Your Lyft might be arriving in five minutes, but students might have to wait longer for safety reforms on ride-share apps. This October, UCLA and Lyft announced a partnership that would provide students a flat-fare fee for the second year in a row. Read more...
Photo: (Clara Vamvulescu/Daily Bruin)
New year, same old failure of the Hill to accommodate its students. As UCLA freshmen have begun to enjoy the first few weeks of living away from their parents, sophomores and juniors returning to the Hill have prepared themselves for another year of ignored and unresolved issues that make them wish they were living with three other people in an overpriced Westwood apartment. Read more...
Photo: (Muling Shi/Daily Bruin)
The hope for a cap on rising rent might be on Los Angeles’ horizon. But for the rest of the state, that hope might wither away in the next three months. Read more...
On Oct. 8, hundreds of wide-eyed students filed into the Study Abroad Fair, picking up dozens of flyers and writing their emails on every list they could find on their way to class. Read more...
Photo: A widespread belief that only humanities students can study abroad should push UCLA to accommodate students of all majors who wish to participate in the program. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
From race to culture and creed, there are so many ways to describe our identities, and it can easily feel as if who we are boils down to a laundry list of terms at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Local government-led initiatives like embRACE LA should inspire UCLA to conduct and promote campus events to openly have conversations about issues of diversity, equity and inclusion.(Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA is going up in smoke. But hold the flames – that’s so 1950s. Often referred to as an epidemic, vaping has hit college campuses hard. Read more...
Photo: Research, academia and knowledge have not yet made their way to e-cigarette usage and its potential for long-term harmful effects on humans. UCLA, a research-first university, should get ahead of the issue and conduct research on extensive vape usage and lung damage. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
