Thursday, August 6

Learning how to be a student and a model

Second-year students, Daphne Meyer, world arts and cultures, and Malik Martin, business economics, describe what it’s like to juggle being a model and full-time student. They both learned to develop time management skills and flexibility. Read more...

Photo: (Sandra Carbonell-Kiamtia and Susie Shu/Daily Bruin)


Album Review: ‘Mind of Mine’

When Zayn Malik announced his departure from One Direction last year, he said it was to pursue a quiet life as a normal 22-year-old. Since then, though, he has fought with collaborator Naughty Boy, engaged in his fair share of Twitter feuds with former bandmates and appeared on multiple magazine covers. Read more...

Photo: (RCA Records)



A taste of UCLA’s comedy clubs

This year, UCLA comedy clubs fill up lecture-size classrooms, the Improv Space, and Treehouse in Westwood. As LCC, Rapid Fire Improv, Shenanigans Comedy Club, Satyr Magazine, “The Westwood Enabler,” and Company band together, Daily Bruin Video tries to find out what’s behind on-campus comedy’s recent growth. Read more...

Photo: (Annie Rimmon, Natalie Green, Asmita Paranjape/Daily Bruin)



Music school spins out DJing competition for student DJs

Classically trained violinist Nolan Isozaki picked up an electronic music controller for the first time two and a half years ago, not expecting it to become anything but a hobby. Read more...

Photo: First-year actuarial math student Gillis Wang was one of four finalists who performed in an EDM competition hosted by the Herb Alpert School of Music and DJ Paul Oakenfold. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


Backstage Bruins: Stage designer uses creativity to revive rural Oklahoma

The commotion of cast members running back and forth backstage was drowned out by the distant sound of a drill. Stage designer Amy Cummings, with the drill in her hand, was focused on attaching the missing legs of a wooden table. Read more...

Photo: Stage designer and third-year gender studies student Amy Cummings spent her spring break building the “Oklahoma!” set. She researched early 1900s scenery and found props like corn and barrels to bring the set to life. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)