Wednesday, February 18

The TOEFL cheating scheme: A college admissions scandal you didn’t hear about

If you’re looking to get into your dream school the right way, you’re out of luck. If you happen to have a couple of fraudulent test-takers at your disposal, though, it looks like you have options. Read more...

Photo: UCLA was implicated in not one, but two recent university admissions scandals. A federal investigation in March revealed that international students hired people to fraudulently take the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The fact that such a scandal dodged the news shows us how pedestrian it is to cheat for admissions. (Photo by Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin, Photo Illustration by Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)



Club Sports’ hands-off management approach allows gender discrimination of teams

Everyone hates a referee who makes unfair calls. The only thing worse is a ref who doesn’t make any calls. Welcome to Club Sports at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Club Sports has a hands-off approach to managing and helping its 55 teams. Yet this laid-off behavior allows for discrimination and disparate treatment across gender lines. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)




Westwood theaters must be preserved to connect community, protect cinema history

As you look out onto the Westwood skyline, one building’s defining silhouette sticks out: a tall white tower topped with three neon red letters reading “FOX.” Opened in the 1930s, the Regency Village Theatre and its across-the-street counterpart, the Regency Bruin Theatre, immediately became classic movie houses, serving both the student population and the affluent West Los Angeles area. Read more...

Photo: Westwood’s theaters may each only show one movie at a time, but their single screens allow the Westwood community to come together and watch movies the way they were meant to be seen. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Where Westwood Boulevard ends, level sidewalks and paved streets should begin

Uneven asphalt is rife with cracks and unwanted vegetation. Every trip in and around Westwood’s apartments is an adventure. From Gayley to Veteran avenues, battered roads test the suspensions of students’ cars, and each fissure in the sidewalk feels like a chasm. Read more...

Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association applied for a grant to fix Westwood Boulevard – but it’s choosing to refurbish one of the nicest streets in the Village instead of doing more. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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