When Olivia Draper stepped off the plane in Thailand this summer, she barely spoke a word of Thai. Instead of studying abroad with a university program, Draper traveled on her own to Thailand, where she spent eight weeks working in a restaurant while learning Thai, and another five days living as a nun in a […]
Author Archives: Laurel Scott
Student receives support, searches for donor after cancer diagnosis
John Naftzger found a picture taken of his daughter last April, days before she was diagnosed with leukemia. In the photo, a boy that Katie babysat had fallen asleep with his head leaning on her arm, which was in severe pain at the time from her undiagnosed cancer. “She had a smile on her face,” […]
Memorial contents transferred, UCLA establishes Klug Family Support Fund
UCLA faculty, staff and students picked up notes and flowers from professor William Klug’s memorial Tuesday, to give to Klug’s wife and their two children. Assistant Vice Chancellor of Campus Life Mick Deluca, the undergraduate student government External Vice President Rafi Sands and several others volunteered to transfer the memorial’s contents from the Bruin Bear […]
General education reformer, director of cluster program to retire
One of Scott Hugo’s favorite memories at UCLA was taking a cluster course with Gregory Kendrick, during which he wrote a final paper on Anakin Skywalker from the “Star Wars” films. “I’ll never forget when I handed it in, he had a little smile on his face when he referred to it as my magnum […]
First UC Women’s Caucus sets precedent for student advocacy
The USAC student body president hosted the first annual leadership conference for the new UC Women’s Caucus on Saturday at UCLA. Heather Rosen met with delegates from other UC campuses at the conference to discuss the mission of the caucus – creating a political process that focuses specifically on gender equality and equity issues. […]
Student aims high with medical marijuana delivery business
Medical marijuana was the only drug that improved Christian Kramme’s stomach pain after spending two years in and out of hospitals. Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, believed he had pancreatic cancer when he began experiencing severe stomach pain and a lack of appetite in 2012. His doctor recommended he use medical […]
Kara Chang, from silence to a fighter for LGBT acceptance
Kara Chang stepped out in front of 8,000 incoming UCLA freshmen during Welcome Week in the fall and told the story of how she had come out as transgender five months before. “When I look in the mirror now, I see a strong, independent, queer, transgender, non-binary Taiwanese-American human being,” Chang told the students. “Today […]