This post was updated March 15 at 8:25 p.m. Powell Cat was found dead outside Kaufman Hall on Thursday afternoon. Long considered an unofficial campus mascot, Powell Cat has resided at UCLA since around 2015. Read more...
Photo: Powell Cat is pictured outside Kaufman Hall. The unofficial campus mascot was found dead Thursday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students the inaugural EDI Student Leadership Award on Jan. 31, celebrating their leadership, engagement and support for EDI within the UCLA community. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion awarded seven students (pictured) the EDI Student Leadership Award. They received the award to recognize their leadership in EDI. (Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Tina Del Carpio, Courtesy of Carolanne Link, Courtesy of Umiemah Farrukh, Courtesy of Gloria Kim, Courtesy of Norma Sandoval, Courtesy of Ashley Ceballos Hernandez, Courtesy of Andrew Ramirez)
Stepping onto the tarmac at Santa Monica Flyers, Vedant Bhargava always reminds himself to go back to the same checklist – a mindset he calls “airplane mode.” The second-year economics student completes a laundry list of pre-flight checks before takeoff in a four-seat, single-engine airplane, including some for weather, passenger safety, fuel, and other flight technologies and conditions. Read more...
Photo: Second-year economics student Vedant Bhargava pilots a plane over Santa Monica. Bhargava said he has taken trips to locations all across Southern California. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
The Children of the Diaspora hosted its first Valentine’s Day party Feb. 10 at Melrose Avenue, with attendees dressing in white, pink and red to signify participants’ relationship status. Read more...
Photo: (Biona Hui/Daily Bruin)
Love was in the air on Valentine’s Day as Bruins – single and taken – took to campus to sing romantic ballads, decorate cookies and arrange flower bouquets in celebration of the holiday. Read more...
Photo: Valentine’s Day candy and flowers lay on a calendar and envelopes. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Throughout fall quarter, Kath Miller struggled to get enough sleep – and not just because of thin walls or loud neighbors. The third-year transfer English student said she couldn’t compromise with some of her roommates on a schedule for late-night guests and quiet hours. Read more...
Photo: (By Lucy Chang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:28 p.m. Editor’s note: this article was updated to retroactively remove the names of two students out of concern for their safety, as well as to clarify a source’s statement regarding the current political and economic climate in Syria. Read more...
Photo: A bouquet of flowers is placed on the ground. The Middle Eastern Student Association at UCLA organized a vigil to mourn the lives lost in a recent earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
