Learning to balance friends, school, and personal life can be a difficult juggling act. For Hossien Sajebkame, a fourth year mathematics major, Beau Hoover, a third year economics major, and Spencer Hochberg, a fifth year mechanical engineering Major, unicycling has become a passion that makes this balance possible. These UCLA students describe various aspects of being unicyclists and how riding has impacted their lives.

The final days of the Presidential election were interrupted by an unexpected hurricane that devastated the East Coast. The death toll of Superstorm Sandy has reached at least 110 and the fiscal damages are in billions of dollars. Traffic jams, flooding, lack of public transportation and days without power have crippled the region and its residents. Sandy refocused climate change as a real political issue with costly implications. The role of the FEMA, the federal agency that manages disaster relief, also became a critical issue. Earth and Space Sciences Professor William Newman discusses how Sandy revealed many of the unique challenges our generation faces and how we have handled crises in the past.

Pressure for keeping up in schoolwork has encouraged some college students to abuse prescription stimulants. Though some students are legitimately diagnosed as having ADD or ADHD, others who don't even have a medical excuse are finding ways to access the prescribed stimulants to boost their grades. Dr. David Baron, the executive Director of UCLA's Ashe Center, joins Long Story Short to comment on the alarming trend.

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Long Story Story Short host Taylor Erickson talked to Dr. Gerald Kominski, a professor of Health Policy and Management and the Director of UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research. This week, Kominski explains what the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) means for college students, and how it may be quite similar to Romney’s proposed healthcare plan.

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November holds many traditions – Election Day, Veterans Day, Turkey Day – but did you know that November is also National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short)? Starting at midnight on November 1, writers across the nation have 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel. Long Story Short host Christyana Cabal sat in on a “write-in” for NaNoWriMo participants at UCLA. During write-in's, writers type up their stories, share ideas, and engage in "word wars," or challenges to see who can write the most words in 30 minutes.

Stay tuned for more on National Novel Writing Month on Long Story Short, as Christyana re-visits the UCLA writers and their novel-writing journeys later on in the month.

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Over the course of the last year, UCLA's Pauley Pavilion has been massively renovated. On Oct. 26, 2012 legendary coach John Wooden was immortalized in a bronze statue at the north entrance. This statue was made possible with a generous donation from alumni and athletics donors Jim and Carol Collins. These two have been active participants with UCLA for more than 50 years as students, volunteers and philanthropists. Together, they made a donation that helped UCLA reach its target of $136 million for the revitalization of Pauley. Both Jim and Carol respectively have donated money to build numerous things on campus such as the UCLA Collins Center for Executive Education (1987) and the UCLA Laboratory School (1998). They were at the unveiling of Wooden's statue to share their thoughts and involvement throughout the renovation process.

For more multimedia coverage of the renovated Pauley Pavilion, visit https://dailybruin.com/page/welcoming-back-pauley