Julio Ulises Medina woke up to the sound of the Colombian cumbia and Dominican merengue every morning playing on his home radio. He danced salsa and punta with girls at quinceañeras. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Julio Medina performed his final UCLA show, “ONDA,” Friday and Saturday. The performance explores themes of race and masculinity through the medium of hip-hop and break dance. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Each week in “Love Apptually,” Daily Bruin staffers Nico Correia and Natalie Green will take turns attempting to find love in all of the wrong places: dating applications. Read more...
Students crowded around a mysterious Space Age box with neon lights and sharp angular edges. The strange futuristic shape stood out against UCLA’s brick architecture, attracting students on their daily walks to class. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Michael Tran helped research the 2016 Hollywood Diversity Report with sociology professor Darnell Hunt. The report’s findings were displayed in a pop-up exhibit, which has been moving around campus. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
The audience paused for a brief moment before rising to its feet in a standing ovation for the musicians of VEM Quartet and their mezzo-soprano, Danielle Bayne. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate musicians performed a piece by Tigran Mansurian (middle), an Armenian classical composer, on a trip to Armenia. They performed for audiences at the Komitas Museum and Komitas Chamber Music Hall in the capital city of Yerevan. (Courtesy of Movses Pogossian)
Twelve hundred students trudging on the floor of Pauley Pavilion for Dance Marathon took breaks for meals. An app startup called PlayFull had arranged the catering for the five meals served throughout the day and night. Read more...
Photo: PlayFull is an app run by a group of UCLA students and alumni in which users play games and win points to exchange for discounted food from Westwood restaurants. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is the first of many superhero movies to be released in the inevitable summer explosion of blockbuster films. While anticipation and expectations were high, the film was received with mixed reviews. Read more...
Applause from every seat echoed off the walls of the Billy Wilder Theater as the names in the opening credits of “Top Gun” appeared on the big screen. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Paramount Pictures hosted The Heat is On: A Jerry Bruckheimer Film Festival in honor of the producer who worked on films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” and “Crimson Tide.” The festival, held at the Billy Wilder Theater throughout April, will showcase 10 films that spanned Bruckheimer’s career. (Christi Carras/Daily Bruin contributor)
