UCLA students performed a cultural dance at the annual Navratri Raas-Garba event Sunday. The Indian Student Union at UCLA hosted the event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Raas and Garba are Indian folk dances performed during the nine-day Hindu festival, Navratri. Raas is danced in pairs, while holding sticks […]
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UCLA football falls 52-45 to Utah’s strong running game
UCLA had faith in Mike Fafaul’s arm with sophomore quarterback Josh Rosen still sidelined. The good – 464 passing yards and five touchdowns. The bad – 30 incomplete passes. The ugly – four interceptions. Regardless, the backup redshirt senior quarterback led the Bruins to 45 points against the Utah Utes Saturday. For a UCLA team […]
Cameron Griffin’s rise from inner city to college football
Cameron Griffin wasn’t quite sure what to do. The former linebacker had just bulldozed into the end zone for the first touchdown of his career against BYU – off a six-yard Josh Rosen pass – and all he wanted to do was tackle someone. “I didn’t know what to do; I’d rather go hit somebody,” […]
Political science professors weigh in on presidential election
This post was updated on Oct. 20 at 4:50 p.m. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump finished their last debate Wednesday, marking 20 days to go before the country elects its next president. Though the presidential race has captured much of the public’s attention, races for the House of Representatives, Senate and the future composition of […]
UCLA student strives to shatter beauty standards in modeling industry
“Too short,” “too skinny” and “too Latina” were words Viviana Lira heard from photographers that sought the stock characteristics of beautiful women for their shoots. Lira, a second-year art history student, found that few photographers wanted a look that wasn’t mainstream when she began her modeling career in high school. As a woman who had […]
Tinig Choral celebrates Filipino culture through a cappella
The flight of stairs leading to Parking Structure 4 houses the faint echoes of several voices in harmony. A closer listen to the lyrics reveals both familiar songs from American Top 40 radio as well as music entirely in Tagalog. The vocals belong to the members of Tinig Choral. Since its inception in 1988, the […]
UCLA prepares for Homecoming in Westwood with Paint the Town
Students got messy Sunday night decorating the windows of 18 Westwood businesses with blue and gold paint. The UCLA Homecoming Committee has organized Paint the Town as a kickoff for homecoming week since 2013. Multiple student groups and individual students painted windows for the event. Participating businesses offered all UCLA students discounts for that day, […]