Sunday, April 5

Adidas sneakers provide UCLA population with a blast from the past

The retro footwear of famous athletes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and “Pistol Pete” Maravich has stepped back into fashion on UCLA’s campus. Students have been wearing both the Superstar and Stan Smith Adidas models, which were released in 1969 and 1971, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Wearing retro models of Adidas shoes, such as those worn by first-year human biology and society student Jessica Quach, has recently come back into fashion at UCLA. Students have turned to the Superstar and Stan Smith models, released in 1969 and 1971 respectively, to compliment their athleisure style. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)


Vegan Ventures: Fruit Gallery

To highlight the delicious perks of her vegan lifestyle, Daily Bruin staffer Alejandra Reyes-Velarde showcases 10 diverse vegan restaurants in the West Los Angeles area. She will be joined by Daily Bruin staffer William Thorne to bring a meat-eating perspective to vegan cuisine. Read more...

Photo: Fruit Gallery on the Venice Beach Boardwalk sells three raw vegan options: burritos, spaghetti and crepes. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA students read things they wrote as kids

Editor’s Note: This segment is inspired by the podcast Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids, which invites listeners to “reflect on their own lives, to connect with who they used to be, and to draw a line that connects the past and the present”. Read more...

Photo: Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin


Art gallery brings students closer to incarcerated LA youth

In a short poem, Diamond penned that love is like a bullet wound that is barely healing. The teenage boy did not intend to write about love in the context of violence; it was an organic thought. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students, including third-year linguistics student Jessica Saisi (above), wrote responses to the poetry and prose submitted by incarcerated youth at Camp Fred Miller for the display “Write Back” Thursday night in Kerckhoff Art Gallery. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)



First-year draws her own path through the field of graphic design

The morning sun rays peeked through Natalie Sypkens’ Rieber Hall window. Sypkens laid out paint brushes, fine point pens and a sketchbook. She tied up her hair, popped in headphones and got to work. Read more...

Photo: First-year student Natalie Sypkens works as a freelance graphic designer for the clothing company Free People. (Stephanie Choy/Daily Bruin)




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