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January 28, 10:34 pm

Alumna opens discussion on homelessness in self-published children’s books

Alumna Angela Sanchez tackled the obstacles of high school while experiencing homelessness. After her father was unable to pay rent in 2007, he and Sanchez were evicted from their home when she was only 16. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Angela Sanchez wrote a children’s book entitled “Scruffy and the Egg” in 2017 and the sequel, “Scruffy and the Egg: Adventures on the Road,” in 2019. The books are based on stories she and her father shared while they were homeless during her high school years. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)

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January 26, 11:41 pm

UCLA student authors book covering themes of mental health and identity

Hannah Lin Kernal’s spooky short story about Halloween sparked a passion for her debut novel, “We Pretend They’re Fireworks.” The third-year English student published her young adult dystopian novel about mental health – and its intersections of identity and ethnicity – in December. Read more...

Photo: Third-year English student Hannah Lin Kernal’s novel, “We Pretend They’re Fireworks,” is a young adult book exploring the intersections of mental health, identity and ethnicity. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)

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January 23, 9:16 pm

Comedy event featuring Asian American performers to benefit blood cancer patients

A night of stand-up comedy from Asian American artists is proving laughter to be the best medicine for cancer patients, one laugh at a time. The Asian American Donor Program will present the 2020 Laugh for Lives Event on March 13 at the Marines’ Memorial Theatre in San Francisco to help save the lives of those with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases. Read more...

Photo: The Laugh For Lives event has featured comedians such as alumna Ali Wong who come together to make a show with profits going toward aiding patients with blood cancer. (Courtesy of Karmen Yap)

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January 22, 11:10 pm

QueerCurrent speaker to explore impact of LGBTQ+, minority models on industry

Elspeth Brown examines the history of modeling with rainbow-tinted lenses. In the second lecture of the QueerCurrent speaker series hosted by the LGBTQ studies program, Brown, an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto, will trace the industry’s transformation through a queer eye Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Elspeth Brown, an associate professor of history at the University of Toronto, will discuss the diverse sexualities and races in the modeling world in the second lecture in the QueerCurrent speaker series Thursday. (Courtesy of Elspeth Brown)

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January 21, 11:40 pm

Restaurant review: Sip Matcha’s rebranding as Junbi brings comfort, options to Westwood

Sip Matcha’s loss became Westwood’s gain. When the bubble tea store Sip Matcha looked to expand, they said they were unable to copyright their name, so they set out to rebrand their company as “Junbi.” The reinvented bubble tea shop reopened Jan. Read more...

Photo: Previously known as Sip Matcha, the Westwood shop rebranded as Junbi after facing copyright difficulties. The bubble tea shop reopened Jan. 18, now featuring yellow walls and expanded seating options. (Keaton Larson/Daily Bruin)

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January 20, 9:39 pm

Alumna author imbues fiction with scientific rigor, feminist principles

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 7:08 p.m. Catherine Asaro said she needs to mentally restrain herself from putting mathematical functions in her novels. The alumna, who often joins science and feminism in her work, is best known for exploring an intergalactic empire at war in her series, “Saga of the Skolian Empire.” However, she said she didn’t originally intend to write hard science fiction. Read more...

Photo: (Shruti Iyer/ Daily Bruin)


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