That’s right. As of last night our undergraduate student government voted overwhelmingly to place a referendum on the UCLA May ballot that would provide my department between $200,000 and $230,000 in student fee revenue per year. The students still have to vote to pass it, but I think it stands a very good chance. We’re [...]
I learned HTML this weekend. It was really, really easy. I taught myself in high school, and I had sort of forgotten how it all worked aside from a few tags. Now I can officially add it back to my resume! Anyway, if you want to learn please don’t be intimidated – it honestly took [...]
What conceivable security risk could have been in a portrait? UCLA has its own co-generation power plant. … That was the problem. The plant was visible. Apparently UCLA doesn’t allow anyone to publish pictures of power plant equipment (including the outside of the building), because if someone were to attack the university it would be an obvious target.
I am very afraid #Collegejourn will face the same fate as #Journchat because of the involvement of The Campus Buzz. The Buzz is a PR organization, focused at marketing press releases to college journalists. They screen the releases so that hugely irrelevant ones don’t make it through, but they are a PR company. #Collegejourn was their idea. They made the Twitter account, the Facebook and the website, and they will help set the agenda. So here’s my question: why are they so interested in helping the college media community work together to have a conversation and overcome mutual obstacles?
My friend Dharmishta recommended this site, with the warning that it’s extremely addictive. It aggregates all those trendy, hipster music blogs you wish you followed and lets you play whole songs. The best part is the social interaction. You can check out what other people like and recommend, etc. Give it a try. I found [...]
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. I have a final tomorrow I should be studying for, so of course I find myself doing everything possible to avoid thinking about it – like cleaning my room, organizing my RSS reader, and updating this blog. A lot has happened to me and the Bruin since my [...]
I’m officially incredibly pissed off. I faxed in my absentee ballot registration to the Sacramento County office on October 15, a full two weeks before the deadline, and only received my ballot the evening before the election. I couldn’t send it in because they needed to receive it IN SACRAMENTO by 8 p.m. Nov. 4. I live in Los Angeles. [...]
So I’ve been at the ACP/CMA conference a few days now, and there are definitely some great things happening here. Some of the workshops have been great, talking to WoodWing was great, and meeting some of my Twitter and CoPress friends has been great. But to be honest I feel like the conference organizers are stuck in [...]
I caved. I finally got a twitter account. I’m not sure yet how often I will use it, but at the very least I will be able to follow everyone I know and keep track of their lives. I suppose I can also link it up to my Facebook status and news feeds. I’m excited about [...]
Last night we had an interesting meeting in the Daily Bruin newsroom about our election night coverage. I’m pretty excited because for the first time ever (now that I’m totally in charge) we’re going to be localizing our content. As News Editor, and now as Editor in Chief, I’ve had to battle an institutional attitude [...]
