Kashima-Shinryu equips its practitioners with skills to face off against cavalrymen and giant savage boars. However, since giant boars rarely terrorize UCLA students on their daily commutes to class, some practitioners on campus have found other uses for the Japanese martial art. Read more...

Photo: Professor William Bodiford and third-year civil and environmental engineering student Sidney Poon practice with leather-covered wood swords known as fukuro shinai. The Kashima-Shinryu Club at UCLA meets to refine and perfect combat techniques of the 500-year-old Japanese martial art. (Photos by Alexandra Del Rosario/Daily Bruin Photo illustration by Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)

Nico Young’s after-school skate session ended up on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. In 2016, the first-year art student’s high school photography teacher sent his photo essay project, which centered around his two friend groups, to The New York Times’ photo editors. Read more...

Photo: Nico Young, a first-year art student, said his favorite art medium is photography. When Young was in high school, he published a 12-page spread with The New York Times Magazine about life in high school through a high school student’s point of view. He then published is own photography book titled “Fire at School.” (Bilal Ismail Ahmed/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Organizers used an organic, vegan tamale to represent a fair, precolonial food system at Seed the Commons’ latest event Tuesday. The San Francisco-based organization hosted a food justice lecture Tuesday followed by a tamale-making workshop Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Seed the Commons, a San Francisco-based organization, hosted a food justice lecture Tuesday followed by a tamale-making workshop at UCLA. The lecture and workshop taught attendees about problems with the international food system by comparing it to precolonial Mesoamerican food models. (Alexandra Del Rosario/Daily Bruin)

Almost 500 vintage Hollywood costumes decorate Greg Schreiner’s house. The UCLA alumnus will showcase his collection for his musical, “Hollywood Revisited: A Glamorous Musical Theater Extravaganza,” in Palm Springs on Thursday as part of the city’s annual Modernism Week. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Greg Schreiner began collecting costumes in the early ’80s, acquiring pieces such as a sparkly gown worn by Ginger Rogers and a suit worn by Fred Astaire. He will showcase some of the costumes in his show, “Hollywood Revisited: A Glamorous Musical Theater Extravaganza.” (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)