In these heady days on campus between Coachella’s first and second weekends, UCLA students who already attended Goldenvoice’s famous music festival slump over in lecture hall seats from lack of sleep. Those gearing up for Weekend 2, though, can hardly wait for Friday’s eastbound drive in festival traffic – prepared to prance onto the grounds […]
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The Quad: Private donations should not be viewed as state funding substitute
Behold the UCLA campus. Straight ahead is the Powell Library, named after Lawrence Clark Powell, a previous university librarian whose son is a recent donor of $5 million to UCLA Library. To your left is the Luskin School of Public Affairs, made possible in part due to the $100 million donation of alumnus Meyer Luskin. […]
The Quad: Students with tattoos talk future employment
For many people, tattoos, piercings and other forms of body art provide an artistic opportunity to express themselves as individuals. Tattoos have become more mainstream in recent years – nearly 40 percent of millennials have tattoos. However, in 2013, researchers at University of St. Andrews in Scotland found that employers still consider hiring employees with […]
The Quad: Low usage fails to justify 24-hour John Wooden Center
At long last, you can now gym at 3 a.m. to your heart’s content. After much adjustment on the behalf of FITWELL and UCLA Recreation, the John Wooden Center is now open 24 hours a day for four days of the week. For those of you not in the know, this move was prompted last […]
The Quad: The activism on display at LA’s Women’s March needs to go further
If there’s anything I learned from attending the Los Angeles Women’s March last weekend, it’s that energizing and engaging the masses is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. To be honest, I wouldn’t consider myself a firebrand grassroots protester or organizer. However, like many Americans and citizens of other nations around the […]
Westwood, year in review: Momentum for change needs to continue
One step at a time, Westwood Village is on the path to becoming great again. From the 1930s to the 1980s, Westwood was one of Los Angeles’ most popular shopping districts. After a shooting and the rise of other shopping centers in the city, businesses left Westwood and it was neglected for some time, leaving […]
The Quad: Why there’s a no-crop-top rule at the Bruin Fitness Center
According to UCLA Recreation rules and regulations, students must wear full-backed shirts to recreational facilities like the Bruin Fitness Center and John Wooden Center. I was unaware of this dress code regulation until, earlier this quarter, I was called out by a Bruin Fitness Center staff member for donning a black cropped tank to the […]