Have you ever seen the gorgeous purple flowers that grow on trees in the Sculpture Garden? Right outside Melnitz? It took me nearly three years to notice them. Read more...

The water is touched twice in a students’ UCLA career ““ when they are first “Bruinized” into UCLA, and when they graduate. Otherwise, the Inverted Fountain in front of Franz Hall remains largely ignored, with the exception of the occasional smirk from students who overhear tour guides telling the tale of this “toilet bowl” to prospective students. Read more...

Over the last two years there have been numerous occasions when I have felt like an old fart. Whether I was sitting in a classroom discussion or working late into the night in the Daily Bruin office, there have been seemingly endless reminders that I am just a little too old to still be in college. Read more...

They are searching for an alternate route to immortality other than the fountain of youth. Members of the Gerontology Research Group, which meets at the UCLA Medical Center, work to share and gather information regarding anti-aging and to track and verify the ages of the world’s oldest people. Read more...

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Each week, a group of UCLA students serve at People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), a transitional home in Santa Monica that provides job search help, food and shelter. Read more...

The gold cross on the Los Angeles County seal has sparked a protest and a federal lawsuit since the County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to remove the seal last week. Read more...