Saturday, May 9

FASHION OR WHATEVER: _Seemingly repulsive articles of fashion turn heads for all kinds of reasons_

Fashion can seem frivolous when a T-shirt costs upward of $1,000 a pop, but it can also make a meaningful feminist statement. This idea stems from Leandra Medine's fashion blog "the Man Repeller." Medine said the blog is about outfitting oneself in a sartorially offensive way that will repel members of the opposite sex.
From drop crotch pants to shoulder pads, and animal hats to rompers, there is an austere desexualization in fashion. Read more...

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Model Abbey Lee Kershaw presents an outfit from the Chanel Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection. (Courtesy of Monica Feudi)


Photography exhibit tells stories through trees at Getty Museum

In 1861, a bearded man named Galen Clark stood at the base of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove and had his photograph taken by Carleton Watkins, a landscape photographer. Read more...

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Rhea Garen’s photograph “Treehouse, Freese Road” is among the works featured in the Getty’s photography exhibition “The Tree” through July 3. (Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum)



Happy hours in Culver City for the underaged

Last Thursday was my roommate's 21st birthday. While she went bar-hopping with older friends, my other underage roommate and I watched old episodes of "Skins" while I thought of places we could all go, where she could drink and we could drink Sprite and eat cheap food. Read more...


Alumna Sarah Ahn makes dramatic career change from neuroscientist to interior designer, wins national design contest

With a Ph.D. in neuroscience and more than five years of professional school behind her, alumna Sarah Ahn thought she knew what she wanted to do with her life. Read more...

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Alumna Sarah Ahn won a national contest for her fashion design of the “Perfect Little Black Dress,” to be featured in the Spring collection of Laundry by Shelli Segal.
(Courtesy: Sarah Ahn)


Album Review: "21"

Songs about the ups and downs of love accelerate Adele up to the top of music charts in her newest album "21"

February 22, 2011 – British pop vocalist Adele releases her second album “21,” with influences from the blues and gospel, along with her distinct and powerful vocals. Reporter Wan Wong says the record has its ups and downs.


Read another perspective on “21” here.

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"Songs about the ups and downs of love accelerate Adele up to the top of music charts in her newest album "21""

We always knew she had the voice. Read more...

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COLUMBIA RECORDS


Alumnus Justin Yang wins on Chinese dating show ‘Fei Cheng Wu Rao’

The thought of walking into a room full of thousands of foreigners, in front of a criticizing panel of women, may frighten even the toughest or most confident man. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus Justin Yang won on the Chinese reality dating show “Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are the One).” Yang only began learning Chinese in college but was able to stand in front of a panel that judged him based on looks and personality. The panel looked at clips of his life in college as well as his show performance.

Courtesy of Justin Yang