At center stage, two students swayed their hips to upbeat Lebanese music. Their dresses, traditional black bedlahs embellished with coins, accentuated their dancing with rhythmic jingling. Although Yara Azar, a second-year bioengineering student, has never worn the traditional garment before or danced on stage, she fondly remembers family gatherings when her grandmother taught her the […]
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UCLA club RENOUS to hold Alzheimer’s Awareness Night
In elementary school, Alon Kashanian loved playing a Persian card game, pasur, with his grandmother for hours on end. But over time, his grandmother began to forget how to play the game. She soon needed a full-time caretaker to help with daily activities, such as eating and walking. At times, he could tell she had […]
Bruin Value Investing gives members hands-on experience
Aspiring student investors embarked on their first venture into the unpredictable realm of stocks as they made their first stock transaction earlier this month. Bruin Value Investing, a student investment group with 17 members, engages in stock investment and trade to educate its members about business investment literacy. Mike Sanghvi, the co-founder and president of […]
World In-Sight displays variety of cultures at UCLA
UCLA was home to a mini-world on Wednesday, as 30 different booths, each represented by a student organization, crowded Wilson Plaza to showcase their countries’ delicacies and cultures. As students navigated the fair, they held event-specific passports and weaved through different tables, trying foods from each country represented. World In-Sight, the first event hosted by […]
Women’s Faculty Club celebrates 95th anniversary
The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club, one of the university’s most longstanding organizations, celebrated its 95th anniversary at their annual spring luncheon on Tuesday. Founded in 1918, the Faculty Women’s Club originally consisted of faculty wives of the Los Angeles Normal School who supported the creation of a four-year university in Southern California. Over the years, […]
Flying Samaritans bring joy, good health to community
Hours before the sun rose and Los Angeles traffic congested roadways, a group of UCLA student volunteers drove 150 miles to run a medical clinic in a small community on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico. Flying Samaritans at UCLA is a nonprofit student group that provides the local community members free access to basic health […]
UCLA Phi Kappa Sigma admits new members after hiatus
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The brick fraternity house with an ivy-covered front lawn and green shutters still bears its national seal above the main entrance, although it has been unoccupied by brothers for more than a decade. […]