“You want to remember your strengths, you want to stay really calm – there is a lot of adrenaline going. If you don’t know what you’re doing and you can’t wrap your mind around what’s happening, you’re not going to win,” said UCLA alumnus Andrew Tsai. Hear from the fencers of the Okawa Fencing Tournament […]
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TAs Cancel Sections Thursday to Strike Against Alleged UC Unfair Labor Practices
A group of teaching assistants at UCLA and supporters accompany the UC Student-Workers Union, UAW Local 2865, in a strike against alleged unfair labor practices.
UCLA alumnus, artist hosts ‘Lego Sundays’
David Tracy, Lego artist and UCLA alumnus, passes on his passion for building Legos to his friends, hosting build sessions at his apartment every Sunday. “Lego Sundays,” as Tracy calls them, provide a collaborative and creative bonding experience for Tracy and his friends. Watch Tracy and his friends work together to build a lamp from […]
Day In A Life of a Bruin 2014
http://youtu.be/uCmkycyowXM PREP brings 300 underrepresented high school students from all around Los Angeles to UCLA to inspire them to strive for higher education and provide them with the tools they need to attain it. “I really think higher education should be a right for students, not just for the privileged, or just something a few […]
UCLA Alumna Saves Butterflies from Extinction
UCLA alumna Jana Johnson recently saved the Palos Verdes blue butterflies from extinction. She received her Ph.D. in biology from UCLA in 2008 and was immediately rewarded with an opportunity to make a difference by improving the environment. Housed at Moorpark College, Johnson’s research has annually facilitated the reproduction and release of thousands of butterflies into the wild. As the […]
No-Kill Los Angeles saves animals
The No-Kill Los Angeles Pet Adoption Center on Pontius Avenue is a part of the NKLA Coalition, which aims to lower the kill rate for animals in shelters throughout Los Angeles. Through a collaborative effort, Marc Peralta, director of the Best Friends Animal Society, strives to increase the percent of no-kill shelters in Los Angeles […]
pLAces: 55,000 Dresses Warehouse
Paul and Margot Brockmann found love on the ballroom dance floor 57 years ago. Since then, Paul has collected more than 55,000 dresses for his wife, so that she would never have to wear a dress twice. Now in hopes of retirement, the couple wants to sell all the dresses in the collection. Explore this […]