Ofelia Marquez Stephens recently worked on some coffins. She filled in cracks, resewed fabric and reapplied a missing piece for her job as an art restorer. Stephens has been working as an art restorer for about seven years. The graduate student in art is finishing her two-year master’s degree with a specialization in sculpture and […]
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Student services director for Luskin public policy program retires
Maciek Kolodziejczak comforted a new student at a UCLA Department of Public Policy welcome event in 2001 because she was nervous about balancing her parenting duties with her graduate studies. “There’s a lot of anxiety associated with graduate programs and with being a parent,” said Jocelyn Guihama, who is now the deputy director of the […]
Tea Tunes: Ceara Cavalieri makes pop songs her own with soothing covers
Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lies a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Her cover […]
Humanities Dialogues provides casual space to discuss meaning of words
Students, staff and faculty have been discussing what words like “democracy,” “humanity” and “heroism” mean in meetings over the course of the year. Humanities Dialogues consists of biweekly meetings, in which participants discuss a word and the different meanings associated with it. The program was created by various UCLA departments in languages and humanities in […]
Baseball season ends with 3-2 extra-innings loss to San Diego State
UCLA baseball’s season was decided on a hit batsman. With the bases loaded in the top of the 13th, senior Scott Burke came in for relief with one out. The first pitch he threw struck the San Diego State batter, forcing the leading run home. The Bruins did not recover. “I’m surprised I don’t have […]
UCLA student shares motivations in creating SoCal Grad Club
UCLA students are picking up their caps and gowns for graduation, but hundreds did not buy them from the university. Instead, they purchased their graduation gear from SoCal Grad Club, a new student-run business that sells cap and gown packages for 14 dollars less than what the university sells them for. SoCal Grad Club has […]
HOOLIGAN’s ‘Stage Door’ taps into students’ own life experiences
Sara Gilbert cried before anything happened onstage the first time she stepped into a Broadway theater to see “Miss Saigon” in New York. The second-year theater student and musical theater-lover will embody a character this weekend who shares her dreams of performing on Broadway. Both she and her character believe theater is not just a […]