I would probably still be trying to become an opera singer if it wasn’t for the Daily Bruin. I came to UCLA nontraditional in my desired career path but absolutely un-extraordinary in every other way. I’d spent the four years prior at an arts high school, where I’d studied opera performance and spent most of […]
Author Archives: Emily McCormick
Concert review: Taylor Swift at the Rose Bowl
Taylor Swift’s “reputation” tour crystallized her transformation from saccharine sweetheart to serpentine superstar. But her performance suggested that the metamorphosis has been all on her own terms. Swift radiated unapologetic self-confidence at the opening night performance of the Los Angeles leg of her “reputation” tour. The set list, which primarily featured the edgier songs of […]
Student-led clothing company Vespucci goes green with hemp-based streetwear
Three of Vespucci’s founders had similar reactions when they first moved from the pristine beaches and lush hills of Oahu to the concrete jungle of the U.S. mainland: “Yuck.” Their response was to the unavoidable pollution that filled the sidewalks, highways and skylines of the West Coast cities they’d moved to after high school – […]
The Quad: UCLA administration’s response to fire sparks student reaction
UCLA canceled Wednesday afternoon classes because the Skirball fire near campus made it difficult for some students and faculty to commute. An early Bruin Alert said students should consult their instructors as to whether to attend classes. At about 11 a.m., the university issued an updated alert canceling classes beginning at or after noon. Some […]
Students protest ending of DACA program, discuss concerns for future
UCLA students joined thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it will end a program that deferred the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
On the Rise: Grey
In “On the Rise,” the Daily Bruin profiles up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles. Though our subjects do not necessarily have direct connections with UCLA, they are artists who have brought their sounds to Los Angeles and have taken advantage of opportunities within the city’s thriving music scene. Michael Trewartha worked a day job at an […]
Opera review: ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’
A lovesick poet, a goddess disguised as a man and a slew of drunken students walk into a tavern. So begins Los Angeles Opera’s current production of Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann,” the story of an oft-inebriated writer named Hoffmann (Vittorio Grigolo) recounting his failed experiences with three past lovers before realizing that his […]