When people see Samantha Kramer's friends leading her by the arm down Frat Row on Thursdays nights, they assume she is drunk.
However the reality is quite different. Read more...

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Members of team Kramer participated in the 2009 VisionWalk at Will Rogers State Beach. UCLA students, family and friends have come together to form team
BruinVision in preparation for this year’s VisionWalk, which will raise money for research into and treatment of retinal degenerative diseases.

COURTESY of SAMANTHA KRAMER

Justin Ong never knew what to believe about climate change.
He had heard contradicting facts since his interest in the subject blossomed during the sixth grade, but he could find little reliable data. Read more...

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Justin Ong, a fourth-year economics and environmental science student, started the group Climate 411 to provide a forum for climate change education.

COURTESY of JUSTIN ONG

UCLA's new Global Viewpoint Lounge on Ackerman Union's A-level opened this week with the goal of giving students a quiet place to study and fostering participation in global issues. Read more...

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Students relax in the revamped Global Viewpoint Lounge in Ackerman. The refurbishment brought new furniture and televisions to the lounge.

Growing up in a border community of Arizona, Rachel Moran realized how farmworkers' children lacked opportunities as non-native English speakers. Read more...

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Rachel Moran

Zambian schoolchildren need shoes. That was the issue UCLA student Andrew Lin and two of his friends set off to remedy when they started their nonprofit organization, Signature Donations. Read more...

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Andrew Lin, a second-year business economics and biochemistry student, and his friends created a nonprofit group to buy school shoes for orphans in Zambia.