Graduating students call their time at UCLA bittersweet: While they are sad to finish the last year of their undergraduate careers behind a screen, they are excited for what the future holds.

Some Asian students grew up in areas where their ethnic communities weren’t well represented, which affected their relationships with their cultural identities. For these students, the Asian communities at UCLA provided them an opportunity to start embracing themselves fully and openly.

More than 100 people gathered outside the LAPD headquarters Wednesday to protest the fatal Minnesota police shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.
Vigil observers set down candles and flowers to commemorate Wright.

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t stopping some students from celebrating Valentine’s Day with their significant other.
Students in relationships are reimagining their Valentine’s Day plans to limit exposure to public spaces and follow social distancing guidelines – an extension of how they have been spending time with their partner under the constraints of the pandemic.

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 6:51 p.m.
Alan Vargas hopes UCLA will live up to his expectations when he comes to campus in the fall.

Areli Gonzalez danced with joy when she heard former Vice President Joe Biden became the president-elect of the United States.
The fourth-year psychology student, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipient, said she celebrated with her parents and posted the news on social media.

Two new Southeast Asian American student groups hope to create spaces for their respective communities in spite of UCLA’s virtual setting this fall.
The Association of Indonesian Americans, founded in January, hopes to empower and educate Indonesian American students at UCLA.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:00 p.m.
Zoombombers attacked multiple professors and students with racist and homophobic slurs on Monday.
Zoombombing, when people disrupt Zoom meetings by verbally attacking attendees, occurred during remote UCLA classes at least twice Monday.

For Deborah Banner, college almost feels like a missed opportunity.
Banner said she was drawn to UCLA because her community college professors spoke highly of the psychology program, as well as for research opportunities.

This post was updated Aug. 9 at 9:51 a.m.
In 2019, Megan Lynch hurt her hand parking her bike because the bike rack was not accessible, further affecting her pre-existing disability that causes pain in her hands and arms.