Tuesday, April 14

Open stores in Westwood are great, but open spaces for students are better

Picture this: You’re walking through Westwood on a nice, sunny Saturday afternoon. You wander onto Broxton Avenue, seeing an array of storefronts and people. You decide to treat yourself to a warm, cinnamon-sugar cookie from Diddy Riese, and you step outside, eager to enjoy its sugary sweetness while feeling one with the community. Read more...

Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)



Students don’t know enough about e-cigarettes. UCLA should fix that.

We’ve all been traumatized from a young age by the disturbing anti-smoking commercials showing images of diseased lungs and former smokers using a voice box. By the time we were old enough to buy cigarettes, we understood they were bad for us. Read more...

Photo: Smoking isn’t cool – and UCLA should take the appropriate steps to make sure its students know that. That means adding trainings through its online modules and educating students on nicotine’s harmful effects. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)