relied […]
Food Day raises awareness about preservation, healthy habits
Caught in the new age of self-proclaimed “foodies,” I decided to take my fascination with food past the level of intricate and drool-prompting Instagram photos. I wanted to know about the part of food that you can’t stick a filter on. Organized by the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative, “Food Day 2015: Save The Food From! […]
Exchanging former theater passions for undeclared possibilities
I came into UCLA last year as a theater major. What may surprise some is that I was a theater major. With an acceptance rate for the major of less than 10%, theater students are a rare breed here. Applying to the school did not stop with just the general University of California application, but […]