The smell of chlorine hits my nose before the water does, waking me up for my morning shift at the pool.
I’m a lifeguard in my hometown.

Latin is a dead language.
Or at least that’s what I’d heard growing up. As a kid, the only time I was confronted with the language was in church, singing hymns I couldn’t hope to translate.

This post was updated April 30 at 8:16 pm. 
Just days after he alleged that financial mismanagement contributed to the university’s $425 million annual deficit, UCLA announced its chief financial officer, Stephen Agostini, was out.

This post was updated March 8 at 7:11 p.m.
The Trump administration delayed the garnishment of wages from student loan borrowers in default, despite announcing its plans to start collecting funds in early January.

This post was updated Jan. 19 at 9:08 p.m.
Life changes quickly for students at UCLA.
It seems like every day there is a new update on meal plans, a department is losing funding or the campus administration has announced a new policy.

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 11:41 p.m.
Just a 20-minute walk from campus, the 1100 Wilshire Federal Building is 17 stories of white concrete and plaster, an image of corporate late modernism at its finest.

This post was updated April 17 at 7:29 p.m.
The future hovers constantly on a college campus – careers, relationships, majors, course schedules. Its presence is always plagued by a certain level of uncertainty.

A group of UCLA fans sat around the Bruin Bear the week of Nov. 17, guarding the statue from any intruding Trojans.
These students – members of the Bruin student section formally known as The Den – take pride in their role upholding UCLA traditions and supporting UCLA Athletics, said Liam Jenny, the director of game day operations for The Den and a third-year atmospheric and oceanic studies and political science student.