Test of Strength: ROTC Ranger Challenge 2014

SAN DIEGO — The UCLA cadets went to sleep at 9 p.m. and woke up three hours before sunrise. By 2 p.m. they had sprinted, jogged, climbed and hauled equipment for more than eight miles up and down steep brush- and dirt-covered terrain, most of it while carrying more than 45 pounds of military gear, […]

Long Story Short – October 20, 2014

Chirag Govardhan and Sharon Lin host fall quarter’s third episode of Long Story Short. First, we speak with Arjun Banerjee about the Indian Student Union’s annual Navratri Raas/Garba night. Then, we sit down with Joseph Martinus to talk about his role as a chef demonstrator at UCLA’s Sustainability Fair. After, we chat with Chiyori Shimamoto […]

Long Story Short – October 13, 2014

Jonaki Mehta and Alex Hyun host fall quarter’s second episode of Long Story Short. First,  we talk with third-year music performance student Ashley Mao about her involvement with No-Kill Los Angeles, an organization working towards “No-Kill” laws for shelter animals in L.A. Next, Jonaki is on the scene at American Youth Symphony’s first concert of […]

Long Story Short – September 29, 2014

Sharon Lin and Chris Campbell host a special Registration Issue edition of Long Story Short. First, Dutch crunch and “dirty sauce” hype at Ike’s Place in Westwood. Then, students talk about the big move-in. Afterward, fact is stranger than fiction in a wacky September news wrap with alumna and comedy guru Taylor Erickson.