Finding Waldo: Brian Pritchard cultivates teamwork between UCLA athletes

If you’re looking for Brian Pritchard, don’t ask for him by name. Simply navigate your way to the northwest corner of the John Wooden Center and look for Waldo. Pritchard – whose nickname was given to him by a coworker years ago – can be found in his office, denoted “Waldo’s World” by a sign […]

Running dry: US and Australian officials gather to discuss water conservation

In dry, sunny Los Angeles, where most of the water supply is obtained outside the region, the possibility of an extreme global water shortage hits close to home. “Three of the last four decades have brought at least moderate if not severe drought conditions in California,” J.R. DeShazo, director of the UCLA Luskin Center for […]

Circle K’s pillow fight contest raises money for transitional house

A blue Power Ranger circled his opponent slowly, brandishing his color-coordinated foam knife to keep his enemy at bay. A sea of more than 400 people clad in brightly-colored costumes cheered the Power Ranger to victory as anticipation mounted for Circle K’s sixth annual Pillow Fight. Circle K International’s Pillow Fight 2014, which took place […]

Bruins basketball narrowly defeated by Wildcats, 79-75

Another big-time opponent, another tally in the loss column for UCLA basketball. In a 79-75 loss, the Bruins’ first at home this season, the sequence momentarily appeared to be a rerun of UCLA’s previous defeats this season: face some adversity, turn the ball over and stand idly by as the game is pushed out of […]

On solid ground: UCLA coming close to finishing seismic retrofit program

Peter Hendrickson began his career in seismic restoration in the midst of one of the most damaging earthquakes to rock Southern California in recent memory: the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Now, the UCLA associate vice chancellor of design and construction heads the decades long Seismic Correction Program, a $2.2 billion program for renovating and reconstructing UCLA-owned […]

Julio Salgado’s ‘Queer Butterfly’ featured in CAC’s Art Series

A small poster depicts a pink, half-naked man with large, rainbow butterfly wings. The words, “I exist, Yo existo” are written on his chest in black capital letters. On his wings, the words “migrant,” “queerness” and “love” are written in English and Spanish. This poster is a self-portrait of the artist Julio Salgado that he […]

Winter recap: Update on UCLA news and sports

Far from the white Christmas that some students went home to, Los Angeles saw high temperatures in the 80s over winter break. For those who weren’t in Southern California for the holidays, the following is a major recap of the news that happened. Dec. 15: UC reaches tentative agreement with an employees’ union: The University […]