Category Archives: UCLA

Contempt For The Athletes

When I was at UCLA in 1988-1989, I was friends with a distinguished member of the faculty who had utter contempt for the school’s black athletes who couldn’t make the grade academically. He’d set them up for tricks with rich … Continue reading

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Professor Jules Lambert Zentner – My Best Friend During My Darkest Years

When I ran marathons in seventh grade, I would drive to them with a bachelor professor in his thirties. He may have been the first in my life-long string of substitute father figures. I’d usually meet him around 4 a.m. … Continue reading

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The Smelly Building At UCLA

So in 1989, this cute chick takes me through a small building at UCLA (near the University Research Library) that I had never been in before. When we came out, I said, “What was that place? I have never been … Continue reading

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I Want To Reconnect With My UCLA Dorm Mates

I feel like if I can just reconnect with people from my past, I can heal the those years and move on with my life. I’m particularly eager to reconnect with people I knew during my brief sick year at … Continue reading

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Alexandra Wallace Was Planning A Blog

The UCLA Daily Bruin reports. The Sacramento Bee reports: The UCLA student whose anti-Asian video rant garnered millions of views online and intense backlash appears to have had aspirations of creating similar videos as part of a blog. Shortly after … Continue reading

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