This is a fact: you cannot meet necessary living expenses on $9 per hour, the current minimum wage in Los Angeles. This past Labor Day, the holiday that pays tribute to the labor movement that achieved social and economic improvements for workers and their families, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a plan to raise the city’s […]
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Predictions for major categories of 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards often honor the same actors, actresses and programs, to the point where this awards show has become a complete snoozefest. However, with a new airtime, “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Seth Meyers as host and a crop of notable shows nominated, this could be an interesting year after all. Here are my […]
Letter to the Editor: Jewish Student Union denounces anti-Semitic fliers
Editor‘s Note: The following letter appeared first on the Jewish Student Union’s Facebook page. It has been edited for Daily Bruin style and re-printed below. On Aug. 12, fliers covered with swastikas and anti-Jewish rhetoric were sent to a Jewish-owned business in Westwood, near the UCLA campus. On behalf of the organized Jewish community of […]
Former student counselor Lovell Sevilla dies from leukemia at 48
Lovell Sevilla, who served as a UCLA student counselor for more than two decades, died on Aug. 10 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after battling acute myeloid leukemia for nine months. She was 48. Sevilla’s family and friends said they will remember her for her fierce “warrior” spirit and sincere interest in bettering […]
Former executive vice chancellor Andrea Rich known as dynamic leader
Andrea L. Rich, UCLA’s first female executive vice chancellor known for being a charismatic leader, died from acute myeloid leukemia at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on July 28. She was 71. Many of her closest family and friends said they remember Rich as a dynamic thinker, avid traveler and poetry writer. “My mother […]
Saludos de Salamanca: Sightseeing and spontaneity in Barcelona
The plane landing was anything but smooth, yet passengers exploded into applause once we hit the ground in the Barcelona airport. Instantly, we knew we were somewhere special. I had heard so much about the city, it was hard to keep my excitement contained. I was prepared for the big things I would see and […]
Second Take: ‘Boyhood’ defines millennial generation’s adolescent experience
I think in our hypermodern yet retro-obsessed world, the phrase “I wish I was born in another era” gets thrown around a lot, mostly as an open rejection of popular culture. I mean why shouldn’t it? The ’60s had Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan. The ’80s had the Smiths. Artists who grab onto and capture, […]