Royce Quad was once an epicenter of student life at UCLA. Now, in the digital age, the Quad is an attempt to recreate these discussion spaces online. Come to the Quad for analysis, explanation and student narratives about life on and off campus, within and without Westwood.
Students are welcome to submit blog posts at [email protected]. Submissions are subject to the same guidelines for opinion content, with the exception of increased flexibility for word count (300-900 words).
I don’t need to tell you that living off campus, especially in North Village, is not the same as living on the Hill. My roommates (there are far too many) and I commiserate over high rent, a too-happy building manager and instant ramen-heavy, nutrient-low diets. Read more...
Photo: Did UCLA students actually invent Uber? (Daily Bruin archives)
Three new apps are making waves in the social networking community. Peach, Happn and The Outbound bear resemblances to Facebook, Tinder and Yelp, respectively. However, only one of them has the potential to replace the original with a new and intriguing concept. Read more...
Photo: Happn (top left), Peach (bottom left) and The Outbound (right) are new social networking apps that have features similar to existing popular apps. (Happn, TechNewsToday.com, The Outbound)
We’ve all seen it before: people crowding Chris Burden’s “Urban Lights” exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to take photos peeking out from behind lamp posts, while others take selfies in the reflection of Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” at The Broad museum. Read more...
Photo: Free tickets to The Broad museum, Los Angeles' newest major art museum, are reserved through March. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Here at UCLA, we’re awfully proud of John Wooden. We have a statue of him, an athletic center is named after him and you can buy T-shirts with his face on them at Ackerman. Read more...
Photo: Al Scates coached men's volleyball at UCLA for 50 years, garnering 19 NCAA titles along the way. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Editor’s note: With the college football season now over, Sports Editor Claire Fahy reflects on covering the popular sport from the sidelines as a student journalist rubbing shoulders with veteran beat reporters. Read more...
Photo: The writer at the Oregon State football game Nov. 7 in Corvallis, Oregon. (Matthew Joye/Daily Bruin)
Every product has a narrative. Someone harvested its fibers or manufactured it in a factory. Someone created the design. Someone calculated its value, demand and supply. Read more...
Photo: There's more to clothes, or any consumer product, than the price tag.
Panic! At The Disco reminds me of junior high school and early 2000s emo rock, a lite version of mentor band Fall Out Boy. So when Brendon Urie, the band’s driving force and only remaining original member, compared Panic! Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Fueled by Ramen)
