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Throwback Thursday, Week 8: (Lab) School is Cool

No move made by our administration is without calculation. That’s certainly the case for the recently announced Geffen Academy at UCLA, a middle and high school planned to replace the graduate students’ recreation center and cater to the children of faculty, staff and, somehow, Greater Los Angeles. The academy’s foundation will be based on a […]

Navigating classes and traffic as a UCLA commuter student

The first half of a series Some people nap in Powell. Some people nap in class. For me, my favorite place to sleep is deep underground, in Parking Structure 7. I curl up in the back of my midsize SUV, having stashed a sleeping bag and pillow there since week one. The occasional honk and […]

People should start discussions on panic attacks, mental health issues

Panic attacks can affect anyone, from the person who never seems stressed to the person who always seems stressed. It doesn’t matter what sets the attacks off or how long they last – panic attacks are absolutely terrifying and happen when they are least expected. The thing about panic attacks is that the fear doesn’t […]

Calling UCLA home means we should care about campus issues

Mom, Dad: I have a confession. I skipped class Thursday. I wasn’t hungover, nor did I sleep in, and I wasn’t watching “The Office” as I’m so prone to doing. Along with hundreds of other UCLA students, I decided to learn in a different environment, through exercising the power of our First Amendment rights. Backstory […]

Throwback Thursday, Week 7: Undocumented students wrapped in red tape

I tend to avoid talking about anything so complicated it demands reading more than one Wikipedia entry to understand. This includes, of course, undocumented immigrants’ issues, which are entrenched in a history of criminalization, exploitation and – the unifying factor – endless bureaucracy. On Nov. 13, 2001, the Daily Bruin ran a submission co-written by […]

Quad Questions: Panera, Panera, where art thou?

If you’ve walked around Westwood Boulevard recently, specifically around 800 Degrees and Jimmy John’s, you may have heard and seen that Panera Bread has decided to grace us with its presence. Confirmed rumors circulated that it would be opening in May. Panera’s signature mac and cheese? Mac and cheese and tomato basil soup? Mac and […]