My heart pounded faster as the taxi turned onto the familiar street from my childhood. Steam was wafting from a nearby dumpling house and children were gathered around a row of concession stands. Read more...

Photo: (Katherine Wang/Daily Bruin)

This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:04 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Elegant Bruinettes made history at the Rose Bowl. The university’s first danceline team performed during UCLA’s Black Excellence football game against North Carolina Central, a historically Black university. Read more...

Photo: The Elegant Bruinettes line up at the Rose Bowl during a UCLA football game. (Courtesy of Kenny Pratt)

This post was updated Sept. 27 at 11:10 p.m. It is 8 p.m., and 120 students sit on one side of a screen with volunteer teachers like myself from the Hidden Road Initiative, a non-governmental organization that gives students in Armenian and Artsakh villages the opportunity to explore educational and leadership opportunities. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are candles from a vigil hosted last year by the Armenian Students’ Association, commemorating the lives lost during clashes on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff).

The microwave beeped, signaling the end of the convenient reheating process. I pulled out my bowls of leftover stew and rice, which my mom had made in one big batch at the beginning of the week. Read more...

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Dear Bruins: A lot has happened on our campus over the past year. Although most of your minds are undoubtedly jumping to Chancellor Gene Block’s retirement announcement or last year’s fall quarter United Auto Workers strike, here at the Daily Bruin, we’re simultaneously thinking of the hidden accounts that would have gone unreported without our investigative coverage. Read more...