Sometimes nature likes to call at the most inconvenient times. Most people loathe picking up that call when they’re not in their comfort zone. Doing your business outside the home is often times quite undesirable. Read more...

Photo: (Joey Thimian/Daily Bruin)

How does the UCLA Store's new textbook-buying tool stack up? Read more...

Photo: (Creative commons photo by John Liu via Flickr)

As we go into the final stretch of the quarter, many of us are dying for an extra boost as we start to study for finals. Read more...

Photo: Nootropic supplements, compounds belonging to the same family as caffeine, have shown some memory and cognitive-enhancing effects. Research is still limited and mostly unregulated by the Food and Drug Administration. (Creative Commons photo by DAEllis via Flickr)

The third in a series about UCLA's competitive gaming renaissance Read more...

Photo: A scene from DotA 2’s highest-level tournament, The International, in August. The prize pool for the competitive gaming event was more than $18 million, and the winning team received $6.6 million. (Joey “Leafeator” Thimian/Daily Bruin)

Commuting already sucks, but as UCLA aims its mobility and transportation plans going forward in favor of decreased reliance on single-driver cars, commuting is going to suck even more. Read more...

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Most buildings in the United States are named after white men. At UCLA, this is no exception. And, given that racism was unadulterated and rampant for a vast majority of this country’s history, it follows that some of these buildings – including many at Ivy League schools and universities in the South – were named after racists. Read more...

Photo: Multichromatic … and multicultural? What did Royce Hall’s namesake have to say about race and racism? (Daily Bruin file photo)