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. Read more...
The Quad
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November 6, 7:12 pm
The Quad: Understand where Brexit is now and how it could affect the United States
The British are going! The British are going! Or, at least that is what was supposed to happen when 52% of voters in the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union. Read more...
Campus, Student Life, The Quad
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October 12, 12:39 pm
The Quad: How too much on your plate at UCLA results in food waste, not just a busy schedule
Waiting in line for salmon at Bruin Plate can feel less “dining hall” and more “DMV.” However, there’s another line when you’ve finished eating your meal, and it’s even more consequential: the line of people piling their uneaten food onto the dish return conveyor belt. Read more...
Lifestyle, The Quad
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July 29, 5:27 pm
The Quad: Plant-based products continue to sprout up as attractive meat alternatives
The prospect of eliminating all meat products from our diets may have, at one time, seemed infeasible – perhaps even “Beyond Impossible.” However, with the rise of plant-based meats, this once inconceivable lifestyle now seems within reach. Read more...
Student Life, The Quad
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June 8, 1:02 am
The Quad: Seniors innovate worn out phrase to illustrate and reclaim post-grad life
Class of 2019, prepare to enter the real world. The phrase “real world” has joined the ranks of “We did it” and “As we enter the next chapter of our lives … ” as an integral part of the clichéd graduation rhetoric. Read more...
Campus, Westwood
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May 23, 4:03 pm
The Quad: An examination of firearm policy in the state of California
There’s nothing like a massive weapons bust to further inflame the hot-button issue of gun control. Over 1,000 guns were seized May 8 from a home in Holmby Hills – a neighborhood not far from UCLA’s campus. Read more...
Campus, The Quad
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May 10, 1:16 pm
The Quad: An overview of measles and what UCLA is doing to respond to the recent outbreak
Measles was thought to have been eradicated from the United States at the dawn of the new millennium. Then it came to UCLA. In early April, amid a nationwide outbreak of the virus, UCLA was contacted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health with some news: A student at the university had contracted measles. Read more...