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January 9, 10:27 pm

Visiting professor lectures on role of mass print media in Japan’s history

The Meiji Restoration generated not only an industrial boom in late 19th century Japan but also a new wave of mass-produced media. Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will speak about this surge of magazine printing in his colloquium at Royce Hall on Friday, titled “Developing A Paper Empire: Late Meiji Magazines And Modern Japanese Mass Culture.” The lecture, hosted by the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, will explore the role of photography and oral performance in making typographic print a widespread, mass phenomenon. Read more...

Photo: Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will deliver a colloquium in Royce Hall about changes in mass media production – specifically the rise of oral performance and photography during the Meiji Restoration in Japan. (Courtesy of Nathan Shockey)

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January 9, 10:24 pm

Geek Week’s finale spiced up with all flavors of geekdom, student performances

Anime fans and Trekkies will intermingle at Geek Week’s MegaCon. As part of UCLA Residential Life’s annual Geek Week, the convention is the culminating event taking place Friday evening in the Tom Bradley International Hall and the De Neve Plaza rooms. Read more...

Photo: Assistant resident director of Courtside and a Geek Week committee member Katherine Dumangas, resident director of Canyon Point and co-chair of the Geek Week committee Kevin Kawakami, and third-year human biology and society student and website editor for the UCLA Student Committee of the Arts Kennedy Hill collaborated to create MegaCon. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)

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January 8, 10:31 pm

The Hill to make Red Wedding from ‘Game of Thrones’ a reality during Geek Week

Students can attend a feast on the Hill reminiscent of “Game of Thrones'” Red Wedding. “A Night of Ice and Fire: a Game of Thrones Experience” will take place Wednesday in the De Neve Commons Plaza Room. Read more...

Photo: Asya Cook, resident director of Delta Terrace, organized the Geek Week event “A Night of Ice and Fire: a Game of Thrones Experience,” where students will eat dinner while playing a “Game of Thrones”-based Mafia game. (Courtesy of Asya Cook)

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January 8, 10:24 pm

Student-founded vegan ranch company presents sustainable sauce

A blink-182 album inspired the name of the student-run company Dude Ranch Dressing. The brand will make its official debut Jan. 17 at a release party in a Westwood apartment. Read more...

Photo: Third-year English student Megan Hullander and fourth-year geography/environmental studies student Angela Simmons co-founded Dude Ranch Dressing, a vegan ranch recipe which they will officially debut their vegan ranch at a release party Jan. 17. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)

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January 7, 11:15 pm

Budding Los Angeles: Westwood’s Field of Dreams dispensary welcomes visitors with relaxing aesthetic

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: Various cannabis strains are available at the Field of Dreams dispensary on Westwood Boulevard. There are 170 legal cannabis dispensaries in Los Angeles County, and they are at the forefront of normalizing cannabis consumption. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)

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January 7, 11:07 pm

Comics event to introduce students to new interests, opportunities

A Pakistani Ms. Marvel and the real-life founder of Planned Parenthood are protagonists of graphic novels that will be showcased at University of Comics, Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Sarah Molitoris, head of the Residential Life Geek Week planning committee, said the Geek Week event University of Comics, Los Angeles tries to introduce students to the variety of graphic novels. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)

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December 10, 4:41 pm

Ryan Gosling joins panel discussion on Congolese resistance to Western exploitation

Ryan Gosling stepped behind the camera to contribute toward the nonfiction book “Congo Stories.” Actor and now photographer Gosling was joined by co-authors John Prendergest and Fidel Bafilemba and afterward author Chouchou Namegabe for a panel discussion hosted Monday afternoon at the Fowler Museum. Read more...

Photo: Authors John Prendergest, Chouchou Namegabe and Fidel Bafilemba, alongside photographer Ryan Gosling, discussed their collaborative project at the Fowler Museum: a nonfiction book entitled “Congo Stories.” (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin staff)


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