Tsunami, a quick service restaurant in Ackerman Union, was relocated and renamed Monday after nearly a year of delays. Associated Students UCLA officials initially predicted the relocated restaurant would open last fall. Read more...
Photo: Kikka Sushi, a food vendor in Los Angeles, is taking over for Tsunami in a new restaurant. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Donald Nguyen always counted on his younger sister to calm him at family meetings. When he grew impatient, he and his sister Tracy would exchange knowing smiles that he said got him through long family discussions. Read more...
Photo: Tracy Nguyen, a rising second-year business economics student and Association of Chinese Americans Hip Hop dancer, died of a suspected drug overdose at Live Nation Entertainment’s HARD Summer music festival on Aug. 1. (Facebook)
The undergraduate student government will vote on Aug. 17 on a motion to withdraw membership from the United States Student Association. USSA is a national student-led organization that aims to organize students to address issues at the local, state and federal levels. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will vote on a motion to withdraw from the United States Student Association after a proposal by Zach Helder, USAC external vice president. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The young man excels at his work, but he hides a secret that could turn others against him: he lives in the favelas, or urban slums, of a city in Brazil. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students traveled to Brazil as part of a study program and created a Theater of the Oppressed piece about racism in Brazil. (Courtesy of Robert Gordon)
Suzanne Herskovic Ponder handed over the keys to Bel Air Camera, a company that had been run by her family for more than 50 years, with a sense of finality. Read more...
Photo: Bel Air Camera leaves behind the legacy of Holocaust survivor and founder William Herskovic after his daughter Suzanne Herskovic Ponder managed it for about 12 years. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
To DeQuincy Lezine, the downtown buildings near Brown University represented an escape from the emotional distress that consumed him. All it would take was one jump, eight stories up on a hotel parking garage, and he would be free of those shackles. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin)
Associated Students UCLA is returning to a two-tiered wage system for food service jobs, increasing wages for certain types of positions to encourage students to take those jobs. Read more...
Photo: Associated Students UCLA will be returning to a two-tier wage system, paying upper-tier jobs 50 cents per hour more than lower-tier positions like cashiering at restaurants. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
