Many Bruins will be disheartened to know that Halloween is falling on the Tuesday of week five. While this won’t stop us from going out and celebrating, some Bruins might find homework, jobs or midterms dampening their Halloween fun. Therefore, even though UCLA will be filled with people walking around like zombies on Oct. 31, […]
Category Archives: Student Life
The Quad: New bike share program useful but possibly more efficient in Westwood
On Oct. 3, UCLA officially launched its Bruin Bike Share program, allowing students and faculty members, as well as those who are not affiliated with UCLA, to rent bikes to ease their transportation around campus and Westwood Village. This program is beneficial to the UCLA community because our campus is large and hilly. The objective […]
The Quad: Not asking for it at Amber Rose SlutWalk, protesting status quo
On Sunday morning, I showed up to Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles with a friend wearing a bargain-bin negligee set and a black leather puffball choker, ready to strut my stuff. Some eight or so months after writing on the Women’s March, in which I described myself as a “nontypical attendee of a march […]
The Quad: University endowments explained
UCLA’s newfound position as the U.S. News & World Report’s top public university – which it now shares with longtime #1 holder UC Berkeley – will give students something to celebrate. Administrators, though, are probably thinking about the ensuing financial windfall. The ability to plaster “NUMBER ONE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY” on campus materials, lampposts, websites and […]
The Quad: Tips to prevent, resolve conflict with roommates on the Hill
Like any other incoming student, I passed the summer before college planning my life for the next four years. A major component of this ideal life revolved around having the perfect relationship with my roommates but I soon realized that this would not be possible. In the coming year, there would be a lot of […]
The Quad: Useful Facebook groups to help guide you through life as a Bruin
Although UCLA tries to provide every resource a student may desire, it’s the student’s own responsibility to seek them out. This can become an immense task because of the sheer number of options that we have: more than 1,000 student clubs and organizations, resource centers and programs like Scholarship Resource Center and the Undergraduate Writing […]
