I took up running during the fall quarter of my freshman year.
It was a way to pass time – like most other first-years, I didn’t really have a ton of (read: any) close friends to do that with.

Picking a newspaper’s editor in chief is not always a walk in the park.
Last year, The Quad published a story detailing how the Daily Bruin selects its EIC every spring – we explained how things have typically gone in the past, with the paper’s staff voting on and endorsing one applicant and the UCLA Communications Board appointing the endorsed applicant into the role.

The Daily Bruin isn’t printing this quarter, but this isn’t the first time we’ve scaled back on print production.
Just this week, the Daily Bruin’s upper management announced that the Daily Bruin would cease print production through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This post was updated March 11 at 11:04 p.m.
From the shtetls of Eastern Europe to The Study at Hedrick, the bagel has come a long way over its centurieslong history – about 6,000 miles, actually.

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 8:47 p.m.
Since childhood, I’ve always loved a nice, crisp dill pickle. This love is well-documented: on my bedside table at home sits a framed picture of three-year-old me clutching a half-eaten fermented cucumber the size of my arm.

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.

Around my 21st birthday, I woke up one morning to a not-so-pleasant surprise: My bathroom sink was backed up and water was overflowing, seeping underneath the doorway and soaking into the carpet of my bedroom floor.

This post was updated August 31 at 10:42 a.m.
Contemporary pop music producer Jack Antonoff is a modern day Santa Claus – the release night of every album or song he’s worked on feels like Christmas Eve.

Oscar Escobedo and a crew of six students had three hours to strike the set of “H.M.S. Pinafore” before an audience came for a showing of “Crazy for You” on the same stage.

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.