University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Armed with an afro and a drink, this UCLA student celebrates Halloween in style. Westwood and Santa Monica were the popular places to hit on Halloween night. Shalini Dogra ,. Nick Weston-Swan Nick Weston-Swan Amused by Joe Groff ' s costume, first-year Starsky Cheng passes out leftover Halloween candy after the All-Hill Halloween program. The event was a great opportunity for inner-city kids to celebrate Halloween safely. Where s Waldo celebrates Halloween with friends. Halloween was one occassion where students revealed and displayed their individuality and idiocyncracies. HALLOWEEN 19

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or a. tr a z CO 00 From the dorms to Sunset Strip, students celebrated All Hallow ' s Eve in sty le The month of October came and experience, but also to foster spirit, Halloween inevitably followed it by fun and unity amongst the residence the tail. Particularly for students at halls. For many students, being UCLA, it provided a temporary involved in the All-Hill program was distraction from the sometimes a way lor them to give back to the overwhelming pressures of midterm community. exams, which traditionally abound at In addition, many students went the same time ot year. to amusement parks such as Knott ' s Many events went on in the spirit Scary Farm, where thely heart- of Halloween in the vicinity of the stopping rides and friendly scares UCLA campus, such as costume from park employees dressed up as parties thrown by students, but monsters of all shapes and sizes. special events also occured on the UCLA campus itself. In particular, much planning and effort and organization went into the All-Hill Halloween Program, which took place at the dorms one week before the 31st of October. Through Allen Eratnya this program, inner- AeTOSpaCe city children had the opportunity to go door to door in the dorms and receive The All-Halloween program is a great opportunity to... foster spirit, fun and unity amongst the residence halls. Engineering 2nd year Looking back on her experience at the park, Courtney Ford, a second-year undeclared student recollects, The workers there were dressed so freakishly that I could hardly tell the difference between them and my friends. Apart from Halloween-related activities, lots of people, celebrated by flocking to hot spots in Wesrwood as well candy from expecting students. A as the Sunset Strip, where they took wonderful gesture on the part ot part in the party and club scenes UCLA residential staff as well as popular all year round, students who volunteered to It was yet another successful year participate, All-Hill Halloween for Halloween, and everyone was a provided a safe place for these kids to bit disappointed to see it come and go trick-or-treat and have a good time. so quickly. This Halloween was In second-year Aerospace such a blast. I can ' t wait ' til next Engineering student Allen Eramya ' s year, says Helena Hsieh, a 2nd year opinion, the All-Hill Halloween Design Art student, program is a great opportunity to not only allow kids a great trick-or-treat Roaming the horrific hallways in the dorms, children were amazed at the decorative gore. The All Hill-Halloween program has been a tremendous success in the past several years. Nick Weston-Swan

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CO CO LU OH LU CO Seniors start the search for employment at the annual job fair The quarter-life crisis, a.k.a, the distribute to potential employers, and panic that set in as graduation drew hoped to find jobs. Many students had near and seniors were still without jobs, luck with finding jobs through the was not going to be a reality tor many career fairs. I found my summer UCLA students. UCLA ' s Career Center internship with Boeing through the offered students the unique opportunity Career Fair last year, says third-year to attend any of the numerous career student Beth Collins, I showed up, fairs around campus. The fairs were handed in a resume, and I ' m still provided to students of all different working tor them through this tall. I ' m majors and disciplines by the Career Center as a way to help students get a head start in the real world. I talked with someone from the State Department for about an hour because I ' ve always had an interest in going into foreign relations, says fourth-year Political Science student Aaron Miller, It made me realize that a career in diplomacy is something Having the opportunity to speak with people from different firms opened my eyes to all the possibilities out there . Leslie Velka Psychobiology 4th year hoping to work tor Boeing after I graduate as well. Ditterent career fairs cater to different interests; a recent Bio- Tech Career Fair drew many students from south campus. I ' d like to eventually be the CEO of my own pharmaceutical company, says fourth- year Psychobiology student Leslie Velka. Having the you really have to devote your life to. opportunity to speak with people from Career fairs on campus featured different firms opened my eyes to all the representatives from both the public possibilities out there. and the private sector including Campus career fairs were an everything from engineering firms like excellent resource for students in Boeing to accounting firms such as search of employment, and the Career Deloitte and Touche. Students came Center provided year-round dressed in business casual attire, and information to help students find their armed with portfolios full of resumes to dream jobs. Students gather at Ackerman Grand Ballroom to participate in the Job Fair. Various businesses came to UCLA to recruit prospective employees. Kelly Winters