Fifteen years ago, Adi Jaffe woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed after being caught in possession of half a pound of cocaine following a motorcycle accident. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Adi Jaffe will speak to students at a TEDxUCLA event about his experiences with drug addiction and how he became involved in research to help victims who are still struggling. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Dozens of student groups were able to organize better cultural events this school year under a referendum that allowed the Cultural Affairs Commission, an office in the undergraduate student government, to allocate about $100,000 to fund events. Read more...
She stood in front of the downtown Los Angeles police station for hours, repeating movements and instructions before a small group while music blared from a speaker. Read more...
Photo: Shamell Bell, a UCLA graduate student in culture and performance, and Deidra “Krucial” Cooper demonstrated some of the street dance moves they incorporate into their protests. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
After College of Letters and Science faculty voted down a diversity requirement proposal in 2004, the question for some was, “What do we do now?” Raymond Knapp, a musicology professor who had chaired the Academic Senate Undergraduate Council around that time, said he remembers having a hard conversation with former Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commissioner Sofia Kozak after the results came out. Read more...
People always asked Linta Kunnathuparambil what she was going to do with her degree once she graduated. If her family wasn’t asking, friends or other adults who were simply looking out for her asked. Read more...
UCLA alumna Rosie O’Neill and her now-fiance Josh Resnick went to an outdoor screening of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on their third date. Afterward, they fantasized about creating a candy store for adults. Read more...
Photo: Rosie O’Neill, a UCLA alumna, created candy store Sugarfina alongside her fiance. The flagship store is located in Beverly Hills and has other locations throughout California. (Courtesy of Rosie O’Neill)
Growing up playing various musical instruments and participating in musical bands, Kerry Edelstein developed an empathy for artists. The market research guru and UCLA Anderson School of Management alumna said she wanted to work in the media and entertainment businesses, but she wasn’t going to make it as a professional performer. Read more...
