This was supposed to be the marquee matchup of the week. It was supposed to feature two top-10 teams vying for Pac-12 and national supremacy. It was supposed to feature two Heisman-candidate quarterbacks playing at their peak form. Rumors of ESPN bringing College GameDay to Westwood were swirling. But of course, nothing went according to […]
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UCLA professor’s research on suicide aims to save lives
About five years ago, one of Mark Kaplan’s colleagues – a well-liked professor and scholar – committed suicide. Though Kaplan had been researching suicide for 17 years, his colleague’s death was the first time he was personally affected by the event. “It was an incident that was very touching to me,” said Kaplan, a professor […]
Wake of the Storm
Read our feature series about the ongoing Typhoon Yolanda relief missions in the Philippines and the UCLA community’s contributions to the recovery. The Daily Bruin spent 19 days in the Philippines talking to survivors, displaced persons and aid agencies about the progress being made in the wake of one of the worst typhoons on record.
‘Global Cities’ program lets students explore Barcelona and LA
Walking through the streets of Los Angeles for the first time, Marta Guberna, David Román and Mireia Dilmé found a little slice of home. The students from Pompeu Fabra University never met while studying in Barcelona – the highest ranked Spanish University according some university rankings. Instead, they first became acquaintances after enrolling in the […]
Students recognize veterans’ services through Volunteer Day
UCLA students crowded into hallways with chipping taupe paint and a vegetable garden overrun with leaves and branches at a transitional veteran center Monday. In three separate groups, about 100 UCLA students raked and painted hallways on two floors of a building in the Veterans Succeeding in the 21st Century center, as part of the […]
Registration Issue 2014
The start of a year at UCLA brings with it many opportunities – more than 1,000 clubs, 120 majors and hundreds of on- and off- campus activities to choose from. All of them lead to a different result – your own college experience.
Silencing doubts, Brett Hundley returns to field to knock out ASU
TEMPE, Ariz. – After he took a knee on the final snap of UCLA’s 62-27 win over Arizona State, Brett Hundley let it soak in. He turned around, placed the ball behind his back and bowed. Then, he turned slightly to the side, and bowed once more. He had, after all, earned it. “He played […]