Finding a delicious restaurant in Los Angeles can be difficult amongst the city’s thousands of dining options. To help readers narrow down their search, the Daily Bruin will review restaurants located along main street boulevards near UCLA each week. Read more...
Photo: The OP Cafe’s daily special on Friday included coconut crusted french toast with chocolate chips and caramelized bananas. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
David Kuo’s route to working in Michelin Star kitchens began with cooking in his fraternity house kitchen for Thanksgiving Iron Chef competitions. Kuo graduated from UCLA in 2001, but decided to leave his office job working in property management. Read more...
Photo: David Kuo opened restaurant Status Kuo in 2014 after attending culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu and working in Michelin Star kitchens like Jean-Georges. On Thursday, he reopened it as Little Fatty, a Taiwanese-style restaurant. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)
Music fans can find it hard to decide which albums to stream and which to skip, considering the surplus of new music released. Each week, A&E columnist Sean Lee will compare two newly released albums and recommend which one students should listen to. Read more...
Photo: Title Tracks’ latest album “Long Dream” (left), released Friday, incorporates the rock ‘n’ roll sounds of predecessors, including The Kooks and Arctic Monkeys. Thee Oh Sees’ new release “An Odd Entrances” (right), also from Friday, blends 1980s electronic krautrock with dream pop.
Students skate through crowds, pressing the soles of their Vans into their skateboards and zooming down the cement path en route to their next classes. With the increasing prevalence of skate culture on campus, Old Skool Vans shoes – skating shoes that debuted in 1977 with the famous jazz stripe – can be seen among student skaters and non-skaters at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: 1977 Vans Old Skool shoes, featuring a distinctive bold stripe, have made a comeback as a symbol of skater culture among students. (Haoyang Yan/Daily Bruin)
The director raised his arms and began to conduct, and the rich sound of 125 students playing brass, woodwinds and percussion filled the auditorium. David Pardess sat in the front row at the first UCLA marching band practice, playing his piccolo and feeling excitement and anticipation for the rest of the 1967 season. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Alumni Band was founded in 1976 and performs at athletic events the UCLA marching band does not attend, including rowing and women’s gymnastics competitions. (Jason Jodjana/Daily Bruin)
UCLA first-year theater student Melissa Navarro stars in our next “Collecting Creatives” video series, showcasing her passion and commitment to the art of acting. Recently, she held the leading role in the indie film “Whittier Boulevard” shown at HBO’s Outfest Fusion, a multicultural LGBT film festival. Read more...
Photo: (Mira Winnick/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s own Alumni Band performed at the Rose Bowl before the UCLA vs. Oregon State game on Nov. 12 to entertain the fans and continue their legacy with UCLA, which they have been doing consistently since 1976. Read more...
Photo: (Jason Jodjana/Daily Bruin)
