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

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which foreign students arrive in Los Angeles with nowhere to live, no one they know, and no sense of how to get where they want to go (in other words, welcome to UCLA ). Above and beyond the aforementioned obstacles, the foreign student has to contend with the language barrier here, not to mention a whole new way of life. I honestly cannot even imagine what it must be like for these brave and adventurous students. I ' m sure it ' s quite a challenge for them just to face (what seems to the average Joe Bruin as) the ordinary aspects of everyday life. I mean, geez, it ' s not easy being a student at UCLA, let alone being a foreign one. Speaking of problems to overcome, let ' s not forget about the most courageous souls of all— the handicapped. This sector of diverse students is one made up of super-students. Can you actually imagine yourself traversing Bruin Walk without your eyesight, or trying to buy lunch at North Campus in a wheel chair? Life is extra tough for those determined and gifted students. The handicapped Bruins are just incredible, in fact if I had just half their will and perseverance, I could have graduated on time after all. Meanwhile back at the ranch, we all learn to cope with the college way of life, come hell or high water. And eventually we find that special place on campus we call home. Some may STUDENT LIFE 21

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VIEW PEOPLE From all over the world and from all across the country people converge on UCLA. People from all different cultures, religions and ethnic backgrounds all intergrate and blend together to make up this university ' s student body of approximately 32,742 (give or take a bruin or two). UCLA is a potpourri of people and is reknown for its diversity. yet, we are all here for essentially the same purpose—to gain a degree of higher education (or may be even a spouse!) Yes indeed, we are all here together and whether we are black or white, red or yellow, brown or pink, punk or preppy, we somehow manage to adapt to the same university customs. Yet, learning to adapt is a little harder for some students than it is for others—especially if you are a foreign student. There are many cases in 20 STUDENT LIFE

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find themselves leading the artist ' s way of life—lugging art materials to and from their lockers in Dickson. It is here in ultra-north campus that the conceptual is made visual. Ideas are represented in clay, cloth, glass, metal, on canvas, sketch pads, celluloid and on stage. Among the students of Fine Arts, creativity is the spice of life, and imagination supplies the food for thought (I just love verbosity). Now we can move to the other extreme—geographically and conceptually. On south campus we discover a radically different set of people. Instead of seeing students dragging art supplies around, you ' ll find them toting calculators in hip holsters. Here is where the inquisitive minds of the Letters and Science students are nourished with elements of logic and reason. Ideally and realistically, the science and technology of our society rests within the grasps of these calculator punchers (Kind of makes you feel important, don ' t it?). We not only absorb knowledge from books, but from people, too. I ' ve given you the one extreme to the other, but don ' t forget the wide inbetween-everything from poli sci to philosophy, econ to music, etc. can be found within this spectrum. We call those students who fit into this category, MOC (middle of campus) students. And while we ' re on the subject of people, let ' s not forget about our beloved professors. The ones who inspire us and provide us with profound insight. Where would we be without them? (At the beach, no doubt!) College is a true learning experience—academically and socially. We not only absorb knowledge from books, but from people, too. And the variety of people here at the Big U offers Joe and Josephine Bruin a vast pool of human resources. UCLA. It ' s not just an education; it ' s an adventure. —TN 22 STUDENT LIFE