Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. UCLA officials indefinitely banned fraternities from hosting in-house events with alcohol last […]
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Throwback Thursday: Albert Einstein gives lecture on gravity, electric fields at Royce Hall
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. The second day of the quarter is usually checkered with uneventful happenings: […]
Throwback Thursday: Former President Reagan accuses the Daily Bruin of peddling fake news
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. The Daily Bruin Opinion section has a practice of publishing letters to […]
Throwback Thursday: Hunt for roommates has proved to be difficult throughout housing history
Have you ever loved your roommate so much you considered them your spouse? UCLA Housing believed this was the gold standard for rooming back in the 1960s. On Feb. 4, 1963, the Daily Bruin reported that Roger Nudd, then-director of UCLA Housing, said the qualities of a good roommate are those of a good spouse. […]
Throwback Thursday: Regents fire UC president, UCLA students dissent
University of California President Janet Napolitano’s job is safe for now, even after calls for her resignation last year. But 51 years ago, one UC president wasn’t so lucky with California politics. On January 20, 1967, the UC Board of Regents voted 14 to 8 to fire then-UC President Clark Kerr. Regents’ reasons for voting […]
Throwback Thursday: Former graduate student fined, jailed for ignoring 65 parking tickets
When I was a high school student interning at UCSD’s San Diego Supercomputer Center, my biggest expenses were gas and parking tickets. Something tells me UCLA’s commuters are spending most of their money on the same things. Commuting to Westwood takes a herculean effort – except Hercules would have probably gotten to campus sooner since […]
Throwback Thursday: Arthur Ashe’s AIDS admission and the implications of his unwillingness
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history. Tomorrow as you walk down Bruin Walk, you may see Wilson […]