Strawberries, blueberries and acai are all fruits typically associated with a good smoothie. But there’s one fruit that both smoothie makers and consumers alike often overlook. Read more...

Photo: Smoothie Bowl Club president Anne Wasserman makes smoothie bowls with bananas and strawberries at their club meetings on Sunday mornings. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)

Xinru Hua frequently asks her father for help understanding the strategies of Go, a 3,000-year-old traditional Chinese board game. Hua, a fourth-year applied mathematics student, said her father instilled in her a love for Go when she was 7 years old by enrolling her in a professional Go school and practicing the game with her. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year statistics and economics student Mengyi Zhou founded UCLA’s Go club in 2014. Members of the club spend hours playing Go, a 3,000-year-old Chinese board game. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)

Four brothers grew up in Central Mexico eating birote, a loaf of bread smothered with beans, sliced tomatoes, jalapenos and queso fresco, in a brick house with dirt floors. Read more...

Photo: Brothers Miguel and Jorge Anaya run the Westwood Mexican restaurant Pinches Tacos and work with their brothers Fernando and Javier on the seven locations. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)