Tony Auth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and former Daily Bruin staff member, died Sept. 14 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after undergoing treatment for metastatic brain cancer. Read more...

Photo: Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Tony Auth started working at the Daily Bruin at UCLA before going on to become a professional cartoonist at The Philadelphia Inquirer. His cartoons were known for the emotions they drew from readers and for their ability to boil complex issues down to single images. (Daily Bruin archives)

While his peers go out to get lunch, Noel Medrano goes to the practice room every break between classes to improve his playing technique. This persistence to perfect his music has made Medrano a meticulous band director, a job he takes on during the summer at his old high school, John H. Read more...

Photo: Noel Medrano applied to UCLA three times with the goal to be a high school band director. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)