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Financial assistance and basic need resources for UCLA students

Bruins reflect on the transition to in-person learning

Exploring Los Angeles’ rich history and culture

Which Bruins performed the best in the Tokyo Olympics

Opinion: It’s OK to feel like you don’t belong

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How to get involved in politics on campus

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Why Bruins chose UCLA and their expectations of what is to come

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Gallery: Exploring Los Angeles thrift stores and flea markets

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Opinion: At UCLA, our diversity is a bedrock for growth

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Opinion: College is a time to learn about new ideas and yourself

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Collaborating to change the U.S.’s largest child welfare system

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Video: UCLA coaches look at the Bruins in the Tokyo Olympics

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Dear incoming Bruins, Bruin Walk, the stretch of concrete and brick path that runs through the heart of UCLA, has hosted generations and generations of Bruins – whether they are drearily walking to their 8 a.m. classes, passing out club flyers or selling Porto’s for a fundraiser. For the past year, however, the hustle and bustle of Bruin Walk were dampened by a mostly empty campus. With any luck, we are about to change that.

It’s not to be understated how much you’ve achieved to get to UCLA. While it is easy to develop impostor syndrome, as our columnist writes on these pages, you deserve to be here. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.

We head onto campus during a period of uncertainty, especially as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues its spread across the country. There is much left unclear about how the pandemic restrictions will manifest in the coming school year. But there is also much left to cover – our fan-favorite men’s basketball team, neighborhood block parties, innovative research and student activism.

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This is where the Daily Bruin comes in. For as long as UCLA has stood, The Bruin has chronicled the stories of its hallowed halls and vibrant communities. The paper exists for the benefit of you, the readers, and aims to bring relevant, accurate and timely information to the communities we serve.

Let this issue serve as a welcoming guide for your time on campus. Enclosed in this magazine you will find ways to access campus and government resources for students, predictions of UCLA’s many athletic teams and advice on how to find your niche on campus.

If you enjoy student-run, independent journalism, do not hesitate to reach out to learn more at dailybruin.com or apply to join our staff. Our applications will remain open until Oct. 4 on apply.uclastudentmedia.com.

Now that you’re officially a Bruin, you’ll be hearing this a lot – congratulations, and welcome to UCLA.

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BY CHRISTINE TRAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARC-ANTHONY ROSAS DESIGNED BY MAYA O’KELLY After a year of online school, students are eager to return to campus this fall. But the reality for many students is that the cost of higher education remains out of reach for those who struggled before – and because of – the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a 2020 report by the University of California Board of Regents’ Special Committee on Basic Needs, 39% of UC undergraduate students said they were food insecure during their time as a UC student. The report added that 5% of UC undergraduates said they were homeless during their enrollment at a UC. Rashida Crutchfield, an associate professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach, said society stigmatizes accessing social services and that marginalized communities have been taught they are weak for using these support systems.

"There is this hesitancy to reach out, even when you need it," Crutchfield said. "I hear students telling me horrific stories about how hard they’re struggling, but then they’ll add, ‘But you know, I can make it.’"

COVID-19 has made it very difficult financially, said Jereme Calhoun, the California director of the Student Navigator Network at Rise. He added that many people asking for help now would not have needed it before the pandemic.

Rise is a national organization and the creator of the Student Navigator Network, through which students can receive case management and oneon-one assistance for basic needs, according to the Rise website.

Calhoun added that some agencies in Los Angeles connect students directly to housing resources. Covenant House, he said, links students to housing services and transitional housing, and the Hollywood LGBT Center has a housing coordinator to support students.

At the federal level, students can receive support and opportunities through programs such as CalFresh and workstudy.

Work-study programs award students with financial aid of about $1,000 to $2,000 throughout the school year

and the summer, according to the UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships website. The work-study award pays for part of students’ salaries, which encourages employers to hire them in the first place.

UCLA also offers the work-study program to international and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient students in financial need.

Katherine Sharp, a third-year education and social transformation and psychology student and work-study student for the White Lab at UCLA, would advise students to prepare a general resume and cover letter in which department names can be switched out. They recommended to begin looking before the start of the quarter and to send out three applications a day.

Sharp said students can also approach professors whose labs they volunteer for to seek out paid work-study positions.

Charlie Grenier, a fourth-year psychology student and a work-study peer counselor, said she recommends trying to get a work-study position in the field relevant to one’s interest. She added that the work-study job board on the myUCLA website has filters students can use to find certain

“We see you and we are glad you’re here. And as a part of making sure that you stay, these services are available to you.”

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positions and additional information on what each job entails.

When it comes to balancing school and work, Grenier said work-study supervisors are typically understanding and flexible about scheduling around classes.

UCLA’s work-study guide states that work-study students can work at most 20 hours a week and can only hold one work-study position at a time. In addition, all work-study

earnings do not count against a student’s financial aid eligibility when submitting a FAFSA application.

Sharp said most students can work past their maximum work-study award for the quarter. For example, if a student is allocated $2,000 a quarter for work study, they can still make more than that amount and the difference will be reported on their FAFSA application, they added.

Another resource is CalFresh, a program that provides monthly food benefits to qualifying individuals so they can buy nutritious food according to the California Department of Social Services website.

It can be used at any grocery store or farmer’s market that accepts it, the website states.

When applying for CalFresh, an individual must provide information on their income, living expenses, citizenship and work status. Most qualifying individuals receive up to $200 each month to go toward food expenses, according to the CDSS. Russell Castro, an administrative coordinator and assistant to the director at the UCLA Community Programs Office, said in an emailed statement that many believe CalFresh eligibility excludes certain student populations, such as those who receive financial aid.

In reality, he said, CalFresh is not based strictly on income and both unemployed students and financial aid recipients qualify for benefits.

Castro added that the UCLA CalFresh Initiative offers in-person and virtual office hours to assist students with the application process.

In addition, students will be able to use CalFresh benefits at ASUCLA eateries beginning this fall because of ASUCLA receiving additional funding through the UCLA Basic Needs Committee, Castro said.

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and colleges to continue marketing their basic needs services and reaching out to students, Crutchfield said. She added that going to basic needs programs must be as normalized as going to the financial aid office.

"We need to reach out to those students and say, ‘We see you and we are glad that you’re here. And as a part of making sure that you stay, these services are available to you,’" she said.

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POLITICS ON CAMPUS

BY SANDRA OCAMPO & ALEXANDRA KAISER ILLUSTRATED BY KATELYN DANG DESIGNED BY CLAIRE SHEN

After working through an online year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, students are looking forward to being part of the UCLA community. For many, this includes advocating for themselves and others.

Reilly Chin, a second-year applied mathematics student and the external vice president for Swipe Out Hunger at UCLA, said last year’s Enormous Activities Fair, an event that showcases UCLA’s student clubs and organizations, was challenging for students in the online format, especially when it came to sifting through the many organizations. Swipe Out Hunger resonated with him because food insecurity was not a commonly discussed topic in his hometown, Chin added. "(I) resonated with Swipes, particularly because food is one of my biggest passions," Chin said. "It’s a very unheard-of topic in college."

Sachi Cooper, the 2020-2021 facilities commissioner for the Undergraduate Students Association Council and a fourth-year geography student, said her advocacy efforts at UCLA began with personal experiences, such as sustainability, local governance and the rise of tuition costs for out-of-state students.

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The Facilities Commission, one of 15 USAC offices, advocates for the accessibility of campus infrastructure and resources for the student population.

The University of California Board of Regents approved a 3.5% tuition increase in 2018. As an out-of-state student herself, Cooper said she was affected by tuition increase talks at the UC Regents level during her freshman year, and she looked toward USAC as a space to advocate against future increases.

USAC President Breeze Velazquez, a fourth-year public affairs and Chicana and Chicano studies student, said she found a space in student government with other first-generation students like herself where students advocated for accessibility and discussed critical conversations at the Academic Affairs Commission. The AAC acts as a representative body on behalf of students and addresses academic affairs and education policies with the UCLA administration.

Velazquez said she was timid as she began her advocacy efforts but grew more comfortable with having difficult conversations and opening up about her own experiences. "(It’s) allowed me to be able to, you know, become more comfortable with the individual I was, able to speak about the individual I am, and it ultimately kind of led me into the role I’m in right now," Velazquez said.

While many projects have had to be changed or even canceled over the past year and a half because of the COVID-19 pandemic, students and clubs are excited to resume in-person advocacy this year.

Swipe Out Hunger’s partnerships with the Alexandria House and People Assisting the Homeless, which provide transitional homes for people in need, were limited only to food delivery last year, Chin said. This year, the club is looking forward to resuming its in-person advocacy, which includes going to homes and cooking meals, allowing club members to interact with the people living there, Chin added.

Sandwiches for Smiles, another Swipe Out Hunger project, will resume this year. Members of the project set up a table of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that are free for any student.

"It’s also really cool because people (in) the overarching UCLA community can literally just come up, make a sandwich

and help out," Chin said. "You don’t have to be in the organization to do so."

With more than 1,000 clubs and student organizations on campus, there is no shortage of advocacy opportunities at UCLA, all of which are located on the UCLA Student Organizations, Leadership and Engagement list.

Cooper said students should base their advocacy on personal experience and interests, adding that UCLA offers the opportunity to broaden those experiences and interests.

"Things that previously in your life that hadn’t really affected you or hadn’t really ... made you feel the need to advocate for something for yourself or for others might stand out a little bit more in college," Cooper added.

For students looking to get involved in advocacy, student leaders recommend keeping an open mind.

Elaine Pham, a fourth-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student and the president of Good Clothes Good People, an organization that provides clothes, hygiene products and school supplies to people in need, said she recognized that finding groups and clubs can be intimidating, but students should not feel deterred from looking.

"Just (make) sure that you’re open to all the orgs that are here at UCLA and kind of not afraid to step out of your comfort zone and use your voice to help others," Pham added.

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“I just can’t wait. I think it’s just going to be like a home away from home, like a safe space for us to just talk about our stories, Black joy, Black excellence, just feed off of each other’s good energies and vibes.”

Black Bruin Resource Center

BY CONSTANZA MONTEMAYOR PHOTOGRAPHED BY ASHLEY KENNEY DESIGNED BY RACHEL KWAN Students expressed enthusiasm for UCLA’s upcoming plans to open the Black Bruin Resource Center as a physical space on campus after its first year of virtual operations.

On June 25, 2020, UCLA confirmed that it would be establishing a Black student resource center on campus – a space dedicated to accommodating and supporting Black students and their needs and organizations. Leaders of the Black student community had been lobbying for a Black resource center since 2017.

The BBRC officially began operations in the summer of 2020, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remained a

virtual space, offering activities and events online only. Now, as UCLA prepares to welcome students back to campus for fall, the center plans to open its doors to welcome the Black student community to their permanently reserved space in Kerckhoff Hall.

The center will include areas designated for community programs and meetings, as well as computers, a printing station, couches, and monitors for students to use. BBRC Interim Director Amanda Finzi-Smith also plans to partner with the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies to conduct research on the center and use survey data to

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“It’s going to be so much easier for everyone to get to know one another ... transfers, freshmen, seniors, everybody.” improve its services and programming.

In addition, Finzi-Smith plans to address mental health and invite Black alumni from a variety of different professions and people from various parts of the university to improve Black students’ familiarity and comfort within the UCLA community.

Many students feel the center will benefit the Black student community on campus and stressed the importance and significance of a space designated specifically for Black students’ organizations and experiences.

Ifeanyi Nwonye, a fourth-year theater student and executive director of Da Verse, a Black a cappella group on campus, believes that the center will come to centralize many Black student organizations and help Black students find and participate in the Black community on campus more easily.

"I think that is going to make it a lot easier for a lot of the new students to just know, ‘OK, I need information about Blackness, go here,’" she said.

Black students make up only about 4% of the student population at UCLA, which can make it more difficult to find a particular community to join within that population, said Nwonye, who is also a member of the event planning committee of the Afrikan Womxn’s Collective at UCLA. Smaller organizations can also struggle to find accessible meeting places before they are reserved for larger established groups, Nwonye added. She plans to utilize the space the BBRC offers for some of Da Verse’s events and auditions.

Dakota Stanly, a fourth-year sociology student, said she believes the center will bring greater awareness to Black organizations on campus and give Black students a familiar, friendly place to feel safe.

Stanly, a co-founder of the Black Student-Athlete Alliance, also hopes that the BBRC will help bridge the gap in community among Black student-athletes and the rest of the Black student community at UCLA. Busy athletic schedules can make it harder for Black student-athletes to join clubs and attend their events, Stanly added.

"I know for sure the Black Student-Athlete Alliance is 100 percent going to be taking advantage of this Black resource center and going there and having meetings," she said. "It’s

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going to be so much easier for everyone to get to know one another ... transfers, freshmen, seniors, everybody."

Wudia Kamara, a third-year economics and preinternational development studies student, said she is excited to use the BBRC’s resources for professional networking and to enjoy it as a convivial space to share with other Black students and experience a closer-knit community.

"I just can’t wait. I think it’s just going to be like a home away from home, like a safe space for us to just talk about our stories, Black joy, Black excellence, just feed off of each other’s good energies and vibes," she said.

Diversity in networking spaces is important to her to feel more comfortable and better understood in a place not usually curated for her background, added Kamara, who is the incoming co-finance director for the Black Business Student Association.

Some students felt that although the center was a step in the right direction, more can still be done for the Black community at UCLA. Mental health is one of her main priorities in improving Black student resources, Kamara said. She hopes that the administration continues to listen to Black student voices with the creation of the BBRC and improve upon their available resources to support their Black community in such issues.

Boston Taylor, a second-year philosophy student, also said the administration should take more concrete action to address other issues many Black students face, such as a need for greater financial aid. He felt developing tutoring and mentorship services within the BBRC could also serve the community, Taylor added.

Financial resources such as scholarships and information about financial literacy would be useful additions to the BBRC, Stanly said.

"I think this was a really big step, and the Black Resource Center, all the people working in it, all the staff, they’re doing as much as they possibly can, especially since they were online," Stanly said. "I think it’s going to be, all around, a really great place."

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From laptops to lecture halls

BY NICOLE WU

ILLUSTRATED BY KATELYN DANG

Alas, we can say goodbye to the tiny gray Zoom boxes and hello to lecture halls and discussion tables.

As fall quarter approaches, many Bruins are looking forward to in-person learning environments. With the challenges online learning presented, the move back to campus classrooms is a rather welcome one.

Fifth-year English transfer student Bryce Brewer said the hardest part of being online was not being able to meet anybody, as every class felt like a one-on-one conversation with his professor.

"There was always this feeling of eeriness. ... I felt like I was in limbo," Brewer said. "Since they’re all in the same exact environment and just in my room, ... (classes) just felt like everything was melted together."

Third-year physiological science student Anushka Chauhan said that being online made it difficult to forge relationships.

"It was hard to create new friendships, bond with other students and find study groups because everything was

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online, so it made it a little bit harder to study," Chauhan said.

International students also had the added challenge of vast time zone differences. Chauhan said that even though she lives in the Bay Area, she took spring quarter classes in India, often waking up at 4 a.m.

"There were times where I couldn’t access my assignments because of technological errors," Chauhan said. "Luckily, most of my professors and TAs were understanding of my situation, but from that quarter being abroad, I realized how difficult online learning has been for international students."

With the transition back to in-person learning, though, Bruins from near and far will be making a long-awaited appearance on campus and have the opportunity for a more normal college experience.

Second-year anthropology student Ahmad Rajwany said that he is looking forward to the motivation he will get from seeing other people working hard.

"I find as an extrovert, thriving off the actual physical energy

and presence of people – I think that’s a big deal," Rajwany said. "I thrive off of that, and I think a lot of other people as well might thrive off of that."

Brewer said he is excited to be able to talk to professors and TAs after class and be in the physical presence of a classroom.

"To be sitting in desks and chairs right next to other students, there’s just a different feeling. You just feel like you’re actually in a community," Brewer said.

Chauhan added that she is looking forward to finding a community in her classes and making new friends.

"With everything through Zoom, it’s really convenient to be able to just turn off your camera and mute yourself, but at the same time, it makes it really hard to meet other people," Chauhan said.

While the transition to in-person learning holds many exciting promises, Bruins also understand that it will present challenges of its own.

Chauhan said that taking tests in-person will require adjustments. While many exams were once open note, returning to campus means that rewatching lectures and referring to notes during tests will be a lot more difficult.

"I feel like that’ll be challenging for students, but I feel like professors will be understanding," Chauhan said. "So I think they’ll gradually help students adapt to that change."

Rajwany also said that time management will be important, especially with the commute to class. As a student with a

North Campus major and South Campus pre-med classes, Rajwany has to walk between both corners of campus every day.

"That’s definitely going to be hard, rather than having a lecture in 10 minutes and just turning my computer on to the next Zoom," Rajwany said.

Brewer said that dealing with a heightened sense of competition during in-person classes will be challenging but compared the experience to driving on a highway.

"You’re going your own speed, and you’re just focusing on what’s in front of you. Obviously, you’ll see a lot of people going past you, but you (have to) focus on yourself and not worry about other cars," Brewer said. "You just look in front of you, follow your own map, your own ways, your own exits, your entrances."

Transitioning to campus may be strange for some Bruins who had little to no time on campus before lockdown began.

"Once the pandemic happened, I spent the rest of my freshman year and sophomore year online, and I’m going back this fall as a junior, so it definitely feels strange because I still feel like a freshman," Chauhan said.

It is only a matter of time before we enter a new chapter and see Bruin Walk bustling with activity from both new and returning students.

"I’m hoping everyone is really happy to make connections, work together, study together and have really meaningful conversations as Bruins," Brewer said.

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With thousands of students either stepping foot on campus for the first time or reentering the realm of college life, the return to UCLA this fall will be unlike any other.

The transition will be especially momentous for those who have not yet experienced on-campus life. To mark the beginning of a special school year, The Quad interviewed incoming transfers and rising second-year students who have yet to attend UCLA in person. Join us as we hear about what makes UCLA special to them and what they look forward to the most.

Third-year English student Grace LaPlante said she has pictured herself at UCLA for a long time.

"UCLA has been my dream school since I was a little girl. Everything I’ve ever done has been working toward going to UCLA," LaPlante said. "And really nothing beats the feeling I get when I’m telling people now that I’m going to be a Bruin."

Third-year communication student Simi Rehill said she was attracted to UCLA’s high caliber of education.

"One thing that made me choose UCLA over other schools is the quality (of) education that you get from going to such a prestigious school," Rehill said.

However, UCLA education is not limited to the confines of campus. Rehill said she is looking forward to the multitude of educational opportunities offered by the bustling city of Westwood and beyond.

"I think you can experience a lot of positive growth when you put yourself in a new challenging and exciting environment, which is what you get not just from attending UCLA but living in Los Angeles," Rehill said.

Third-year political science student Megan Aves said UCLA’s prestige left a deep impression on her and her parents, but visiting campus beforehand sealed the deal for her.

"I remember vividly students on hammocks tied up on trees. I know a group of students were actually playing ... Spikeball on the field," Aves said. "And so that environment really developed into a factor for me."

Second-year pre-human biology and society student

I think you can experience a lot of positive growth when you put yourself in a new challenging and exciting environment, which is what you get not just from attending UCLA but living in Los Angeles.

-Simi Rehill Faith Lee said the vibrant city and weather played significant roles in her decision, but the most prominent factor was what current students had to say about UCLA. "I talked to former and incoming as well as current students on their experience with UCLA, and they all had a lot of really positive things to say," Lee said. "They were much more enthusiastic than some of the other students I talked to who go to other schools."

Second-year economics student Katrina Raab said UCLA felt like the perfect distance away from home for her.

"I actually don’t live that far away from UCLA," Raab

said. "But then I realized it’s far enough for me to be independent and ... experience that college life and be in the dorms and everything, but then I can still be close enough to home."

As the school year approaches, new Bruins also look forward to the many events and locations open to them as students.

"I’m really excited to visit Powell Library because I really love reading in libraries, and Powell Library is such an iconic and historic part of the campus," Rehill said.

LaPlante said she is excited to explore Westwood and live in a big city such as LA. She added that being a sports girl at heart, she is most excited to watch the athletic games.

"I’m most excited for football games at the Rose Bowl and basketball games in Pauley Pavilion," LaPlante said.

For Aves, LA has always been her second home, especially having grown up there until the age of six.

"I’m excited to experience Los Angeles as a grown adult," Aves said. "I am also ready to just immerse myself in the college culture and experience the LA culture."

Aves said she hopes to attend local playhouses and

movie premieres as well as partake in a number of UCLA traditions.

"I’m ready to learn all the traditions that UCLA has to offer, anything that gets students through finals, anything crazy like that," Aves said.

On the other hand, Lee is most excited to meet some of the incoming students and eat at the dining halls.

"I feel like I missed out on a lot of new student type of stuff, so I’m excited to be able to explore Westwood and make up for all the activities I couldn’t do this year," Lee said.

Sharing Lee’s sentiments, Raab said she is excited to experience activities that were not possible given the virtual format of the last school year.

"I’m excited to at least have some interaction or be able to go on campus and explore and go to different buildings," Raab said. "I feel like there’s more that I want to do like intramural sports ... like rock climbing ... or archery ... but also (get involved) in more academic clubs."

After facing numerous uncertainties and hardships, new Bruins are excited for all that UCLA has to offer and to return to a state of normalcy.

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Clarissa Arjona is spreading positivity and artistry one page at a time.

Through posting bullet journal spreads on her Instagram, the third-year history student uses her passion for fine art to draw attention to social issues and share organizational tips. From strawberries in the summertime to "Gilmore Girls" in the fall, Arjona said she draws inspiration for her aesthetically pleasing pages from the world around her. She said she uses the account to showcase her planner to friends and family, while also creating a space of inspiration for others who journal.

"I like getting really creative with it," Arjona said. "During the quarter, it’s been really helpful for me to de-stress, and also to keep up with drawing and calligraphy."

Bullet journaling piqued Arjona’s interest in her senior year of high school after she said one of her favorite teachers recommended it as a way to stay organized through the chaos of school. She enjoyed doodling in her free time, but amid the stress of school, opportunities to sit down and draw became sparse, she said. Bullet journaling provided a way for her to create her own planner and stay organized, she said, while also incorporating her creativity through the opportunities of each page.

The inspiration for Arjona’s spreads comes from everyday experiences, she said. Different months have different themes, and she said there is always a meaning behind them. Each month also has a positive quote that Arjona said she chooses to augment the theme. For the month of May, the theme was Tetris and the quote incorporated the word "fall" to mirror the falling of the game pieces. Keeping up with each month in her bullet journal helps her de-stress, and she said her friends can always tell when she’s going through a difficult time because her journal hasn’t been kept up to date.

"I love making little themes, and sometimes I get inspired by my own life," Arjona said. "I did a travel theme in my planner, and it was all the places I wanted to go. Right now, it’s strawberries because they remind me of summer."

Fourth-year Chicana and Chicano studies student Giselle Melendez said Arjona’s bullet journal account is engaging because of its range of designs. Her ability to create spreads that are both fun and raise awareness for important issues makes Arjona stand out from other bullet journal

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accounts, Melendez said. One month’s theme was reflective of the Postal Service crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic due to an overflow of online orders, which Melendez said drew attention to the cause through a combination of art and activism.

"A lot of them center around political subjects," Melendez said. "I think that’s very important because the other (accounts) will focus on just aesthetics, so I really enjoy the fact that (Arjona) can incorporate those things."

Creating her account also allowed her to connect with a positive community of other students who journal, Arjona said. By following other accounts that inspire her, Arjona said she continues to make spreads that are both enjoyable to look at and individualized to meet her specific planning needs. By connecting with other college students who like to bullet journal, Arjona said the community serves as a fun place to chat as well as a networking opportunity to ask career questions with other journalers pursuing similar career paths.

UCLA alumnus and Arjona’s roommate Gabriella Hernandez said part of what makes Arjona’s bullet journal account appealing is that she is open to sharing her techniques.

In their sorority, Hernandez said Arjona hosted workshops where she taught others how to achieve the aesthetically pleasing spreads that she posts on her Instagram page.

Hernandez said Arjona’s lack of gatekeeping when extending her organizational skills contributes to the authenticity of her account.

"Everyone tells her that she’s the most organized person, so she’s always sharing what works for her," Hernandez said.

"She’s always eager to help folks, and (she’s) never one to brag. If I tell her (to) teach me how to (do calligraphy), she’ll sit down and teach me until I’m content with it."

Ultimately, Arjona said bullet journals should be individualized to reflect the needs and skills of the creator.

The goal of her account is simply to share inspiration with others hoping to expand their bullet journal spreads and to showcase her own journal to friends and family.

Creating a space where people close to her can support an endeavor that she is invested in makes her account special, she said.

"My family is really supportive and so are all of my friends," Arjona said. "They’ve hyped me up so much (so) I feel like it’s a big space of positivity for me."

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“I think (32 Acres) invites the audience to think about their own relationship to Los Angeles, and how they move through the city, how they inhabit the city, how they see the city and also how the city has affected their lives.”

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Los Angeles State Historic Park’s story is expanding beyond its 32 acres.

Presented by the Center Theatre Group in association with the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, 32 Acres is an immersive sound experience at the LA State Historic Park running until Sept. 29. The site-specific soundwalk functions via an app, guiding users through the namesake 32 acres with narration, sound and music about the historic park and Los Angeles as a whole. Creator and associate theater professor Marike Splint said the project aims to be a contemplative experience for viewers around the evolving history of the City of Angels.

"LA is always playing a game with history. ... It’s always in the process of reinventing itself and thinking about what it can become next," Splint said. "And so for me, it is more (about) becoming aware of the attitude the city has towards history than an actual history lesson."

While the project and the park are about LA history, Splint said 32 Acres also delves into the present and future of LA. The park opened temporarily in 2001 and recently reopened in 2017, but Splint said there is a deeper history beneath the park’s growing trees and young appearance. Splint said the city’s first transcontinental railroad depot was kept buried underneath the grounds to preserve and recognize the area’s history as Tongva land and a flood plain – giving 32 Acres layers to work with.

The piece is also timely to COVID-19 pandemic life because of its independent format, said Stewart Blackwood, an app developer and technical sound designer. While typical exhibits might have permanent displays, Blackwood said the individualized app format transforms the park into a piece of art and history on a user’s own path. To do so, Blackwood said he created story points based on restricted latitude and longitude values to allow the app to personalize experiences, in which time spent at a location correlates to how much music and narration a user hears.

Technical tools like story points allowed the creative team to tweak the sound experience themselves, Blackwood said. Jonathan Snipes, a continuing lecturer in the theater department and the sound designer, composer and sound implementer, said he often frequented the park to familiarize

himself with routes and record what the areas sound like. He said he then blended nature sounds and recurring noises, such as the church bells or passing trains, along with background clamor typically eliminated from specialized sound pieces.

"The interesting thing to me about a field recording practice and a recording audio practice is that you learn to turn your frustrations into assets or into themes, and you learn to lean into them because there’s not anything you can do about the annoyance," Snipes said.

These recordings of the LA State Historic Park took time to become a unified thematic piece, Snipes said. He said he interwove the initial sound design and composition with themes that originated from later inspirations, such as how the decision to rewind back to the train station’s turntable led to the concept of scrubbing away time and memory both sonically and thematically. Elements such as the rewinding were joined by acoustic instruments like the kalimba and piano, and Snipes said most of what sounds like synthesizers are actually pitched versions of park recordings that were filtered and processed.

While the soundtrack guides visitors through the park by prompting them to perceive their surroundings on a deeper level, it also includes the voices of Angelenos. Splint said 32 Acres crowdsourced approximately 1,500 recordings on concepts such as what LA tastes or sounds like, which Snipes said he then layered to create a cobblestone tapestry.

For Splint, elements such as the voices of Angelenos contribute to the characterization of the greater LA area through a dynamic, mutual relationship between the city and residents. To create a newfound attentiveness, Snipes said he musicalizes sounds taken for granted to elicit an emotional response that will be different for each listener. Heard at the same time, Splint’s poetic essay gives structured information about the city and park, but she said she enjoys how people will encounter experiences that are not controlled by the app, such as nearby people and their dogs or kites flying overhead.

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The National Council of Jewish Women opened the first Council Shop in 1924. The store has since expanded to seven locations and aims to serve immigrants in Los Angeles.

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The San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission’s Reseda Super Thrift is located on Sherman Way. The Rescue Mission was founded in 1998 and has multiple locations.

In collaboration with San Fernando Valley churches, the Rescue Mission aims to provide shelter programs for people experiencing homelessness.

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Berenice Mieto (second from left), supervisor of the Reseda store, smiles with her workers who manage most of the shop themselves.

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The Melrose Trading Post is held every Sunday at Fairfax High School, featuring new and returning vendors each week.

Annabella Wu, a freelance designer based in LA, sells handmade garments at the flea market. Wu has been a vendor at the Melrose Trading Post since 2020.

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The Van Nuys Salvation Army store location not only offers clothing and accessories, but it also allocates half the building for furniture and other items. It also offers a drop box for donations.

2021-2022 Season Previews With the 2021-2022 season for UCLA Athletics beginning this month, the Daily Bruin Sports staff takes a look at the expectations for all 21 varsity teams, discussing the best and worst-case scenarios for each team along with one key storyline surrounding each roster.

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Men’s Basketball Worst case: Mid-tier Pac-12 On the other hand, remember five months ago when UCLA lost four straight games before just barely making the NCAA tournament? The Bruins struggled down the stretch last year and, with essentially the same team coming back, it could certainly happen again. If Juzang comes back down to earth after his all-time performance in March, UCLA will face the difficulties of finding scoring from the edges of its roster that lack any sort of scoring punch. The Bruins’ floor will come with their defense, which should rank among the best in the country with coach Mick Cronin on the sidelines, but it’s a very real possibility that the team’s offense derails any sort of honeymoon season.

Best case: National champions Remember four months ago when UCLA was cutting down the nets en route to its first Final Four appearance since 2008?

When the Bruins were a miraculous half-court shot away from advancing to the national championship game? With the whole team coming back, there’s nothing stopping UCLA from repeating that and more in 2022. Rising junior guard Johnny Juzang’s return is a big boost for the Bruins’ chances of repeated success, and if he can play as he did in March and April of 2021, then the sky’s the limit. New additions – like five-star forward Peyton Watson and Rutgers graduate transfer center Myles Johnson – can elevate the ceiling for this year’s team even beyond last year’s overachievement.

Gymnastics Best case: National champions With the amount of talent coming to NCAA gymnastics next year, UCLA would need a lot to go right for it to be crowned national champions when all’s said and done – but it’s certainly within the realm of possibility. After a rebuilding year in which the Bruins simultaneously lost one of the greatest classes in collegiate history and added a much smaller freshman class than expected because of Olympic-related deferrals, the blue and gold will welcome the No. 1 freshman class in the nation to Westwood in 2021. If that class of seven gymnasts performs anything like the class that came in following the 2016 Rio Olympics, UCLA will be primed for a return to the top of the rankings. And if the returners can build on their ample experience from last year, the Bruins will be in contention for another title.

Worst case: Third place in PAC 12 Even if UCLA doesn’t hoist the trophy at the end of the season, it would be hard to imagine it finishing outside of the top three in the Pac-12. Despite last season being the Bruins’ worst since 2006, they finished just short of a top-10 national ranking. But if the freshmen don’t quite reach their potential in their first season and UCLA’s woes on beam continue for a third consecutive year, the Bruins could slip back into the lower half of the top 10 and finish behind conference rivals Utah and California.

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Storyline to watch: Peyton Watson’s integration The overwhelming narrative surrounding this year’s team will be the Final Four run from last campaign, but the more interesting narrative for this current team will be the integration of Watson. This is uncharted territory for Cronin, who has coached just two five-stars in his collegiate headcoaching career that dates back to 2003. UCLA hasn’t even had a five-star recruit take the court for the team since Moses Brown, Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes in 2019. The question will be whether or not Cronin gives minutes and a substantial role to Watson early in the season based on his talent, or if Watson will start in a limited role like most Cronin recruits do in their first year.

Storyline to watch: Freshmen transition from elite to college gymnastics NCAA gymnastics is unique in that competition does not necessarily become more difficult as athletes make the transition from high school to college. In fact, for gymnasts that reach the elite level of competition, the difficulty of college routines is considerably easier than what they’re accustomed to. Instead, NCAA competition forces gymnasts to focus on the perfect execution of easier skills. For some elite gymnasts, that transition can take some time – and with six former elites making their collegiate debuts for UCLA next season, that transition will be a critical factor in the Bruins’ success.

Women’s Basketball Best case: Deep March Madness run UCLA women’s basketball has reloaded its roster with four transfers, one freshman recruit and the addition of four players who were not with the team last season. The Bruins struggled with injuries and depth last season, so new faces like redshirt senior forward Ilmar’I Thomas – the ninthleading scorer in the NCAA last season with Cincinnati – and sophomore forwards Izzy Anstey and Angela Dugalić – two of the three tallest players on the roster – will be key to a deep postseason run. The team that coach Cori Close called the "second-most talented roster we’ve had" could have the necessary balance of depth, experience and talent to bounce back this year after UCLA failed to make the Sweet Sixteen last season for the first time since 2015.

Storyline to watch: A new leader on offense For each of the past three seasons, the Bruins were led in scoring by Onyenwere. With the forward now playing for the New York Liberty, the Bruins must find a new source of go-to offense. Junior guard Charisma Osborne and graduate student guard Natalie Chou – the second- and third-leading scorers last season, respectively – will look to shoulder much of the load. Fun storylines to watch include who else can step up and how Close reorients the offense, particularly with the major roster changes. After contributing 17 points and a team-leading 3.8 assists per game last season while also earning Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honors, Osborne in particular could make another leap in her first year without Onyenwere by her side.

Worst case: Middle of the conference A significant roster shift rarely comes without its hurdles on the court. In a contrary outlook, the Bruins could struggle to find momentum and display an overall lack of chemistry throughout the regular season. It doesn’t help that they play in perhaps the most competitive conference in the country. Stanford and Arizona matched up in the national championship game last season, marking the first time two Pac-12 schools have been the last two teams standing, while another two – UCLA and Oregon – were also ranked in the top 15 of the postseason Coaches Poll. If the loss of forward Michaela Onyenwere hits the team harder than expected, it could lead to an inconsistent regular season and another early exit in the NCAA tournament.

Football Best case: Win the Pac-12 UCLA was under .500 a year ago, but its overall margin of defeat was just 15 points. Somehow, the Bruins were a few bounces of the ball from not only being 4-3 but potentially having a perfect season in the shortened seven-game campaign. The team returns most of its key players, and with an experienced Dorian Thompson-Robinson entering his senior season at the helm of the offense, the Bruins could feasibly challenge the rest of the lesserquality Pac-12 South. From there, winning the conference would just be one game against the North champion.

Worst case: Sixthstraight sub-.500 season If the Bruins are under .500 again, it will just be more of the same old, same old in Westwood. Coach Chip Kelly has been stubborn to change in the past, and his same unimaginative offense could come back to bite the

team again this year. Thompson-Robinson and his 30 career turnovers have also been part of the problem, and he didn’t totally buck the trend last year as he still averaged a takeaway per game. If Kelly and Thompson-Robinson show us more of the same, it will be another long season in Westwood.

Storyline to watch: The nonconference schedule A Chip Kelly-coached UCLA team has never won a nonconference game, but the Bruins have the opportunity to make some noise if they turn that around this season. A win against Hawai’i to open the season would be big in its own right, but the second game of the campaign will be key.

If UCLA can steal a win against 2020 national champion LSU on its home field, it could spell the beginning of a successful season. It would be even more pronounced if the team follows it up with a win against Fresno State in its third game and starts the year 3-0.

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Softball Best case: National champions Rachel Garcia’s UCLA career is finished, leaving the Bruins tasked with reaching their seventh straight Women’s College World Series without her. The good news is they’ve already proven they can succeed without the defending Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. In 2020, while Garcia and fellow All-American utility Bubba Nickles sat the year out to train with Team USA, UCLA went 25-1 and was ranked number No. 1 before the pandemic abruptly ended its season. Heading into 2022, the Bruins look nearly identical to the team robbed of a deep postseason run by COVID-19. Factor in the experience the group gained during its WCWS run in 2021, and UCLA has what it takes to add another national championship to its NCAArecord 12 in 2022.

Worst case: NCAA Super Regionals exit One successful season without Garcia and Nickles two years ago doesn’t automatically equate to another one this season. Garcia – the only twotime outright winner of the aforementioned Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award – is arguably the greatest two-way player in the history of collegiate softball. Losing her career .337 batting average and 1.43 ERA takes a cut out of both UCLA’s offensive and defensive productivity, as does the loss

Baseball Best case: Middle of the pack in Pac-12 2022 is sure to be a rebuilding year for the Bruins, who lost their leaders in nearly every offensive category as well as the heart of their pitching staff to the MLB Draft last month.

Despite being preseason favorites to take the conference last season, UCLA fell to the No. 4 spot in the Pac-12 behind Arizona, Oregon and Stanford, going 18-12 in conference play.

The draft took 10 Bruins, while only three drafted players will leave Stanford, four will leave Oregon and seven will depart from Arizona. Now, with UCLA’s entire starting rotation and the majority of its starting lineup out the door, it will take time for the blue and gold to be able to rework the makeup of its team.

Buoying the Bruins’ chances of a return to form is their talentladen class of recruits, ranked No. 4 by Baseball America. But coach John Savage will have a tall task at hand to revamp almost every aspect of his young club before they are ready to contend with the best of the Pac-12.

Worst case: End season under .500 and without a postseason berth Even with last year’s phenoms in the lineup, the Bruins dipped in and out of the rankings and could only make it to a regional in the postseason. Now, with new faces entering the program and only a handful of players left who got significant playing time in the Lubbock Regional, the Bruins could find

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of Nickles’ career .357 batting average and Olympic-level defense. We’ll never know how the star duo-less 2020 roster would have fared in the postseason, but last season’s team with both Olympians almost missed the WCWS after losing its first game of the Super Regionals. Playing for a UCLA softball program with the most national championships and WCWS appearances brings added pressure to every postseason run, and this could be the year the Bruins fall short of the WCWS for the first time since 2015.

Storyline to watch: Maya Brady’s potential stardom Rising redshirt sophomore utility Maya Brady was named the Softball America Freshman Player of the Year in 2020 after hitting .356, slugging .699 and tying for a team-best 28 RBIs. Last season, Brady continued her success by tying for the UCLA lead with 14 home runs, including one that made her go viral. Following her first home run of the 2021 season, Maya Brady’s uncle – seven-time Super Bowl Champion quarterback Tom Brady – jokingly tweeted that his niece was the most dominant athlete in the Brady family. The official MLB Twitter account tweeted the quote to its 9 million followers, stating, "Maya Brady hits rockets." With Garcia gone, Brady is now the most famous UCLA softball player and likely the Bruins’ best hitter as well. Thanks to her talent and last name, an even stronger 2022 campaign could see Brady earn more national awards and attention than the average collegiate softball star.

themselves unable to win even half of their contests this season as they work to rebuild the team, possibly finishing the 2022 season without a postseason berth for the first time in five years. Should key players, such as the Karros brothers – rising sophomore corner infielder Kyle and rising junior righthander Jared – and rising sophomore right-hander Max Rajcic, be unable to fill in as leaders on the new team, the chances for a winning season remain in question for this year’s squad.

Storyline to watch: Out with the old, in with the new The one thing the draft did not tear into was the Bruins’ top-ranked incoming freshman class. Of the 13 players who signed to join UCLA this year, only one will depart for the majors, leaving the class mostly intact to bolster a strippeddown Bruin club. Among the incoming class is left-hander Gage Jump, who after deciding not to sign with the San Diego Padres after being drafted last month could take over a spot in the UCLA rotation. Outfielder Nick McLain, brother of newly-minted Cincinnati Red and former Bruin shortstop Matt McLain, has the potential to provide a productive bat in the lineup.

Women’s Soccer Best case: College Cup appearance In its 2020-2021 campaign, UCLA women’s soccer only lost one match en route to its first Pac-12 title since 2014. The Bruins eventually bowed out of the NCAA tournament on a penalty shootout just one game shy of a quarterfinal matchup with the eventual champions. With seven returning starters, including most of the attacking core, and a seven-player 2021 recruiting class, UCLA can rely on its deep squad. This team, infused with veteran leadership and young talent, will look to build upon last year to win back-to-back conference championships and reach the College Cup for the second time in three years.

Worst case: Upper-tier Pac-12 Of the five departing seniors from last year, three were anchors on the defensive backline. Lucy Parker and Karina Rodriguez started and ended the season as the team’s center-back pairing, while Jacey Pederson, playing leftback, was one of four Bruins to start all 17 games. Without this trio of defenders on the roster, UCLA could potentially concede more goals than its third-ranked defense in the conference did last year. But rising junior defender Brianne

Riley, rising sophomore midfielder Michaela Rosenbaum and rising sophomore defender Dasia Torbert all showcased their defensive presence last season and will have to do so again in 2021, especially when facing offensive-minded opponents like Arizona State, USC and Stanford. The returning defenders, along with the three incoming freshmen defenders, will need to fill the gap on the back end or UCLA could slip into the middle of the pack in one of the most competitive conferences in the country.

Storyline to watch: The attacking duo of Reilyn Turner and Mia Fishel In 2021, for the second consecutive year, a freshman led the Bruins in scoring. A year after rising junior forward Mia Fishel recorded 14 goals in her then-freshman season in Westwood, rising sophomore forward Reilyn Turner followed it up with 11 scores of her own in seven fewer games. With Fishel occupying the ‘9’ role in the center of the offense and Turner out on the wing, the attacking versatility of the duo enabled at least one of them to record a goal or assist in all but one match last season. In the attacking tandem’s first year together, Turner and Fishel combined for 17 goals – nearly half of the team’s total tally – and 11 assists. Now, with established chemistry between the two, the duo will form one of the most dangerous attacking pairings in the nation.

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BY JON CHRISTON, FRANCIS MOON, SAM SETTLEMAN, BRYAN PALMERO, OLIVIA SIMONS DESIGNED BY LAUREN HO

Of the 40 future, current or former UCLA athletes who competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 15 athletes won 16 total medals – seven golds, seven silvers and two bronze medals. With this in mind, Daily Bruin Sports editors picked which Bruin athletes had the best performance at the Summer Games.

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Jrue Holiday: USA, Men’s Basketball USA men’s basketball was struggling early on.

With two losses in exhibition contests heading into the 2020 Olympics, just the third and fourth exhibition losses for Team USA since c o u rt e sy o f STEPHEN GOSLING/ n ba e v i a g e t t y i mag e s 1992, many were starting to doubt if the team would be able to uphold the American legacy and win its fourth straight gold medal.

Then, Jrue Holiday – fresh off his first NBA title – arrived in Tokyo.

Just days after Holiday’s Milwaukee Bucks finished off the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the guard was rushed into action – playing a team-high in minutes in Team USA’s opener against France after a 17-hour overnight flight across the Pacific the night before.

Jon Christon, Sports editor While the team lost that game too, one thing was clear: Holiday was the missing piece the team needed to win, and coach Gregg Popovich leaned on him heavily. From that point on, Holiday started each game, finishing with the second-most minutes played on the team behind only Kevin Durant.

With Holiday in the starting lineup, the Americans went 5-0 with a 25.4-point margin of victory. Individually, Holiday averaged 10.6 points and nearly four rebounds and assists per game over that stretch.

Holiday’s most important contribution was his defense, routinely locking up the other team’s best perimeter player with ease. Just ask Iran’s Behnam Yakhchali Dehkordi, Czech Republic’s Tomas Satoransky or Australia’s Patty Mills.

In the game that won Team USA gold, Holiday once again flashed his defensive acumen, holding France’s Evan Fournier to just 16 points on 5-of-15 shooting after he scored 28 points in the opener. Holiday also scored 11 points of his own to help the Americans stand atop the podium.

Holding up his first gold medal just weeks after hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy, it’s hard to imagine a much better Olympic experience than the one Holiday had – UCLA athlete or not.

Jessie Fleming: Canada, Women’s Soccer With two kicks, Jessie Fleming may have prompted the fall of a global powerhouse while jump-starting the rise of another.

The Canadian midfielder, who played for UCLA women’s soccer from 2016-2019, scored not one but two penalty kicks that proved pivotal to helping the Canadian women’s soccer team win its first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

The first penalty kick came in the 74th minute of the semifinal game against the United States and resulted in the only score of the matchup. The eventual 1-0 victory was the first for Canada over the United States in more than two decades and just its fourth in 62 meetings.

Fleming’s second make from the penalty spot came in the 67th minute of the gold-medal game against Sweden, this time with Canada trailing 1-0. The former Bruin’s goal became critical for the second consecutive game, with her team prevailing 3-2 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 tie after extra time.

With the tournament win, Fleming helped the Canadian women’s soccer team stand atop the podium for the first time since the sport was added to the Games in 1996. And with

Francis Moon, assistant Sports editor the Americans losing their second match of the event after previously winning 44 straight, Fleming may have helped spark a shift of power in c o u rt e sy o f DANIELA PORCELLI/ cana da s o c c e r international women’s soccer, where she has already made a name for herself.

Since making her senior international debut in 2013 at 15 years old to become the second-youngest player to ever play for Canada, the Ontario native has earned 89 caps and two World Cup team selections.

Still just 23 years old, the midfielder has already made history for both her country and alma mater and has the chance to steer Canadian women’s soccer into a new era.

Maddie Musselman: USA, Women’s Water Polo If an athlete goes to the Olympics, wins a gold medal and is named tournament MVP, they can make an argument that they are the greatest player on the planet in their sport.

Enter UCLA women’s water polo redshirt senior Maddie Musselman.

The attacker played an integral role in completing the Olympic three-peat for Team USA in Tokyo. After a blowout win in the quarterfinals, Musselman scored five goals in the semifinal before tacking on three more to close out Spain in the gold medal game with the greatest margin of victory ever

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recorded in an Olympic final.

Musselman’s 18 total goals coupled with her suffocating defense and countless other intangibles earned her the title as the best player at the Olympics and simultaneously certified her Olympic performance above that of any other Bruin.

But it was never going to be a fair fight, because this wasn’t Musselman’s first rodeo.

A year after committing to UCLA, an 18-year-old Musselman made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games. The moment

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was never too bright for Musselman, who scored 12 goals during the tournament en route to her first gold and was named to the Olympic AllTournament Team.

In her freshman season with the Bruins, the attacker erupted for a UCLA freshman record 69 goals to lead her team.

Eric Filia: USA, Baseball Let’s engage in a wee bit of tomfoolery.

Objectively speaking, winning silver pales in comparison to capturing the gold. But in an argument shrouded in subjectivity, why can’t the contrary hold true? After all, it’s a fitting perspective for the player known for being quite the jester on the Bruins’ 2013 national championship team.

In all seriousness, former UCLA baseball outfielder Eric Filia and the United States are walking away from the Tokyo Olympics with a silver medal in tow, and we should be impressed.

The Seattle Mariners prospect slashed .263/.391/.316 at the games, tied for second in bases stolen, and with his country, stole our hearts in the process.

His performance coincided with baseball’s return to the quadrennial sporting tradition and came amid his tumultuous half-decade spent in the minor leagues. The starting right fielder had endured through multiple suspensions, a failed physical and the league-wide COVID-19 hiatus before he found his place with the red, white and blue.

Rai Benjamin: USA, Track & Field

The accolades poured in, but the Bruins came up shy in the national title game. Musselman led UCLA in goals once more in 2018 and again in 2019, but the national championship trophy never found its way to Westwood.

With the two-time Olympic gold medalist preparing to return to the Bruins for one last dance, UCLA might just be celebrating an NCAA championship and rewriting its record books in May. Regardless of what happens next, Musselman has established herself as one of the greatest to ever do it – both with the blue and gold and the red, white and blue. No one else on this list can say the same.

Bryan Palmero, assistant Sports editor These games carried the future of Filia’s career, the weight of an entire country and the fate of its national sport.

When all was said and done, the silver medal finish marked Team USA’s best performance in the sport in more than two decades. c o u rt e sy o f USA BASEBALL With baseball taking a temporary absence during the 2024 Paris Games but potentially returning as a fixture in Los Angeles in 2028, Filia and his team’s accomplishments should be enough to inspire a nation the next time we hear bats swing.

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Jrue Holiday, Jessie Fleming, Maddie Musselman and My fellow editors may have argued that it isn’t just about Eric Filia. All four Bruin athletes have one thing in common: the medals, but about the history of a medal, the meaning winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. behind a medal or someone’s individual statistics on their But while earning a medal is an accomplishment in itself, of medal-winning team. But if you want the clear-cut answer to the 15 total Bruin medalists at the Olympics this summer, only the question about who performed the best in Tokyo, a doubleone stood on the podium twice. medal finish – and a silver and gold-medal finish at that – Former UCLA track and field athlete Rai Benjamin nabbed should be that answer. both a silver and a gold medal in his two events in Tokyo, However, if a two-medal showing isn’t already enough handing him the most to qualify him as the best Bruin performer in the medals earned of any Olympics, Benjamin earned his silver medal while past, present or future also besting the prior world record in the event and Bruin in the Games this recording the fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles year. in U.S. history.

The former one-year Norway’s Karsten Warholm held the world record in wonder at UCLA from the event leading into the race, and while Benjamin 2016-2017 secured a beat Warholm’s record by over half a second, he second-place finish in the still fell behind the reigning record-holder by 0.23 men’s 400-meter hurdles seconds. while later anchoring Not only will Benjamin return home from the Team USA in its goldOlympics equipped with two new pieces of hardware, medal performance in the he will also go down in American history in a race for c o u rt e sy o f USATF 4x400-meter relay. the ages.

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DIVERSITY IS OPPORTUNITY

BY PAYTON KAMMERER ILLUSTRATED BY ASHLEY SHUE-LIH KO DESIGNED BY BENNY ZHANG The first time I felt the impact of UCLA’s diversity was during New Student Orientation.

When things were in person and we could freely get close to strangers, you could feel the social tension between the incoming students – a palpable manifestation of the evergreen desire to find friends clashing with the intimidation of a brand-new environment.

Sorted into a group of about 10 other first years, we got our first chance to get to know one another beyond the ubiquitous name-and-major conversational routine.

Until a few months prior, I’d always found myself on a strange social periphery. On my father’s side, my family was exactly the white, Christian sort that dominated the population of Machesney Park, Illinois, but my mom was Jewish, a rare trait in that part of the country.

So I was always a bit of an oddity – on either side of my family and in my homogeneous high school.

I expected college to be no different, but then it happened.

Our group sat kindergarten-style at the top of Janss Steps to talk about what we’d just experienced at the last "get excited you’re Bruins now" showcase.

There were a few minutes of sparse conversation before the wall of awkwardness – one I hadn’t consciously noticed – was breached by a typically quiet girl.

One of the performances had struck a chord in her, and she began opening up about her life. She explained that on one side, she was Filipino, and on the other, Mexican.

The things she talked about – not quite fitting in among Mexicans or Filipinos, feeling the need to code-switch at family events and just being generally confused about her

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place in the world – came out in a torrent. She held the floor for a few minutes before suddenly going quiet.

I imagine that, in her head, she was cringing at how much she had overshared.

In my own head, I was wrestling with the impact her words had on me, trying to figure out how to let her know that I understood how she felt without opening my own emotional floodgates.

In the end, I couldn’t come up with anything until the moment had long since passed.

This year, UCLA admitted one of its most diverse groups of students yet, which means new Bruins will be able to experience connections like these more than ever before.

And they should look forward to it.

UCLA is an impressive academic institution, but it’s too easy for students to forget that’s not all it is. Our university consistently ranks among the most diverse in the nation, and that diversity leads to more opportunities for personal growth and community for everyone on campus.

Compared to similar universities, those opportunities are what really makes being a Bruin special.

Second-year biology student Eileen Quach said, in her year of attending UCLA online, she has been able to enjoy positive experiences with a variety of people.

While, unlike me, she said she attended a diverse high school, she has had opportunities to meet international students at UCLA – another facet of the university’s heterogeneity from which its students can benefit.

But to benefit from the university’s diversity, Bruins should seek it out. One of my greatest joys since coming to Los Angeles that fall has been those nights spent trading stories and learning from my friends, comparing one another’s lives and contextualizing our own in the process.

Talk to your peers, and listen.

You never know what common ground you’ll share.

You're more than a Bruin

BY NAVDEEP BAL PHOTOGRAPHED BY ASHLEY KENNEY DESIGNED BY RACHEL KWAN

Finding yourself is a lifelong mission.

But that’s the beauty of it. Your identity is a living, breathing organism that can change and alter at any age.

For many, this is what college has represented – freedom to be yourself without the watchful eye of your parents and hometown. Freedom from judgment, harassment and expectations.

After a year and a half of tragedy and uncertainty, all students, from new Bruins to returning seniors, should take the opportunity to explore their beliefs, their individuality and how they fit in their communities.

The problem is, it’s easier said than done.

For many Bruins belonging to marginalized communities, being true to oneself often comes with dangerous consequences. As the world shuts down, forcing people into isolation, many lost their support groups and were stuck in intolerable and homophobic households.

For others, isolation meant they could finally explore their gender expression and sexuality at their own comfort, away from the judgmental gaze of society.

Both realities illuminate how independence and a sense of community are vital to figuring out our sense of identity.

And college provides exactly that.

UCLA is no utopia. It has the same problems that plague the rest of the world, and it can be equally intolerable.

However, I promise you that you can find a family here. It might not seem like it, but every student is going through the same things you are, from loneliness to self-doubt, alongside all the wonderful feelings of knowing you belong and deserve

your spot at this university.

Chloe Rosenstock, a third-year gender studies and sociology student and co-director of UCLA Sexperts, said that it’s OK to join and try different clubs until you find your community.

"A lot of us are worried about how we’re going to be perceived, but I think the glory of going to such a big university is that we don’t really need to worry about that.

There’s so many different people – we’re bound to find some that we relate to and that we love," Rosenstock said.

From connecting with your culture to advocating for the issues that matter the most to you, finding your community at UCLA is a journey that’s worth the payoff.

This luxury might not seem accessible to everyone. For students of color or those from immigrant or low-income households, the typical college experience is not always marketed toward them. The perception of college life means upper-class and white students might feel more comfortable asking for what they need, allowing themselves to make mistakes in academic and social life.

But students can take the opportunity to defy these norms and expectations placed on them. College is a time during which you can come into your own, a place that you are equally deserving of as your peers and a space where you can also ask for help.

"I would recommend just to keep searching for those people and to never compromise your values to fit in with a certain group that you feel like you should be in because I think your group will come to you," Rosenstock said.

Even in the toughest concrete, a flower can bloom.

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Embrace Impostor Syndrome I can sum up my first lecture at UCLA in one word: overwhelming.

Back then, it was normal to shimmy your way through packed aisles, knocking over notebooks and computers while apologizing profusely under your breath. I still don’t know how I was able to find my friend and slide into the seat she had saved for me in less than a minute.

Class began once the teaching team entered the room. I recall sitting in awe as my peers shot their hands up seconds after our professor asked a question, ready with answers I could only dream of coming up with. And here I was, just beginning to process what he had said.

The rest of that lecture is a blur now. What I do remember is how I felt afterward. I was sure of one thing: UCLA made a mistake accepting me and I made another mistake taking it up on its offer.

Turns out, there’s a name for this feeling.

Impostor syndrome is a phenomenon in which people believe they’re in a position because of luck rather than ability, said Bobby Verdugo, a licensed clinical social worker and a behavioral health faculty member at the UCLA Division of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics. For people with impostor syndrome, there’s a perpetual fear that others will discover they are "frauds," undeserving of current and future success.

Impostor syndrome affects everyone, but certain groups are impacted more acutely, Verdugo said. Women of color, for example, have a greater likelihood of experiencing self-doubt because of the constant devaluing of their worth – a product of structural racism and sexism. Students with disabilities may also face a higher risk of feeling isolated, Verdugo added.

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BY SABRINA HUANG ILLUSTRATED BY ISABELLA LEE DESIGNED BY MAYA O’KELLY

Many of us will experience impostor syndrome during our time at UCLA, and that’s OK. We shouldn’t bottle up our feelings because they make us vulnerable. Rather, they’re a reminder that we aren’t perfect and should never strive to be.

I know it’s difficult, but we must always prioritize our physical and mental health. Take advantage of resources the university offers like the Community Programs Office, the Bruin Resource Center and the Transfer Student Center.

Schedule appointments with Counseling and Psychological Services or visit the Resilience In Your Student Experience Center. Verdugo suggests finding a community on campus, whether that be identity- or interest-based. After all, there is strength in numbers.

"Look at the things that you struggle with as just areas of growth – that (impostor syndrome) is normal, that everybody is experiencing those things," Verdugo said. "Celebrate the strengths that you do have and know ... that (a) setback is just an opportunity for learning. It’s an opportunity to explore yourself or an area that is unfamiliar."

We also need to recognize that impostor syndrome isn’t something you easily shake off. I’m about to enter my third year at UCLA, and there are many days where I still wonder whether I should be here and whether I am making my family proud. And with a return to campus after a year and a half of existing in the virtual sphere, a transition that is already stressful will be even more so.

Living with impostor syndrome isn’t a one-day sprint – it’s an enterprise that requires attention and self-love. So, don’t let your insecurities get the better of you.

You belong at UCLA, and it deserves you.

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A HOME FOR FOSTERING CHANGE

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BY EMILY DEMBINSKI

Cheyenne Cobb became a foster youth right before her senior year of high school. Placed in the care of her older sister following their mother’s death, the UCLA alumnus said she was not immediately aware the label "foster youth" was part of her identity. Initially, she believed the stereotype that foster youth were kids who moved from one foster home to another. However, upon admission to UCLA, Cobb said she learned of the numerous classifications that define foster She was not youth, including the guardianship immediately aware of which she was the label "foster a part.

As an youth" was part of undergraduate her identity. student in 2019, Cobb started searching for ways to advance her growing interest in both the child welfare system and academic research. That’s when she stumbled upon the newly formed UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families.

Established in 2018 with funds from the Anthony and

Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation, the Pritzker Center unites UCLA experts from various disciplines to research and reform the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services – the largest child welfare system in the country. As of 2020, over 38,000 kids in Los Angeles County alone are using DCFS services, with Hispanic- and Black-identifying children comprising the bulk of cases.

The Pritzker Center also frequently collaborates with the UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars, a program that advocates for and distributes resources to current and former foster youth at UCLA. Through the Pritzker Center’s partnership with Bruin Guardian Scholars, Cobb was hired as the center’s communications assistant. She now edits video content for its YouTube channel, such as webinars on juvenile justice, child abuse and the effects of COVID-19 on foster families. Cobb said the center frequently supports Bruin Guardian Scholars by hiring members of the program as its staff.

"It was an active effort on the center’s part to find Bruin Guardian Scholars students to hire," Cobb said. "A lot of insights that we gave into our own experiences with the system and being foster youth were super impactful."

In particular, Cobb and her fellow Bruin Guardian

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Scholars members were able to speak with Lynn Johnson, coaches, she added. the former assistant secretary of the United States To study how resource families – caregivers for foster Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration youth – coped with the "new normal" of the pandemic, for Children and Families, in a meeting facilitated by the researchers from the Pritzker Center, the UCLA Training, center. Cobb said she and her peers were able to share Intervention, Education, and Services for Families program their experiences as foster youth, ensuring their voices and the Foster Together Network surveyed more than 600 were valued in conversations about how funding for foster LA County-based resource parents. youth programs has impacted their lives.

Published in September 2020, the report outlined The center’s work aims to combine the knowledge some unexpected positive results that emerged from the of UCLA experts from a variety of fields, including law, pandemic. Langley and her co-researchers found that 68% social welfare, education and psychology to address the of resource parents felt their families grew closer during multifaceted challenges that foster youth face, according lockdowns, despite fears of losing jobs or loved ones. to Tyrone Howard, co-director of the Pritzker Center and a The center now plans to release a follow-up report in professor of education. the winter to gauge how the "What excites me about the Pritzker events of the past year and a half Center is that it’s multidisciplinary," have further impacted resource Howard said. "It brings together familie, Langley said. people from all aspects of campus "We probably aren’t even who rarely talk to each other." aware of all the ways that (the The Pritzker Center demonstrates pandemic) impacted (foster its multidisciplinary approach youth)," Langley said. "What we by funding a wide range of were trying to ascertain in our collaborative research projects, study is how resource families said the center’s administrative are feeling about having children director Taylor Dudley. join their family during COVID." "We have given out probably over Though the pandemic’s full $200,000 in seed grants to various effect on the child welfare system faculty and staff across campus is not yet apparent, the Pritzker who want to work on innovative Center has identified a key efforts toward improving the child problem for foster families that welfare system," Dudley said. escalated because of the COVID-19 Recent seed grant initiatives pandemic: lack of academic c o u rt e sy o f TYRONE HOWARD include partnering with the UCLA support.

School of Dentistry to improve At the beginning of the pandemic, the foster children’s access to dental Pritzker Center team discovered foster care and investigating the therapeutic benefits of dance youth students’ need for tutoring through conversations for incarcerated young women in collaboration with The with the Palmdale School District administrators, Howard Swan Within, a nonprofit organization, Dudley added. said. Palmdale has the highest rate of foster youth in LA The Pritzker Center has also published two major reports County, and many foster parents were struggling to assist this past year: one about child welfare and domestic their children with remote schoolwork. violence and another about the impact of the COVID-19 The Pritzker Center started the UCLA Bruin Tutor Network pandemic on caregivers. in response to the rising Specifically, the latter for academic The loss and instability the need report studied the increased support. Howard said UCLA uncertainty foster families students involved in the world experienced during experienced during the program tutor students the pandemic parallels pandemic. in kindergarten through The pandemic amplified the what foster kids experience 12th grade in LA county, stress foster youth often face prioritizing foster youth. on a day-to-day basis. due to difficult transitions "It was really powerful moving between homes, said to see the way that UCLA Audra Langley, co-director of the Pritzker Center and a students stepped up and volunteered," Howard said. "We professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. The had over 300 families that were served, and these were loss and instability the world experienced during the all one-on-one tutors, and these UCLA students were pandemic parallels what foster kids experience on a dayphenomenal in terms of donating their time to connect to-day basis, Langley explained. The COVID-19 pandemic with families, connect with children and to give them intensified the powerlessness foster children feel as they support." wait for adoptions or move to new homes, often losing Brittney Hun, an undergraduate staff member at the important relationships with friends, pets, teachers or Pritzker Center and a third-year human biology and society

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student, helped launch the Bruin Tutor Network. Alongside eyes to the scope of the child welfare system and helped other staff members from the Pritzker Center, Hun helped guide her career aspirations. virtually connect families with tutors for an hour of "It was really impactful in the sense that it changed instruction each week. what I was going to do and it gave me some direction after "We want something stable for these students," Hun graduation, when I really didn’t have any prior to that," Yee said. "There’s so much changing in their lives, ... but I think said. (stability) really does make a big difference."

Following her time at the Child Welfare Summer While the Bruin Tutor Network was able to recruit many Academy, Yee volunteered with the Bruin Tutor Network tutors at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hun and contributed to the Pritzker Center’s report on child said that recruitment has become harder as students work welfare and domestic violence. She now works as a legal around their administrative assistant at East Bay Family Defenders, increasingly law firm which represents parents in family and “We want something adependency busy court. schedules. stable for these As the Pritzker Center gears up for Bruins’ return to But for the staff is also poised to take on a landmark students,” Hun said. campus, Bruins who collaboration with LA County’s DCFS. want to The Pritzker Center will support a "blind removal" pilot connect with the Pritzker Center in a different way, there program in LA County, in which identifying factors like are many benefits in center’s various trainings, workshops race and zip code will be redacted when social workers and speaker series, she added. In September, Angela decide whether to remove children from their homes and Tucker, the founder of adoption blog The Adopted Life, will place them into foster care, Howard said. By withholding lead a three-part training series on transracial adoption demographic information, researchers aim to prevent and foster care, for example. social workers’ unconscious biases from affecting their According to Dudley, UCLA students from all levels of decision making, he explained. experience with the child welfare system are welcome to The Pritzker Center will serve as an evaluator for the both volunteer and work for the program and will analyze the work of a Pritzker Center. regional DCFS office.

"We don’t expect everyone In LA County, there are to come work in foster care clear racial disparities in the having been in foster care, ... population of the child welfare but one of the things that we system compared to the county’s look for is an eagerness to learn population at-large, Howard said. about the issues impacting Black youth are three times as children and families," she said. likely to end up in care than white Dudley added that students’ youth, he explained. lived experiences – such "Why are Black children more as coming from immigrant likely to be taken away from their families or having incarcerated homes, why are Black children family members – can offer more likely to have allegations unique perspectives in their investigated, why are Black study of the child welfare children less likely to be reunited system. with families or be connected c o u rt e sy o f TAYLOR DUDLEY Nicole Yee, a UCLA alumnus, with services?" Howard added. started working with the Pritzker "Obviously, issues of racism loom Center in summer 2020. Yee was large here." briefly involved with the foster care system when she The pilot program will be modeled on a study conducted was adopted from China and participated in the Bruin over a decade ago in Nassau County, New York. Howard is Guardian Scholars program throughout her time at UCLA. curious to see the impact of blind removals in a city like Despite her time with the Bruin Guardian Scholars LA, which has so many children in foster care. program, Yee said her knowledge of child welfare in the "We think it’s important because Los Angeles has the United States was limited. Hearing about the Pritzker country’s largest child welfare system, so if there’s a place Center’s UCLA Child Welfare Summer Academy piqued her where we should be trying it, at least studying it, it should interest in the subject. be Los Angeles County," Howard said.

The UCLA Child Welfare summer academy is an annual, Cobb said she has valued how Pritzker Center includes three-week program that introduces the basics of the students and community members in its research and the child welfare system to both graduate and undergraduate effort it puts into making its resources accessible. students at UCLA. According to Yee, highlights of the "(It is) providing a way for people who might not have program include guest lectures and a movie screening. been able to access this research ... to now accessibly read Yee said her time at the Summer Academy opened her it. They can see what’s being done," Cobb said.

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STUDENT MEDIA

Al-Talib

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Al-Talib Newsmagazine was established in 1990 by UCLA students, and it was the first student Muslim newsmagazine in America. Al-Talib provides an insight into Islam and the Muslim-American ethos. The word al talib means the student, and it underlines a vision of authentic, candid, and accurate journalism, based on extensive learning. Ultimately, the student is the embodiment of learning – searching for facts, recording notes, analyzing and citing authentic sources, the student is constantly pursuing the truth.

BruinLife

bruinlife@media.ucla.edu

You wouldn’t know by the looks of our young and energetic staff, but BruinLife is one of the oldest student-run publications on campus, dating back to UCLA’s first year in 1919! And we’re committed to preserving UCLA’s rich history and tradition for the next 90-plus years.

BruinLife consists of a very enthusiastic and diverse group of students. We work hard every day of the year from our corner office in Kerckhoff Hall to bring you one of the best student publications in the country – BruinLife Yearbook! Applications to join staff are released in late summer and are open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at UCLA.

Daily Bruin

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The Daily Bruin is UCLA’s student-run newspaper, normally printing five days a week during the school year and updated online every day. The Bruin was founded in 1919, the same year as UCLA, and has been the home to some of the best young journalists in the country. The Bruin consists of 18 sections, including Design, News, Opinion, Photography, Sports and Video. Everything that goes into making the paper both online and in print is done by students except physically printing each edition. Without a journalism school at UCLA, the Daily Bruin serves as the training ground for every talented student who is interested in entering the world of media. The Bruin covers everything that happens on campus and around Westwood, including student government, sports games, concerts and local crime.

FEM

fem@media.ucla.edu

FEM, UCLA’s feminist newsmagazine since 1973, is dedicated to the empowerment of all people, the recognition of gender diversity, the dismantling of systems of oppression, and the application of intersectional feminist ideology for the liberation of all peoples. FEM operates within an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-racist framework. Our organization seeks to challenge oppression based on sexuality, gender, race, class, ability, religion, and other hegemonic power structures. We create a wide range of compassionate multimedia content that recenters narratives often rejected or ignored within mainstream media. Beyond journalism, FEM engages in actionable praxes by building coalitions with other campus and community members. As self-reflective feminists, we are committed to unlearning and relearning alongside our global audience as the sociopolitical landscape in which we are situated continues to transform.

Ha’Am

haam@media.ucla.edu

Ha’Am has been the official student-run Jewish newsmagazine at UCLA since 1972. We are a hybrid online and print publication that aims to inform both the UCLA student body and the larger Los Angeles community of Jewish happenings and opinions on campus. Our team strives to uphold Jewish values and to instill within our ranks journalistic integrity of the highest order. Together, we engage and grapple with our tradition in the hopes of enriching our diverse experiences. However, before and after all of that, we are a family, and we would love if you were part of it. If you are interested in Jewish life, sincere and hardworking, then we are looking for you. We need staff members of every kind, including talented writers, editors, designers, photographers, illustrators, social media experts, business and marketing representatives, creative thinkers and skilled debaters. No matter your expertise, no matter your major, you will be an invaluable member of our family. Ha’Am: One Nation, Endless Voices.

La Gente

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La Gente Newsmagazine, born from the Chicana/o movement, arose out of a need to represent the Latinx community and its issues in UCLA and the greater Los Angeles area. In an effort to amplify Latinx voices and experiences, we have featured news and opinions that highlight our communities since 1971. We continue to provide the latest on art, culture, community and university news and events relating to our communities.

We are always looking for bright and talented individuals to join our staff. Positions opening in Fall 2021 are in writing, visuals (photographers, illustrators, videographers), copy editing, social media, Spanish writing/ translating, events staff, design/layout, and fundraising. Meetings are once a week and you must be a UCLA student to work on staff.

NOMMO

nommo@media.ucla.edu

NOMMO Newsmagazine is the Afrikan people’s magazine at UCLA. It draws its name from the Ki-Swahili term Nommo, which means "power of the word," and aims at serving the Black Bruin community through its publications. As the first student-run ethnic publication in the United States, NOMMO’s history consists of social justice efforts, political education, and extensive coverage of Black artistry, pitfalls, and accomplishments. With the struggle for Black liberation and social justice in full fledge across the country, it is fundamental that we consume our own progress, understanding, and realities through the lens of Black media. NOMMO fills the deep gap within the community by serving as a multifunctional outlet for media, communication, and education. Through NOMMO, Black students tell the stories that matter to them and produce content relevant to the campus and their community while bridging the gap between Black students, their university, and the world-at-large. With written word, NOMMO has historically given currency to the expression of Black power in our publications. Now extending beyond written word to include social media, visual art, auditory art, radio and podcast formats, NOMMO utilizes the power of Black voices and Black creativity to reimagine the capabilities and limitations of Black media. As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of NOMMO’s founding, we remain true to the promise to report truth and serve as a beacon for the Black community.

OutWrite

outwrite@media.ucla.edu

OutWrite Newsmagazine is UCLA’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer publication. The organization began in 1979 as Ten Percent, a quarterly print newspaper, and was the first queer college newsmagazine. Since then, OutWrite has expanded to include magazines, online articles, videos, and a weekly radio show. Through varying media, our publication covers several types of content such as news, opinion, politics, reviews, creative writing, visual art, and community events. By discussing issues and events that matter to us, OutWrite aims to empower the voices of the queer community, educate allies, and provide a space for dialogue.

We are looking for passionate staff members with an interest in connecting with the queer community and with allies through their writing, editing, illustrations, photos, videos, advertisements, marketing, or other forms of expression. To see our content, visit www. outwritenewsmag.org or @outwritenewsmag on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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As the the oldest student-run Asian Pacific Islander Desi American newsmagazine in the nation, Pacific Ties seeks to showcase the rich and diverse stories about the APIDA community on and off campus through news and commentary. First published in 1977, we continue to create on-going dialogue that offer insight into the dynamics of being an APIDA, to challenge the perceptions of APIDA identity, as well as to celebrate the achievements of the communities we all have ties to.

Read us at pacificties.org and follow us on Facebook to learn more about our history and what we do. You can also gain professional experience by joining our staff as a writer, editor or designer!

UCLA Radio

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In light of a monolithic corporate culture with ever-increasing ownership consilodation, not to mention the recent FCC crackdown on everything even remotely controversial, UCLA Radio’s mission as independent media to provoke its listeners is as vital as ever.

UCLA Radio is committed to the finest programming to inform and entertain UCLA and the world at large, and offering UCLA students and staff the opportunity to participate in the creation and delivery of this content. UCLA Radio is the campus’s official student-run radio station.

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