Four years ago, Erin Murashige joined Hui O ‘Imiloa – Hawai’i Club at UCLA, hoping to ease homesickness as well as continuing to practice Hula, a traditional Hawaiian dance she has learned since she was four years old. Now president of the club, Erin says that it has…
There is a short phrase we find difficult, if not impossible, to say to our parents. “I love you.” They don’t say it. We don’t say it. Or, so I thought. With Mother’s Day around the corner, I wanted to delve further into this phrase, especially in…
Established in 1994, the Association of Hmong Students (AHS) hosted its fourth annual Hmong Awareness Day (HAD) event at UCLA on April 5th, 2017. To second-year AHS Secretary, Paja Thao, “HAD is an opportunity to make people on campus aware of my identity, where I’m from and who…
Faith and Chai was hosted Monday, Feb. 21, 2017 , by Jasmine Patel, and Vincent Loyal, both second-year biology students from Intervarsity Christian Fellowship as a space for South Asian students of different faiths to discuss what is similar and what is different about their faiths. Patel said…
First-year students Agnes Bautista and Charlotte Duldulao found a new family at UCLA before they even began attending the university. They were both invited to Bruin Life Weekend, a new admit weekend hosted by Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program (PREP) specifically designed for Pilipino high schoolers to briefly…