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Throwback Thursday, Week 9: A steep climb for housing
Six weeks ago, I publicly complained about the trials of living in North Village when I threw it back to the conception of the Hill as we know it today. When Dykstra Hall debuted in 1959, UCLA reached the point of no return and committed to becoming a residential, rather than commuter, campus. Rieber, Sproul […]
On returning home – Bruins deal with changing bedrooms
The old joke is that as soon as you leave for college, your parents will turn your room into a home office, home gym or even a home office and gym. And as many new students discovered upon returning home for winter break, this really happens. When I went home for Thanksgiving break during my […]
Coffee Commentary: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
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Superstition may be the way for UCLA students to ace that exam
As we wrap up midterm season and begin to dread finals week, I cannot help but wonder – would I really fail my classes if I touched the Inverted Fountain? Whether it be rubbing the Bruin Bear’s paw for high test scores, or petting the Powell Library cat to ensure a successful midterm result, superstitious […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 8: An assassination in Westwood
An assassination took place in Westwood in 1982, but most students have probably never heard of it. Unless you’re Armenian, it’s unlikely that you know the names Hampig “Harry” Sassounian and Krikor “Koko” Saliba or the fact that they were involved in the assassination of Kemal Arikan, the Turkish consul general in Los Angeles, just […]
Lost in Boelter: Packet passer
“404 Page Not Found.” “Unable to connect.” “Unable to join the network.” If you’ve ever tried accessing a website that didn’t exist or tried surfing the Internet while not connected to a network, you probably met a distant cousin of one of the above network error messages. In this day and age, where everything from […]