As someone who flew over 8,000 miles to come here for school, I’m no stranger to goodbyes. They’re often tear-filled hugs, drowned out by airline announcements and the sterile scent of disinfectants.

In our new series investigating spaces around campus, opinion columnist Chris Busco talks about makerspaces that have been built around UCLA in recent years.
DB in Place is our latest project to look into different places around us and take a deeper look at why they matter and how they affect our experiences on campus.