Driving in Westwood one cold autumn evening, I notice that the trees on Gayley and Westwood are brightly lit with holiday-themed lights, while students bustle in and out of the Starbucks with red cups. Storefronts and restaurants are decorated with tinsel, lights and Santa hats, while Ackerman Union stocks “questionably demonic Santa and snowman pens” […]
Category Archives: Student Life
Exchanging former theater passions for undeclared possibilities
I came into UCLA last year as a theater major. What may surprise some is that I was a theater major. With an acceptance rate for the major of less than 10%, theater students are a rare breed here. Applying to the school did not stop with just the general University of California application, but […]
Swipegate: Student reactions on losing their Premier meal plan swipes
Students living on the Hill with Premier meal plans awoke Wednesday to a very upsetting email from UCLA Housing Services. The email informed them of an error with the BruinCard system in which swipes used prior to Oct. 1 were not properly deducted from accounts. UCLA Housing individually calculated the swipe balance of everyone with […]
Submission: On the solemnness of solitude
BY HAROLD SHI Editor’s Note: The blog is pleased to announce that it accepts submissions from members of the campus community. Submissions can be thoughts and musings about the minutiae of life at UCLA and Los Angeles that make living and learning in Westwood a unique experience. Submissions can be sent to arwang@media.ucla.edu. I can’t […]
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, […]