PASADENA — The ball flew in a straight line, wobbling slightly as it began its descent. Dipping lower and lower, it stayed on target between the yellow goalposts, just barely clearing the crossbar. The referees raised their arms straight into the air, announcing the kick’s validity, and the black-and-gold-clad Bruins rushed the field. Sixty yards […]
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UCLA law student offers support through Homelessness Prevention Clinic
Jessica Franey woke up in the back seat of her car every morning, unsure where she would find her meals and apprehensive about the long day of classes ahead. “I felt very abandoned as a teenager,” said Franey. “The few months of living this way and sleeping in my car traumatized me.” Franey, a graduate […]
Back to the Future coverage
“Great Scott!” Oct. 21, 2015 is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel forward to in “Back to the Future Part II.” Fans celebrate the “Back to the Future” trilogy, a series of award-winning films that still resonate in today’s pop culture.
Unexpected course leads student to path in acting, comedy
Ben Ellerbrock had the choice between either cooking or acting class in high school. When the speech and debate team was full, he arrived at theater his freshman year only after his counselor told him that cooking would not fit in with his class schedule. Though brought about by accident, Ellerbrock’s decision to act paved […]
Twelve artists showcase African culture-inspired art at Fowler Museum
A masked figure cloaked head to toe in white stepped onto the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. People chatting with fellow shoppers and haggling for merchandise looked up at the figure and moved aside in reverence, understanding the significance of the costume belonging to the exclusively male ancestor ritual of egungun. The person wearing the egungun […]
UCLA falls to Stanford on the road 56-35
STANFORD – David Shaw waited his entire Stanford career to make one perfect Wildcat play. On Thursday night, his team delivered a play that was not only perfect, it was peerless. Quarterback Kevin Hogan started the play on the right of the offensive formation, charging left to collect the reverse pass. Scanning the field for […]
Give a Man a Fish
Ten years ago, Project RISHI, Rural India Social and Health Improvement, was founded at UCLA by Dr. Eri Srivatsan and four of the students working under him. Radio reporter Jonaki Mehta, photographer Sonja Bartlett and an external translator, Ravindranath Chandran, spent nine days in Vadamanappakkam covering the progress and effectiveness of Project RISHI’s initiatives and exploring […]