The first half of a series Some people nap in Powell. Some people nap in class. For me, my favorite place to sleep is deep underground, in Parking Structure 7. I curl up in the back of my midsize SUV, having stashed a sleeping bag and pillow there since week one. The occasional honk and […]
Author Archives: Kelly Yeo
Three useful music apps that aren’t Spotify
Unlike music lovers of yore, today’s college students no longer have to rely on friends’ mixtapes, word-of-mouth or the radio to find new music, local concerts and other ways of filling their need for music. Instead of shelling out 99 cents a song, like when iTunes was in vogue, or, more often, illegally downloading, many […]
On friendship and first week
For the first time after two years of party-going at UCLA, I went to a party and actually made friends with people I didn’t know. The layout was the usual: beer pong, jungle juice, a Spotify playlist on someone’s phone with tiny speakers blaring. There was the never-ending din of conversations I don’t care about, […]
Harm reduction would help prevent drug-related deaths at raves
On Aug. 1, Tracy Nguyen, a rising second-year business economics student at UCLA, died at HARD Summer music festival, one of two deaths that were linked to suspected drug usage. With her death will come a butterfly effect of outcomes. These may include opinions shifting away from a tolerant attitude of Ecstasy-fueled rave culture, the […]