Bruins talk reasons why they use YouTube as creative outlet

Students at UCLA feature themselves on YouTube as a means to share and explore their creative outlets from fashion and makeup to dormitory life. Listen to Amanda Magana, Cameron Phillips and Laurel Stokes speak about why they began their channels and their goals.

Samah Pirzada: Positive dialogue about mental health necessary to erase stigma

Last year, the demand for student mental health services at UCLA increased by 23 percent. But even as demand increases and college students continue to struggle mentally and emotionally, a stigma still exists around mental health issues that prevents students from being proactive in seeking help. This year, the Undergraduate Students Association Council, through its […]

Mentor seeks education reform to benefit underserved youth

Throughout his life, Sidney Thompson has seen students turn to gang violence because they were not given the tools to succeed by their educators. Thompson now has two goals: to recruit teachers to a UCLA graduate program specializing in underserved youth and to rewrite the way algebra is taught in schools – both to give […]

Q&A: Candidates Ted Lieu, Elan Carr elaborate on platforms

For the first time since 1974, no incumbent is running to represent UCLA and Westwood in the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry Waxman, a Democratic legislator who represented Westwood in the 33rd Congressional District for 40 years, announced in January that he will retire after the end of his term this year. In June’s primary […]

Editorial: USAC campaigns should be held to state, national standards

The Undergraduate Students Association Council will hold a special election this fall to fill two seats at the council table: the General Representative 2 position after Nihal Satyadev’s resignation over summer, and the new transfer representative position. With an early election sure to set the tone for USAC’s work the rest of the year, the […]