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. Week nine was replete with newsworthy events – Michelle Obama’s upcoming visit was announced, a women’s basketball […]
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The Quad: Exploring the rise of California’s multibillion-dollar craft beer industry
California’s in the middle of a beer boom. Gone are the days when Pabst Blue Ribbon, Budweiser and other cheap, mass-produced beers were the only brews on shelves – craft beer and the movement surrounding it are here to stay. The movement surrounding craft beer started in the late 1970s when legislation was approved to […]
The Quad: Blackface and other racist displays appeared in past UCLA Greek life yearbook pages
Yearbooks have been getting a bad rap recently. It started last month with the resurfacing of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s yearbook photo, his page featuring a photo of a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Then there was Virginia State Senate majority leader Tommy Norment’s yearbook, which contained a number […]
The Quad: Culture surrounding popularity of posting about traveling on social media
The time has come to book our spring break trips, which means I’ll soon engage in a game of Where’s Waldo? on my Instagram feed, working out who is lounging on a remote beach, afoot European streets or hiking steep mountain ranges. Posting pictures of yourself on vacation on social media is such an integral […]
The Quad: How UCLA’s startup scene and classes help entrepreneurial Bruins find their way
Starting a business is hard. Starting a business fresh out of college – or better yet, while still attending school – is even harder. Although UCLA offers majors in business economics and economics, neither major focuses much on starting a business. While the entrepreneurship minor offers more practical business classes, most students interested in starting […]
The Quad: Is the IFC doing enough? Analyzing recent policies to combat sexual assault at frats
UCLA’s Interfraternity Council banned fraternities from hosting events with alcohol a little over a year ago, on Jan. 16, 2018. This came in response to the alleged sexual assault by Benjamin Orr, a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and the chapter’s former president. The next month, the IFC lifted the ban and approved […]
Week eight: Title IX policy panel, telescope controversy, YouTube pranksters interrupt class
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. Classes might be slowing down as the quarter draws near an end, but one thing’s certain: […]