Walking through the doors, wandering down the halls and sitting in the lounges of Dykstra Hall this fall will be at once a familiar and foreign experience for Resident Assistant Taimi Jacobson. The fourth-year economics student will be returning to live in her first dorm at UCLA this year since its major renovations. The tattered […]
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From point A to point B, a guide to getting around campus
Getting around UCLA is no easy feat, especially in the warm weather that accompanies the start of classes. In fact, sometimes the trek back and forth between campus and the dorms or apartments can seem like it’s uphill both ways. Even so, there are a variety of options available to Bruins, in addition to walking, […]
From dangerous to bizarre, UCPD stores evidence
Lost purses, a dozen poisoned dead fish and every so often, a deadly weapon are stored in Laura Rippstein’s office. Rippstein works in the university police’s property department, a strictly secured room on the bottom floor of the police department’s building on Westwood Plaza. She and the other workers in the property department monitor every […]
Vanderdoes pushes for football success at UCLA
It took Eddie Vanderdoes all of five minutes to master a double backflip into water.
It’s this memory in particular – of a camp diving board – that sticks with Placer High School football coach Joey Montoya when he thinks back on his star defensive tackle.
Aditya Prakash Ensemble blends jazz, classical Indian music
Over the last three years, the Aditya Prakash Ensemble has played host to a family reunion of musical genres. In its compositions, the ensemble’s unconventional comtemporary style – an ascending scale voiced by an Indian classical singer, a dissonant riff played by a Brazilian guitarist – unites the Indian classical music style with its much […]
Former Mexican military cadet aims to give back
After a year of training at a military academy in Mexico, Francisco Reinosa decided to leave behind his country, the military and his mother to pursue a degree in psychology in the U.S. It was a hard decision, but one he said he felt he had to make to give more purpose to his life. Reinosa, […]
Bentley Montes’ path to DJing taught him value of preparation
Bentley Montes said he’s using the opportunity to perform at tonight’s Bruin Bash concert to begin leaving his mark as the next big DJ on the UCLA campus. Montes, a second-year music student, is one of two winners of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s 2013 Bruin Bash DJ Competition, giving him a shot to open for […]