Parking restrictions 30 years ago remain enforced to this day.
Category Archives: Throwback Thursday
Throwback Thursday: Tackling the eternal problem of overcrowding on campus
Our recent complaints of increasing enrollment echo issues in decades past
Throwback Thursday, Week 1: On a roll in Westwood
Pedicabs once roamed the streets of Westwood Village, and you can catch them now by the beach in Santa Monica
Throwback Thursday: The ordeal of registering for classes in the days before MyUCLA
The last time I sat in a chair for two hours waiting for my name to be called was at my middle school graduation. But for UCLA students 35 years ago, that was a regular occasion when signing up for classes. According to a Daily Bruin news article published Sept. 22, 1981, UCLA students used […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 9: The freeway that almost was
If you’ve ever jogged down Sunset Boulevard, you may have felt like you’re running next to a highway. More than 50 years ago, that might have become reality. In the 1950s and 1960s, the state wanted to build a freeway connecting the 405 Freeway with the 101 Freeway near Hollywood that would have passed through […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 8: When spring first sang
Seventy-one years ago, UCLA’s “oldest and greatest musical tradition” was born. The first ever Spring Sing only comprised of UCLA Greek life in eight female and seven male singing-teams competing for two trophy cups. The groups performed in the event to build a larger community and serenade their Greek counterparts. “Should the same organization win […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 7: Cyclical concern
I didn’t understand how controversial a bike lane could be until I wrote about one. Almost a year ago, the current city editor at The Bruin asked me if I could write about Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz’s opposition to a proposed bike lane on Westwood Boulevard. I wrote the story dispassionately, failing to […]