On a cool morning in early February, hundreds of Highland Park residents crowded into a blocked-off stretch of York Boulevard, a major thoroughfare for the area.

This quarter we accepted photo submissions through Instagram. Check out the best shots of UCLA basketball through the phone lens below.

The tinkle of bicycles and honks of the auto-rickshaws, the sound of wet cloth on a cold stone, the pressure cooker giving off a faint hiss, filling the air with a familiar aroma – I was home.

With the help of members of Outdoor Adventures, a UCLA recreation program, we show you what to bring with you on your next outdoor trip.

A lightbulb flicks on inside a red cast-iron box as Professor Erkki Huhtamo cranks the wheel attached to it.

As he continues cranking, tiny flip cards with printed black and white images whir around a spinning wheel underneath the light. By peering into the device’s lens, a viewer can see a moving image created by the movement: a woman visiting the monkey house of a zoo.

Brandon Christensen wakes up every morning on a well-cushioned green couch to the sound of his cellphone’s alarm.

At the bottom of nearby Franklin Canyon, UCLA alumna Stell Bahrami previews upcoming spring looks from Westwood clothing stores.

Memories of weekend brunch in the dining halls are arguably the culprit behind those often-felt twinges of dorm room nostalgia for students now living in the apartments. But we found a few Los Angeles breakfast joints that will provide a delicious substitute to the dining halls.

This quarter, prime collaborated with Westwind, a campus literary journal, to solicit poetry from UCLA students. Here are our selections.

Homemade strawberry jam
What you’ll need:

1 large pot
1 large saucepan
blender
2 glass jars
2 pounds of fresh strawberries
2 cups sugar
1 lemon

Step 1: Wash the strawberries and cut off the tops so just the fruit remains.