Where does the money go? A guide to PAC’s Beneficiaries

By William McReynolds Happy Spring Quarter UCLA! We are now less than one week away from Dance Marathon 2023 and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome everyone to Pauley Pavilion this Saturday! Make sure to keep an eye out and say hi all week for PAC members in their neon t-shirts on Bruinwalk. With …

Top 8 Things to Know about Dance Marathon, the 19-Hour Party that Saves Lives

By Aiden Western Winter Quarter: A time for long, cold walks to Public Affairs, rain showers for weeks on end, and that 5pm discussion section that meets after it's already dark outside. It seems like the world is ending, or at least the bliss of Fall Quarter has come to a halt. But what if …

The science behind HIV & the potential for a cure

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, otherwise known as HIV, is a virus that is ubiquitous in social, political, and media-related contexts, yet is often poorly understood. Understanding the science behind HIV/AIDS is crucial to combating stigma as many negative misconceptions about the virus stem from a lack of knowledge about the biology that underlies HIV and AIDS, …

UCLA Professor & HIV/AIDS Activist Fights Stigma in and out of Classroom

Long before there was a Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA, there was a passionate professor who was bringing awareness to the cause through a class called MAKE ART/STOP AIDS in UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures Department (WAC). The exhibition created by the class was displayed in the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in 2006, teaching …

Keith Haring Remembered 29 Years after Death

My first time seeing a Keith Haring painting was on a t-shirt. It was purple with two little caricatures embracing drawn with bold, white lines. I did not yet know who Keith Haring was, much less that I was wearing the work of an iconic American artist who shaped much of popular art culture in …