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Isaac Cassar, a fourth-year bioengineering student, and Amelia Lowell, a fourth-year global studies student, will marry in July in Santa Cruz. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Bruin couples defy national marriage trends by tying the knot

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Tying the knot is coming sooner to some UCLA couples, despite a national trend in the opposite direction. The average age at first marriage for Americans has increased from about 23 to 29 years old for men and 20 to 27 years old for women since the 1950s, according to a U.S.

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Bruin couples defy national marriage trends by tying the knot

By Sierra deSousa, Berkok Yüksel

Feb. 13, 2015 1:35 a.m.