“People are generally uninformed or apathetic about it,” claims fourth-year political science student Amir Aghajani about the USAC special election. Daily Bruin takes it to the streets of Bruin Walk to see what our student body really thinks about the new transfer representative position, whether or not students are willing to fund a diversity referendum […]
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Songs & Stories: We The Folk
We The Folk, an up-beat group of UCLA students plus one alumni, performs “She Belongs” – a fun, catchy tune that touches on an aspect of life that many young people can relate to: staying up all night, talking about life with someone that you care about. “It’s got kind of a beachy, casual setting […]
Musicians bond through playing son jarocho
Jueves Jarocho is a collection of musicians from a variety of backgrounds who gather to create music together. The group plays son jarocho music, a form of traditional Mexican music, and accompanies a percussive dance class here on campus. Ethnomusicology graduate student Alexandro Hernandez enjoys that the group plays “without that pressure of performances, playing […]
Saints, Sinners, and Magicians at the Fowler
The Fowler museum’s newest exhibit, “Sinful Saints and Saintly Sinners at the Margins of the Americas,” opened to the public last week. The exhibit blurs the line between sanctity and sin by featuring a number of folk heroes and unconventional saints from across North and South America. To kick off this magical exhibition, Wacko the […]
Street Art for the Community
Hanging from a fence in the abandoned lot across from In-N-Out Burger, an intricate collage of black-and-white ink drawings forms a bird with a cardboard cutout reading a single word: love. The artwork was created by Gino Burman-Loffredo, a 31-year-old L.A. resident who now makes positive street art to display on fences around the city. […]