Thursday, June 25

Students share stories of flooding at UCLA

Updated on July 31 at 8:50 a.m. On Tuesday, after a water line broke on Sunset Boulevard and released millions of gallons of water into the street and onto campus, students and others took to buckets and brooms in an effort to clear what water they could from UCLA’s flooded facilities. Read more...

Photo: Tuesday’s flood damaged many of UCLA’s athletic facilities, including Drake Stadium. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)


UCLA underwater after water main bursts

Several major areas of UCLA's campus, including Bruin Walk, Pauley Pavilion and Drake Stadium, flooded Tuesday after a water main break on Sunset Boulevard near Marymount Place. Read more...

Photo: Major areas of campus are flooded after a main water line burst on Sunset Boulevard. (Harrison Liddiard/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Students gather on campus to celebrate end of Ramadan

Sarah Bundogji woke up at 3:40 a.m. and ate her suhoor, or pre-dawn meal, alone. The UCLA alumna celebrated the first days of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, for the first time away from her home in Orange County as she finished up her last summer classes. Read more...

Photo: Muslim students gather in the basement of the Student Activities Center to pray and break their fasts together. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)


Graphic: Breakdown of UC tuition

For much of the 1970s, students at the University of California paid about $600 a year. Tuition has increased significantly over past few decades, leading to numerous protests, especially after an almost 18 percent tuition increase in the 2011-2012 academic year. Read more...




Scholarship winner UCLA-bound after weathering financial circumstances

Rocky Rojas knew there was more to the world than his conservative town in Arizona. “I feel limited in my location because there’s not a lot of opportunities or room for involvement in my community in Arizona,” said Rojas, who will be a first-year student at UCLA this fall. Read more...

Photo: Rocky Rojas, who will be a first-year student at UCLA this fall, earned six scholarships totaling about $50,000. (Courtesy of Rocky Rojas)



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