One Tree Planted doubled down when the COVID-19 pandemic uprooted daily life. The club’s seed was first sowed last year by Laila Khorasani, a fourth-year neuroscience student. Read more...
Photo: (Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)
Arts, The Quad, Theater & Fine Arts
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December 7, 9:53 am
The brains behind “The Social Dilemma”
The Daily Bruin is taking a scroll through the neurological foundations of the social media consequences highlighted in the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” which premiered earlier this year. Read more...
Photo: (Shruti Iyer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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December 5, 3:37 pm
Required Taste: Examining how elements of fine dining can contribute to psychological satisfaction
Food has become more than just fuel – alongside nourishing our bodies, it taps into our emotions and can infiltrate our minds. In a country known for its freedom, columnist Zinnia Finn will explore the extent to which American culture is tethered to food and the depths to which we each experience this relationship in everyday life. Read more...
Photo: (Jocelyn Wang/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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December 5, 2:01 pm
‘The Mandalorian’ season 2 recap – episode 6: ‘Chapter 14: The Tragedy’
Warning: spoilers ahead. Mando suffers a major defeat, but Boba Fett is back in the game. Following Ahsoka Tano’s (Rosario Dawson) advice in the previous episode, Din Djarin and Grogu make their way to the seeing stone on the planet Tython where Grogu may choose to reach out to other Jedi through the Force. Read more...
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Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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December 4, 8:48 pm
Album review: ‘Wonder’ reflects Shawn Mendes’ growth, maturity through diverse tracks
Shawn Mendes is creating a dreamlike world of wonder for listeners to venture through. In his fourth studio album, Mendes narrates a story that ties together love, self-reflection, and growing older in the face of fame, all while alternating between nostalgia and wide-eyed excitement. Read more...
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Arts, Film & TV
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December 4, 7:43 pm
Crew reflects on salience, emotion of Netflix short ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’
This post was updated Dec. 5 at 5:23 p.m. “If Anything Happens I Love You” offers a moment of collective grief in a year filled with prolific difficulties. Read more...
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Arts, Music
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December 4, 5:35 pm
Q&A: YUNGBLUD discusses album and virtual tour, encourages fans to be ‘weird!’
YUNGBLUD is giving punk rock a long-awaited facelift – complete with glitter, dresses and an occasional sprinkling of anarchy for flavor. The animated singer, who’s known as Dominic Harrison offstage, has been toting his intense political and social stances from his 2018 debut album “21st Century Liability” to his newest record “weird!” His rowdy and uplifting lyrics aim to encourage everyone who listens to speak up and be unapologetically themselves, he said. Read more...
Photo: YUNGBLUD is embarking on a virtual tour for his newest album “weird!” that seeks to redefine the world as one that embraces every person’s authentic self. (Courtesy of Tom Pallant)