When Bruin Bash opening act NxWorries took the stage Monday in Pauley Pavilion, my thoughts were: “Who are these generic rappers?” My fellow concertgoers near me – all of them seated – seemed to be equally puzzled. Some were swiping their phones furiously to relieve themselves of boredom, or perhaps were Googling the performers to […]
Category Archives: The Quad
Why are UCLA’s Sunken Gardens sunken?
UCLA is better known for its architecture than its greenery. This comes as little surprise. An urban campus like ours – spanning a mere 420 acres and hemmed in by a cemetery to the west and the very much alive civilization to the east – has to worry more about housing students, faculty and administrators […]
2024 Olympics would give Los Angeles a chance to fix transportation issues
The Summer Olympics might be returning to Los Angeles in 2024. But will the international sporting event do anything for Angelenos? Not everyone takes kindly to the idea of a third Olympics in Los Angeles. This is understandable. The Games are expensive – modern host countries have always footed larger bills than estimated. And cost issues aside, if […]
A guide to the UCLA Bruins for students who don’t follow football
The UCLA Bruin football team begins its season in less than a week. This is exciting! This is one of the reasons why you came to UCLA! “Wait,” you say. “I actually chose this school because of its academics and social atmosphere – I couldn’t care less about sports.” Sports might not be everyone’s highest […]
Harm reduction would help prevent drug-related deaths at raves
On Aug. 1, Tracy Nguyen, a rising second-year business economics student at UCLA, died at HARD Summer music festival, one of two deaths that were linked to suspected drug usage. With her death will come a butterfly effect of outcomes. These may include opinions shifting away from a tolerant attitude of Ecstasy-fueled rave culture, the […]
Timeline: A brief history of activism at UCLA (1969-present)
As it approaches its centennial, UCLA will almost certainly be celebrated as a university with a stellar academics, deep commitment to research endeavors across many disciplines and, of course, a legendary 112-NCAA-title-winning cluster of athletics programs. Not-so-surreptitiously missing from that list? Any mention of student activism. When it comes to protest-happy campuses, Berkeley first comes […]
Misinterpretation of professors’ tweets leads to accusations of racism
It’s been a tumultuous year for American society, especially with a series of race-related and racially-motivated incidents that have rocked suburbs and communities around the country. We have been forced to reconsider the salience of race and how that affects what it means to be American. That these incidents have been occurring with astonishing regularity […]