America’s protected lands face an uncertain future. On Dec. 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced a plan to cut the size of Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. Regardless of whether you support this decision or not, we must address the future of our national and state parks and protected lands. Within every state […]
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Throwback Thursday: Students respond to fraternity scandal, alleged sexual assault
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 […]
The Quad: Alumni Mentor Program gives students professional, personal direction
Students have many opportunities to network and connect with professionals who share the same interests at UCLA, as evident by the various mentoring programs and clubs on campus. One such mentoring program on campus is the Alumni Mentor Program and it is unique as it involves both students and alumni. The Alumni Mentor Program was […]
The Quad: “Stories of Almost Everyone” exhibit allows art to stand on its own
The Hammer Museum’s advertising copy says its new exhibition “Stories of Almost Everyone” is an attempt to be “skeptical of the conditions of museological mediation and art’s promise to convey meaning.” What this means is that in curating exhibits, displaying them and writing up descriptions of artworks, museums take away from the inherent meaning or […]
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. […]
The Quad: More than our hair
I am a black girl who loves her giant box braids. Recently, I was invited to a conference for one of the largest accounting firms in the world. When I told my mom with all the excitement a second-year college student can have, the first thing she told me was “Make sure you take out […]
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 […]