As journalists, our trade is stories. Listen in on a gathering of journalists out to dinner – or more likely out for drinks – and you’re likely to hear sophisticated talk about the advances in data journalism or high-minded conversation about ethical considerations of publication, wedged in between the gallows humor that describes the state […]
Category Archives: The Quad
Questions Freshmen Ask New Student Advisors
Every incoming freshman is invited to participate in a New Student Orientation session to experience life at UCLA and ask any questions they may have before the school year begins. New Student Advisors have heard it all, so Daily Bruin Video asked them to share their most memorable freshman encounters.
#HashItOut Episode 1: I wish we had hash browns
From #PrayForFetty to #NationalCoffeeDay, listen to the first podcast of the #HashItOut series where Daily Bruin Digital Managing Editor Eldrin Masangkay and Social Media Director Francesca Manto discuss three popular trending hashtags from this past week. Pro tip: This podcast is best enjoyed with hash browns.
Throwback Thursday, Week 1: Parking Woes
This Thursday, we’re throwing it back to 25 years ago when Opinion – formerly known as Viewpoint – columnist Rebecca Stone listed parking options of varying inconvenience for her readers and explained UCLA’s complicated history with parking. From UCLA’s first parking lot in 1933 to a Daily Bruin article earlier that year claiming the university […]
On friendship and first week
For the first time after two years of party-going at UCLA, I went to a party and actually made friends with people I didn’t know. The layout was the usual: beer pong, jungle juice, a Spotify playlist on someone’s phone with tiny speakers blaring. There was the never-ending din of conversations I don’t care about, […]
Arthur Wang: New college application can offer increased accessibility, counseling
You might remember college application season as a confusing, daunting and anxiety-inducing time. Part of the stress comes from the fact that there are so many different application systems and forms to navigate. Well, guess what? There’s going to be another one soon – it’s called the Coalition Application. As the name implies, the new […]
‘Racist Bruin’ stickers used hashtags to bring light to oppression
On Monday, many editions of the Daily Bruin and their respective newsstands were emblazoned with a sticker titled “Racist Bruin” which was splashed across half the front page. The sticker contained visual and stylistic references to many of The Bruin’s normal sections, but instead of focusing on the paper, focused on what the authors argued […]