This Week in the News serves as the Quad’s space for reflection on current events at and around UCLA. Every week, Daily Bruin staffers will analyze some of the most significant stories to keep readers up to speed. We’re coming into the final stretch of things here at UCLA. As midterm season winds down and […]
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Throwback Thursday: Current events coupled with UCLA-USC football game mirror 1968 state of affairs
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. In 1968, Vietnam War protests were in full swing. For months, the […]
The Quad: A look into how UCLA’s admit rates have changed in light of increasing applicants
UCLA’s acceptance rate has dropped 4.4 percent over the past five years. UCLA had yet another record-breaking number of applicants in fall 2018. Though new admits’ excitement has surely turned into midterm stress by now, the admissions process for fall 2018 proved to be one of the most competitive cycles in the University of California’s […]
The Copy Shop: How the Associated Press managed to create editor Morse code
Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor. You won’t find “CA” standing for California in any Daily Bruin stories. Sure, the abbreviation is […]
Throwback Thursday: Voter turnout in 2002 reflected voter apathy, difficulties at polls
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. There’s at least one thing both Democrats and Republicans can actually agree […]
The Quad: Anti-Semitic acts show resiliency of Jewish community, call for greater change
Last month’s attack on the Jewish community in Pittsburgh might be the pinnacle of anti-Semitism in the United States, but it certainly isn’t the only one etched into the narrative of this religious minority. A gunman, Robert Bowers, intruded on a Saturday morning service at the Tree of Life Synagogue, yelling “All Jews must die,” […]
The Quad: How mindful awareness techniques can carry you through the midterm season
A mindful breath was exactly what I needed when I was crying from the stressors of week five in Jimmy’s Coffee House. My greatest study trick and trustiest companion these past few weeks has been practicing intentional breathing – a form of mindful awareness. Mindfulness is a buzzword nowadays, but what does it actually entail? […]