David Shamash found himself in a dangerous part of town after getting off a boat in the middle of the night in Greece. His hotel was 15 miles away and the city was in the midst of a transportation strike, the fourth-year classics student said. To get to his hotel, he pretended to be the […]
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Junior Anthony Barr remains humble despite big defensive impact, elects to stay at UCLA for senior year
Anthony Barr lined up split out wide in the red zone during a spring practice, creating a sense of déjà vu. But this time, everyone noticed.
Grad student works to improve water quality, access in South Central Los Angeles
Miriam Torres understands how important it is to have access to clean water. As a child, she split her time between a lush, green area in southern Mexico with an abundance of water and a poor town in northern Mexico where water had to be trucked in each day. She said her interest in urban […]
Alexia Boyarksy: Journalism full of friendly people, fond experiences
Sometimes, I wish I was a cat. Not only so I could sleep all day and shamelessly ignore people I don’t like, but also to have nine lives. In one of my lifetimes, I’d follow my current path of selling my soul to law school debt. In another, I’d be a professional chef. But one, […]
Graduate student’s films to be screened at UCLA, LA Film Festival
June 14 will be a busy day for filmmaker Jeremy White.
Sam Strong: Dateline in transition
I have to admit, it feels strange not to begin one of these things with a dateline. It was always step one in the process. Sit down and write the name of the city you’re in. If I got nothing else right – and I got a lot of things wrong on these pages over […]
Costume designers display work at Design Showcase West
It’s hard enough for some people to pick out their own outfits in the morning, yet UCLA’s costume designers have to pick out the outfits for an entire cast.