Author Archives: Lina Chung

There I was in Salem, Oregon ““ shaking in my Converse sneakers and donning my pathetic excuse for proper rain gear.

UCLA has recently made huge strides for environmental change ““ finishing off last month with a plan to introduce seven new recycling locations on campus and earning an honorable number four spot, as part of the UC system, in Sierra Magazine’s ranking of green schools in the upcoming November/December issue.

Imagine ““ five years from now ““ a California budget that distributes more money to state prisons than it does to the University of California, California State University and community colleges combined. This is a frightening and alarming prophecy that is not completely far-fetched, especially considering the path our state’s treasury is currently taking. Earlier […]

What happens when you take all the overachievers from high school ““ the valedictorians, the Associated Student Body presidents, the Junior Statesmen of America ““ and smash them together into a jumbled mix of go-getters, bursting the seams of the Bruin bubble?

The intensified political climate and confrontation in Darfur has led the international community to respond with wariness in providing future aid to war-torn Sudan.

I’ll admit it. I’m the UCLA student who does everything in her power to avoid the deluge of fliers on Bruin Walk.