The president of UCLA’s Cooking and Baking Club once burned water while making pasta. Ten years later, Elliott Cheung stood in the Sunset Canyon Vista Room at the front of a steel kitchen table cluttered with cheddar cheese, Jello mix and oregano, overseeing a club member as she seasoned her salsa. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year physiological science student Elliott Cheung (left) was drawn to cooking because he saw homemade food as the best way to explore new flavors on a college budget. The fourth-year physiological science student is now one of the Cooking and Baking Club’s longest standing members and a current participant in the six-month professional diploma program at Culver City’s New School of Cooking. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

Selena Lomeli cherishes a ’90s maxi jean dress with gold details that her mother has passed down to her. “When I think of ’90s, I think of my mom,” said Lomeli, a third-year cognitive science student. Read more...

Photo: Second-year undeclared-humanities student Ciarra Davison wears ‘90s fashion-inspired clothing – a crop top and jean jacket. She said she found a liberating quality in ‘90s fashion after she used to dress in a preppy style. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)