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. Things are picking up quickly. It’s only week one and the quarter has already been steeped in […]
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The Quad: The Daily Bruin’s 100-year adversarial history fighting for free press, coffee
Battles against student government, battles against UCLA administration and battles against Associated Students UCLA – the Daily Bruin has seen it all over the past 100 years. It all started in 1911. Before there was UCLA, there was its predecessor, the California Branch State Normal School. And before there was the Daily Bruin, there was […]
Zero week: Librarians protest, Medina sentenced, quarterback transfers
This Week in the News series 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 of the week to keep readers up to speed. Welcome back, Bruins. Even though it’s only zero week, it’s already starting to […]
Throwback Thursday: UCLA’s service to accessible education recognized in earlier top rankings
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 case you haven’t heard, UCLA has officially mounted the summit – […]
Bird rustles feathers but the scooters will nest in LA for now
The Bird has had quite a turbulent flight this summer. August was a particularly tumultuous month for the sleek little electric scooters scattered throughout Los Angeles and other urban areas across the nation, which customers can use via a mobile phone app. Whether it be Lime, Bird or Spin, local governments have been making more […]
The Quad: Students have a lot to weigh in choice between UC SHIP and private health insurance
One of the most mind-boggling decisions an incoming freshman or transfer will have to make is whether to use a private insurance plan or adopt the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan, the system’s health insurance package for students. It’s mandatory to have health insurance at UCLA, so don’t get stuck trying to make […]
The Quad: California’s worsening wildfires and record-high temperatures by the numbers
California’s wildfires are getting worse. They have been for years. While this summer’s wildfire season isn’t over just yet, news outlets across the country have been suggesting that 2018 could be California’s worst year for wildfires. Two of this summer’s fires – the Mendocino Complex fire and the Carr fire – top the list of […]