Alyssa Bricklin

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• An assortment of flavors awaits us

  May 8, 2009 at 1:27 a.m.

  Last week I went to Yogurtland four times.

• Keeping in touch with friends will come naturally

  April 24, 2009 at 3:37 a.m.

  This is my last quarter at UCLA.

• Meet all types of people under the sun

  April 10, 2009 at 12:07 a.m.

  Finally! Spring quarter. So here it is: You took four classes winter quarter so you could take a lighter load and have some fun in the sun. You worked out over spring break – or you said you would – to get your beach bod ready. Now you’re off to UCLA’s very own hip sun spot: Sunset Rec.

• Choose sweats over Uggs to avoid fashion faux pas

  March 12, 2009 at 12:07 a.m.

  In extreme cases, there are excuses for illogical fashion choices.

• Apathetic Facebookers can’t escape online image

  Feb. 23, 2009 at 1:04 a.m.

  I can never be the president of the United States.

• Facebook relationship status just complicates things

  Feb. 9, 2009 at midnight

  “Married to Riana Cayabyab.” That’s what my Facebook page used to say under “Relationship Status.” I was never actually married to my best friend Riana, but false relationship statuses are common in the Facebook world. Many of us are “In an Open Relationship,” “Engaged” or even “Married” to one of our friends on Facebook. And whether we like it or not, our Facebook relationship status says a lot about us.

• Free screening of ‘Pirates II’ sails smoothly

  Dec. 8, 2008 at 12:41 a.m.

  UCLA’s Campus Events Commission held a free screening of “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge,” a high-budget pornography feature film, in Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Wednesday.

• End of quarter book drive promotes literacy

  Dec. 4, 2008 at 1:28 a.m.

  During 10th and finals week, Net Impact Undergrad at UCLA, an organization focused on socially conscious business, is collecting books to promote literacy around the world. The drive, which runs through Dec. 12, is a partnership with Better World Books, an online bookseller that will sell donations with a percentage of profits going to organizations working to improve literacy in third-world countries. Organizers of the committee said the end of the quarter is an ideal time to elicit book donations.

• Campus dining considers vegans, vegetarians

  Nov. 13, 2008 at 2:16 a.m.

  UCLA lost to UC Santa Cruz in the second round of peta2’s third annual Most Vegetarian-Friendly College competition last week, according to a statement made my peta2, the world’s largest youth animal rights organization.

• Film society provides practical experience

  Nov. 12, 2008 at 12:49 a.m.

  The man receives his assignment. He acquires the goods in a briefcase. The SWAT team is on his trail. They bust through the door.