Sunday, February 15

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)



UCLA hosts Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Sports Awards

Over two dozen professional and Olympic athletes walked across the orange carpet outside of Pauley Pavilion prior to last week’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. These widely renowned sports figures were not there to promote their own image or bring extra attention to themselves. Read more...

Photo: NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan hosted Nickelodeon’s Inaugural Kids’ Choice Sports Awards at Pauley Pavilion last Thursday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)



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