The recently renovated Young Research Library (popularly known as “YRL”) has been quite the buzz lately, especially among students of North Campus who may be delighted to find a great place to study, that happens to be within a few minutes walking distance of their classes and departments. I myself don’t mind walking a little…
Author: Eleanor Fang
Enormous Activities Fair 2011
Monday was the annual Enormous Activities Fair, where hundreds of student-run organizations take advantage of zero week to reach out and recruit interested students for their clubs. The fair took place in Royce Quad and Wilson Plaza, in which thousands of students congregated to find out more about organizations they can get involved with. It…
UCLA Spotted: “University of Farmers” commercial
One sunny day half a year ago, I passed by a blank sign of the same motif as the four beautiful buildings in Royce quad, and didn’t think much of it. The sign was blank and positioned slightly crooked, but I thought no more of it and continued on my way to class. If I…
Campus Celebrities
After being away from campus for three weeks as I enjoyed a vacation in Vancouver, Canada and its vicinity with my family, my absence seemed to have been much longer than that. Amongst my friends catching me up on what I had missed, what amused me the most was their insistence that I realised that Miley Cyrus…
Advice for Incoming Bruins: Using the Ashe Center
Welcome, freshmen Bruins! As you are getting ready to transition into your new life at UCLA, I’m sure you and your parents have many questions about the campus and its amenities. Where will I eat? What can I do on weekends? Where do I meet people? Although these are all important questions, one of my…
A Day in the Real World of Urban Planning Geography
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Transportation Geography class I am taking this session promised a day-long field trip to Los Angeles International Airport (known to Angelenos as “LAX”) and the Port of Long Beach. In fact, this past Wednesday was our lucky day! It began at Flight Path Learning Center, a small…
Involvement and Working on Campus
It is a lovely Monday morning in the UCLA Admissions Office! I have been working for UARS‘ Recruitment Unit for a week now, and it has been a great learning experience for me so far. Many students at UCLA (myself included) want nothing more than to get involved and, at the same time, take advantage…
Welcome to Summer Session A!
It’s great to be back! Although campus seems a little empty for now, I blame it on the early morning and the fact that it’s the first day of summer session so not many people find the need to study in the library before classes have begun. I got to campus early to meet a…
From dorms to apartments
The week between the end of spring quarter and the beginning of Summer Session A is always busy with students moving off campus to go home for the summer, or getting ready for other plans such as study abroad or internships (in LA and elsewhere). I am blogging from Vancouver where my family currently resides…
Collective de-stressing at UCLA
At UCLA, there is a myriad of fun traditions that showcase our unity and Bruin spirit on the campus. One of my favorites is the Midnight Yell that takes place throughout every finals week, starting Sunday. This is the week at the end of each quarter during which students are feeling pressured and apprehensive about…
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