There are places and people who change us immeasurably, quietly, without us noticing, until we look up one rainy day and realize that they were the compass that guided us. These are the memories I want with me when I leave.
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PRIME: Declining Health, Declined Help
Donovan Wilkes was eating lunch in his office when two of his colleagues told him Miss Mary, an older homeless woman he had been checking on, wasn’t responsive. It was 11 a.m., two hours after Miss Mary usually woke up, packed her belongings and walked to Peet’s Coffee for her first cup of coffee of […]
Art exhibit to display student works exploring topics from anxiety to oppression
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 7:37 p.m. Hanging cribs, smells of soap and bright neon paintings craft the New Wight Gallery’s newest exhibit. The art pieces are featured in the Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, which opens Thursday. The exhibition will showcase artwork by the undergraduate students who received UCLA Department of Art and […]
Financial literacy education at orientation would help alleviate future stress
“Broke college students” is our self-proclaimed name – and we own it. But why can’t we be Bruins on a budget? First-year students may be excited to take on the world as they join UCLA, but the reality of how expensive their Uber rides or restaurant meals are hits hard and quickly. The first year […]
UCLA football’s decade-long losing streak to Stanford continues with shootout loss
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 6:04 p.m. Freshman running back Martell Irby raced into the end zone untouched for his first career touchdown, and UCLA tied Stanford less than three minutes into the second half. The Bruins’ 10-year losing streak against the Cardinal was teetering on the edge of existence. With nine minutes […]
UCLA football heads into halftime down 27-20 to Stanford in last game of season
Senior Day couldn’t have started any better for the Bruins. Redshirt senior safety Adarius Pickett intercepted a pass less than a minute into his last collegiate game. But for the rest of the first half, Stanford quarterback KJ Costello flung the ball all over UCLA’s defense. He completed 14-of-24 passes for 192 yards and two […]
Bruins prove their emotional, physical resilience ahead of Stanford game
Andre James donned number 75 on the back of his jersey in his first three years at UCLA.But this season, the redshirt junior left tackle switched to number 77 in honor of 1977, the year his father was born. Andre James’ father, Marcus James, died two days before his 41st birthday and five days before […]