This post was updated May 2 at 10:43 p.m. With a 50-question survey, UCLA Marriage Pact pledges to find students’ perfect matches. Originally launched at Stanford University, Marriage Pact is a student-run organization that runs student responses to a one-time online survey through a matchmaking algorithm to find their single most compatible peer. Read more...
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Quarantine set a new stage for two UCLA Theater, Film and Television students – TikTok. Equipped with spare time during the COVID-19 pandemic, TikTokers and second-year theater students Ana Nguyen and Andrew Luff found a virtual audience of millions through acting and being themselves. Read more...
Photo: Second-year theater student Ana Nguyen uses TikTok to create content that connects them with their followers, their art form and themselves. Through the app, they have found a newfound sense of confidence in their expression and love for acting. (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
Shokugeki BBQ takes the term “friendly neighborhood barbecue” to a whole new level. Named after a word for a food war in a Japanese show, Shokugeki BBQ had its second pop-up event on Sunday in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Operated by UCLA students out of an apartment building on Veteran Avenue, Shokugeki BBQ had its second pop-up event on Sunday. With reasonable prices and large portions, the restaurant brings Bruins home-cooked Asian cuisine. (Courtesy of Phoebe Chan)
This post was updated April 25 6:12 p.m. It’s never too late to reread an old classic. The Hammer Museum’s new program series, “Revisiting Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,'” begins Tuesday and runs every Tuesday until May 18. Read more...
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By embodying multiple voices in her poetry, Alice Notley takes inclusivity to the max. On Friday, the Center for the Study of Women virtually hosted Elline Lipkin’s talk, “Resist, Reframe, Insist: Alice Notley’s Poetics of Inclusion.” Based on her research for an article in “Northern American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Beyond Lyric and Language,” Lipkin covered the elements and themes of Notley’s work. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Brown Bag lecture series, hosted by the Center for the Study of Women, ended Friday with Elline Lipkin’s talk, “Resist, Reframe, Insist: Alice Notley’s Poetics of Inclusion.” (Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April 18 at 5:52 p.m. With Queen’s song as its anthem, Dance Marathon’s education, advocacy and fundraising efforts are of royal status. Read more...
Photo: For a second year in a row, UCLA’s Dance Marathon was held virtually. The three-hour event put education and advocacy for HIV/AIDS front and center. (Photo illustration and screen captures by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated April 17 at 1:00 p.m. While commuting is generally considered a hassle in Los Angeles, CiBiC aims to encourage people to commute by bicycle through engineering and art. Read more...
Photo: (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
