Throwback Thursday, Week 7: Your daily cup of joe (Bruin)

Whether coffee’s your cup of tea or not, it matters. In 2015, the National Coffee Association and The Specialty Coffee Association of America found more than half of Americans over 18 years old drink coffee daily and that Americans consume about 400 million cups of coffee a day. In academia, caffeine’s popularity is even more […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 6: Marriage and the female college student

Elle Woods – the perky blonde sorority girl who used her social acumen to crack a murder case wide open – has been haunting college relationships since 2001. Who can forget her naive belief her college boyfriend was “the one” she was destined to marry? Despite her conviction, at the end of their college careers […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 5: The decline of campus festivals

Though you’re more likely to associate Mardi Gras with beads and booze than the Lenten tradition, UCLA’s history of celebrating the occasion involved neither. For decades, Bruins organized an annual Mardi Gras event to raise money for UniCamp, a summer camp for underprivileged kids, and the Recreational Association. The Bruin covered the 1965 event, previewing […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 4: The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are as much a competition between nation-states as national athletes. This was very much true in 1984, when the Games were last hosted in Los Angeles. As the city, and the UCLA campus, vie to host an Olympic games for the third time, international politics may again become relevant. Of course, 1984 […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 3: End of an era

I don’t need to tell you that living off campus, especially in North Village, is not the same as living on the Hill. My roommates (there are far too many) and I commiserate over high rent, a too-happy building manager and instant ramen-heavy, nutrient-low diets. But these are the natural consequences of leaving the Hill, […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 2: The student regent

Some advice for anyone interested in being student regent – or, if the regents approve the position in their next meeting, the student adviser to the regents: Stop playing nice. As much as students like to argue that they can work with the administration in the quest for more plentiful resources and better accessibility, what’s […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 1: It’s not all black and white

There’s always a story if you follow the money. The recent sale of the University of California’s investments in private prison companies and securities stirs an old debate on the effectivity of divestment as a social justice strategy. Some have compared this to the UC Board of Regents’ deliberation on divestment from companies doing business […]