Friends, family honor Brian Kuan by channeling his adventurous spirit

Brian Kuan’s sister Cindy remembers catching Brian as he slid down snowy mountains and ran along trails on family hikes. She said her brother was never afraid to go cliff jumping or stand over the ledge during hikes. “He was very brave and unafraid of the things most people would be scared of,” said Cindy […]

Bruin Café wraps in eco-friendly paper packaging

Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. The new packaging is made of recyclable parchment paper wrapping, said Jeff Berman, general manager for Bruin Café and a senior food services manager for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. He added the recipes or sizes of […]

Student, performer gives voice to messages that resonate

In March, Arami Walker took the stage to perform with a popular Argentinian band at a crowded Buenos Aires club. She spoke to the audience of locals in Spanish, a language she only learned a couple months before. Walker, a fifth-year world arts and cultures student, ran into the band in a bar earlier that […]

Dining Services, ASUCLA Meal Numeration Coupon Program grows stale

Students 30 years ago regularly exchanged meal swipes for campus food vouchers. Today, few students use the program, favoring improved dining hall hours and meals on the Hill, dining officials said. The Meal Numeration Coupon Program, created by UCLA Dining Services and Associated Students UCLA, allows students to trade one meal swipe for a $2.45 […]

Rendezvous opens for weekends on Hill in place of Feast

Students can now feast at Rendezvous on weekends, but can no longer rendezvous at Feast. UCLA residential restaurant Rendezvous, which offers to-go Mexican and Asian entrees, is now open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. UCLA Dining Services officials said Feast dining hall will now […]

UCLA professor brings political expertise to 2016 election

Bill Schneider lost track of time during a conversation with David Cameron, the current prime minister of the United Kingdom, in 2005. Schneider, who has covered every U.S. and British general election in the past 40 years, asked Cameron whether he recalled the 1974 election, ready to discuss the only election in British history that […]

EzMoney Harper dies at 21, remembered for activism, friendship

EzMoney Harper’s character and actions, from his friendship and loyalty to his initiative, matched every step of John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, according to his friends. “He was a very beautiful soul,” said Devin Murphy, a close friend of Harper’s. “He was a listener who wants to get to know you and … there are […]