On a rainy Westwood day in December 2011, Mericien Venzon found herself in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with her mother by her side. The fifth-year biology student remembered almost nothing of the hour before – when she was behind the wheel of her car, at the intersection of Le Conte and Gayley avenues. […]
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UCLA student hopes to use law and business degrees to fight poverty
Eleven-year-old Jassmin Poyaoan knew something was wrong when she came home from school and saw her family sitting in the living room in silence, with morose looks on their faces. She later found out her mother had suffered a brain aneurysm and died. Overnight, the stable world that her parents carefully constructed for her and […]
Grand gesture inspired law lecturer to rent out home
Growing up, Tony Tolbert would often see strangers around his dinner table. Almost every evening, his father would bring somebody home. Often, it was someone whom he had just met that day, said his mother, Marie Tolbert. “My husband was an attorney and it was (often) somebody that had come to him for help and […]
Bruins emotional as Dance Marathon 2014 comes to bittersweet end
The stadium echoed with a deep rumble as students in red T-shirts led a stampede around the dance floor to rally up last-minute morale among the exhausted dancers. They spilled onto the stage and jumped up and down to pulsating beats, as the stadium reverberated with an audible thud in the final hour of Dance […]
Live blog: Dance Marathon 2014
Nearly 900 people are participating in this year’s 13th annual Dance Marathon – a 26-hour-long fundraising event where students pledge stay on their feet the entire time to take a stand against pediatric AIDS.
UCLA TAs strike over alleged unfair UC labor practices
More than a hundred unionized teaching assistants and supporters went on strike at UCLA Thursday to protest alleged unfair labor practices they say University of California management has committed.
resTV’s ‘Full Disclosure’ captures student diversity
A lone voice can speak of a past full of struggle and a future full of hope. ResTV’s new documentary series “Full Disclosure” aims to amplify that singular voice, allowing others to learn and find solace from it. “Full Disclosure” captures and exposes the lives of UCLA’s underrepresented identities, showcasing diverse individuals to inspire intercultural […]