We pulled up to Hedrick Hall on a warm September afternoon. My mom’s Honda CR-V was packed with clothes, shower caddiesand twin XL sheets.

I almost didn’t come to UCLA.
Though I had sent in my Statement of Intent in June, whenever people asked whether I was going to transfer to UCLA or return to UC Davis in the fall, I told them I still hadn’t decided.

The Street Hearts may have won JazzReggae Festival’s Battle of the Bands, but they almost didn’t even make it into the competition.

Rapper Common will headline Jam Day as part of the 27th annual JazzReggae Festival, said the festival’s Facebook page on Monday. He will join artists Santigold, the Grouch and Eligh and Ryan McDermott on May 26.