Speaks Out: Favorite Thanksgiving Traditions

UCLA students share some of their favorite Thanksgiving holiday traditions, from eating food to spending time with family.

*Aaron Puertollano
Fifth-year, biochemistry*
“My family meets up in Las Vegas. We cook traditional food like turkey.”

*Darius Bell
Third-year, history*
“I practice. I stay at UCLA and have a good Thanksgiving with the football team. Have a little bit of turkey and cranberry, turkey’s a must.”

*Michelle Arkuski
Third-year, communication studies*
“My family and I go to the Detroit Lions football game every year in Michigan. We have season tickets because I’m from Detroit.”

*Jack Jung
Fifth-year, engineering*
“My family’s back in Korea, so I stay in L.A. I just eat out.”

*Sarah Shepard
Third-year, anthropology*
“My family usually crashes at a family friend’s house and me and my mother like to bake pie.”