Friday, May 1

To View or Not to View: ‘Jessica Jones’ and ‘Agent Carter’

In the war zone that is the fall TV season, it’s important to pick out the gems hidden in the media mesh. Each week, A&E columnist Sebastian Torrelio will profile one new show and one returning show that share a connection, detailing how they may make those after-school hours more meaningful. Read more...

Photo: One of Marvel’s female-led television shows, “Jessica Jones,” resembles film noir. (Courtesy of Netflix)


UCLA student tour guides at Hammer lead ‘conversation’ between art

A crowd of 13 spectators huddled around a painting, Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s “And We Begin to Let Go,” hung on the dimly lit wall of the Hammer gallery. Read more...

Photo: Hammer Museum student educators and UCLA students Audrey Brown (left), Martin Spasov (center) and Weiwen Balter (right) lead “conversations” between two artworks in the Art in Conversation program on Sundays. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


A Wee Adventure: The Loch Ness

When traveling to a foreign country for the first time, the opportunities for exploration and discovery are seemingly endless. This quarter, A&E columnist Maryrose Kulick stepped off American soil to study abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland. Read more...

Photo: The Scottish Highlands is in Scotland’s mountainous northern region. Scotland’s northern landscape includes Loch Ness, a lake. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Halftime Signatures: UCLA drum major marches into his last USC rivalry matchup

In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Adam Fletcher, a fifth-year electrical engineering student and drum major. Read more...

Photo: Adam Fletcher, a fifth-year electrical engineering student, is one of the UCLA marching band’s four drum majors. As a band member, he experienced the Bruin’s loss against USC in 2011 and participated in the Trojan War parody with UC Berkley’s marching band in 2015. (photo illustration by Owen Emerson and Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Halftime Signatures: Alto saxophonist relishes harmony in tight-knit section

In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Noah Ashman, a second-year mechanical engineering student and alto saxophone section leader. Read more...

Photo: Second-year mechanical engineering student Noah Ashman leads the alto sax section of the UCLA Marching Band. Since last year’s rivalry game was at the Rose Bowl, Saturday’s game will be his first at the Coliseum. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Halftime Signatures: Baton twirler aims to inspire enthusiasm for sport

In anticipation of the UCLA-USC football matchup Thanksgiving weekend, Daily Bruin A&E features members of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band. Today’s installment profiles Michelle Glymph, an alumna and ex-Golden Girl, or featured baton twirler. Read more...

Photo: Michelle Glymph, a 2015 UCLA graduate, performed a baton-twirling routine during halftime of football games throughout her four years. Baton twirling is a family affair for Glymph, whose mother . (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


Movie Review: ‘The Good Dinosaur’

Dinosaurs watch the famous asteroid that supposedly ended their reign on the planet, passing by Earth in the opening scene of “The Good Dinosaur.” The events of the new Pixar Animation Studios film take place in a world where dinosaurs never went extinct, evolving alongside humans into hunters-gatherers and shepherds. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Disney )