February 16, 21 years after the independence of Bosnia in the bloody genocide where Chetnik Serbs slaughtered women, men, and children for the sake of the “Greater Serbia,” the first Bosnian was registered as a Bosnian. The number of tweets about this: not enough to make it trending or show up. Number of Facebook posts…
By Chakib Mouzaoui & Sanna Alas In the shadow of the murders of Yusor and Razan Abu-Salha and Deah Barakat, discrepancies in media representation of violence have become more glaring than ever. This tragedy has confirmed for us what many in the Muslim community already knew– that the lives of certain people are more valued, that there…
By Victoria Rhee Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the number one killer of student athletes and the number two killer of young adults under the age of twenty-five. It strikes without warning; death is often the first and only symptom. As the newly founded UCLA chapter of the Saving Hearts Foundation (SHF), our mission…
Deah Shaddy Barakat. Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha. Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. For the past week, those three names have been ingrained in our minds. Almost every aspect of their lives has been shown to us through social media. By now, most of us feel like we knew Deah, Yusor, and Razan like they were our close friends.…
So, you get your acceptance letter in the mail. You cry, you laugh, you jump around in happiness, and before long you’re making a list of all the different scarves you want to try to fit into your tiny dorm closet. Thinking about your dorm life gets you excited, however, one troubling issue comes to…
It’s that time of the year again! January is both an exciting and significant month, not only as it opens up the new year, but also as it will bring forth the highly anticipated MSA West Conference. It is with much excitement that the MSA at UCLA will be hosting the 17th Annual Conference this…