Monday, June 23

Student T-shirt business promotes positivity, donates profits amid COVID-19

Despite graduation cancellations nationwide, Payton Rockwood and Jordyn Grusd sought to flip the pessimistic narrative for the class of 2020. Rockwood, a fourth-year economics student, and Grusd, a fourth-year communication student, said they wanted to find a way to spread positivity and give back to communities affected by COVID-19, especially after seeing an overwhelming number of negative posts on social media in response to a virtual spring quarter and graduation ceremony. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year students Payton Rockwood and Jordyn Grusd founded a small business, Class of COVID-19, to sells stickers and T-shirts in light of canceled graduations to spread positivity and give back to communities affected by COVID-19. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin)


Club Sandwich aims to spread hope to people experiencing homelessness

In the face of a crisis, Club Sandwich found a new way to feed those experiencing homelessness. The newly established organization, created by third-year communication student Kira Loren, is feeding those who experience homelessness in Westwood as it attempts to connect the UCLA community with its surrounding city members, she said. Read more...

Photo: In January, third-year communication student Kira Loren founded Club Sandwich at UCLA, which is now taking the money it’s raised to buy and donate canned foods to people experiencing homelessness in a period when club members cannot come together to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin)


Student brings Met Gala home, recreates Lady Gaga’s extravagant look

Met Gala outfits aren’t usually constructed using laundry baskets – but desperate times call for desperate measures.   Using materials found around the house, cosplayer and third-year communication student Shay Rose reconstructed Lady Gaga’s four-layered outfit from the 2019 Met Gala for the digital #MetGalaChallenge on Instagram. Read more...

Photo: Third-year communication student and cosplayer Shay Rose took part in the #MetGalaChallenge to recreate all four of Lady Gaga’s 2019 Met Gala looks. In one week, Rose constructed a voluminous pink dress, a black dress with a bustle, a pink fitted dress and black lingerie. (Courtesy of Shay Rose)


Book review: ‘The Hunger Games’ prequel pays tribute to saga, leaving main character static

Snow may land on top, but “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” barely builds to a flurry. The new prequel to “The Hunger Games” series takes place more than 60 years before the events of the original book but still lands on a familiar face. Read more...

Photo: Suzanne Collins’ latest installment in “The Hunger Games” universe expands upon what has been established in the original series, including mockingjay symbolism and President Snow’s development as a young boy. However, his lack of morality leads to stagnancy of his character. (Courtesy of Scholastic Review)


Student’s fundraising efforts can be chalked up to passion for sidewalk art

Elisa Bass is taking a popular quarantine activity to the next level with her artistic skills – all for a good cause. The second-year economics student recently started a chalk drawing business to raise funds for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Read more...

Photo: Second-year economics student Elisa Bass is taking chalk drawing to the next level, and it’s all for a good cause. Bass said she recently started a business selling her commissions to raise funds for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Alfred brews up solutions to keep coffee, matcha in hands of Angelenos

Time might not exist in quarantine, but Alfred’s iced vanilla latte does. Alfred, a local coffee shop with 10 locations across Los Angeles, has reopened its doors for contactless pick-up and created a delivery subscription program for its coffee beans and matcha tea tins. Read more...

Photo: The California-based coffee chain Alfred created a subscription-based program so customers can indulge in both coffee and less-caffeinated drinks like matcha. To adapt to the ongoing pandemic, Alfred offers contactless pick-up of its products.(Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)



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