Monica Ho knelt to the floor, arms outstretched, nearly touching her nose to the ground in a position called the child’s pose. Her students – a group of homeless individuals – breathed deeply in the sky blue room as she instructed them to stretch and relax the muscles in their backs. “Inhale, exhale,” said Ho, […]
Category Archives: A Closer Look
New retention program seeks to support undocumented students
Cristian De Nova hid his status as an undocumented student from his friends when he was a freshman. He said he was intimidated by the strength of other UCLA students, who were active in their communities and stood for causes they believed in. De Nova never imagined he would come to do the same and […]
UCPD investigating online comment made toward sorority
University police are investigating an online comment made toward the Alpha Phi sorority Monday. The comment, written in the comments section of the sorority’s recruitment video on YouTube, was a short written excerpt from the video manifesto released by Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people in Isla Vista, California, in May 2014. Police […]
Twins attempt to put period on the imposition of menstrual taxes
Helen and Rachel Lee went on a college shopping trip together before they moved into UCLA and noticed something odd with their receipt. “We went over budget, but we couldn’t figure out where we hit the hardest,” Helen Lee said. They realized that while a significant portion of their money went towards tampons and pads, […]
The KiguRoom looks to snuggle into gap in onesie market
Aziz Abadsafian opened the trunk of his girlfriend’s car to find a piece of green clothing. When he pulled it out, he realized it was a large frog onesie. “She was embarrassed and said it was nothing,” he said with a laugh. “(I said) can you put this on right now?!” That moment motivated the […]
North Pool’s open swim time increased in response to pushback
UCLA Recreation reversed their decision to decrease open swim time in the North Pool after student pushback. Over the summer, UCLA Aquatics removed the 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. open swim time on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the North Pool leaving only the 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. time slot open on those days, said […]
Breast cancer drug found at UCLA leads shift toward personalized care
October is the only month devoted to breast cancer awareness, but researchers at UCLA have breast cancer on their mind year-round. Increasingly, researchers and clinicians at UCLA are shifting towards personalized medicine to improve patient prognoses. Sara Hurvitz, an oncologist at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said the drug palbociclib, which was clinically tested […]