Catherine Zhang confided in an openly gay student she had just met during a fraternity party her freshman year that she was bisexual. Her new friend responded by hugging her and inviting her to go to a gay club with him in the future. Zhang, a second-year psychobiology student, said it was the first time […]
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UCLA diver overcomes international unfamiliarities and sets new records
Éloïse Bélanger spent a year dreaming of using her local pools’ diving boards when she was a child. Divers had to be 7 years old, but Bélanger was only 6 at the time. “I really wanted to go on the boards and jump off, but I wasn’t allowed,” Bélanger said. “So that summer when I […]
Shareef O’Neal, son of Shaquille O’Neal, to join UCLA basketball next season
Shaquille O’Neal brought three straight NBA championships to Los Angeles nearly 15 years ago. This year, he’s bringing his son. Shareef O’Neal, son of the NBA Hall of Famer, has committed to play for UCLA men’s basketball next season, 247sports.com reported. He decommitted from Arizona on Saturday, where he had signed a letter of intent […]
Union members protest Supreme Court case on nonunion fees
Union members protested a current Supreme Court case in front of Powell Library on Monday that will decide whether nonunion members should pay fees to unions. About 200 members from several unions, including University Professional and Technical Employees, University of California Student-Workers Union and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees called on the […]
UCLA art student’s photographs allow insider look at teens’ lives
Nico Young’s after-school skate session ended up on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. In 2016, the first-year art student’s high school photography teacher sent his photo essay project, which centered around his two friend groups, to The New York Times’ photo editors. Young said he didn’t expect much, but the resulting assignment […]
Men’s basketball finishes last road game with another loss to Colorado
UCLA’s game against Colorado was a microcosm of the Bruins’ NCAA tournament hopes. Even though the Bruins (19-10, 10-7 Pac-12) tried prolonging the game by fouling the Buffaloes (16-13, 8-9) and forcing them to make free throws, the end result was never really in doubt. Colorado hit 10 3-pointers and scored 1.324 points per possession […]
Tamale-making workshop discusses social justice in modern food systems
Organizers used an organic, vegan tamale to represent a fair, precolonial food system at Seed the Commons’ latest event Tuesday. The San Francisco-based organization hosted a food justice lecture Tuesday followed by a tamale-making workshop Wednesday. The lecture and workshop taught attendees about problems with the international food system by comparing it to precolonial Mesoamerican […]