I’ve been in the Daily Bruin since my first year at UCLA, but I’m still not great with words. From the very beginning, I’ve made videos: I’ve always only been in charge of recording, shaping, documenting and interviewing people. I’ve always been able to let others speak into a lens and simply edit the material […]
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Video: Cannabis kingdom: What does being high feel like?
Daily Bruin reporters travel across California to explore the effects of Proposition 64 on the cannabis industry and how it affects students, businesses and medicine. Watch this video in our “Cannabis Kingdom” series for a visual representation of what being high on marijuana feels like for a student.
Video: Cannabis kingdom: Connor and Christian Kramme
Over Spring Break, Daily Bruin Staffers took a road trip up the West Coast to visit Connor and Christian Kramme’s marijuana farm in Siskiyou County. Connor Kramme, a recent UC Berkeley graduate and brother of third-year MCDB student Christian Kramme, highlights how the Proposition 64 decision affects the brothers’ cannabis business and his day-to-day experience […]
Video: Cannabis kingdom: The process of weed farming
Growing cannabis is a lot harder and more complicated than one might think. In this animated graphic, the Daily Bruin walks through how farms cultivate and process the buds sold at the neighborhood dispensaries.
Video: Cannabis kingdom: Rodrigo Aranda
Rodrigo Aranda was a UCLA student who left university to pursue a career in recreational marijuana distribution. He tells his story and what inspired him to enter the business.
Christian’s cannabis
“When I explain it to people, I tell them I’m not just a former druggie who needs to do this. It’s a modern approach to a very large market,” says second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student Christian Kramme. Aside from maintaining good grades, Kramme is also the CEO of Greenbox, Inc., a company that […]
UCLA professor on life as Cuban refugee, mock trial coach, Star War enthusiast
The coach of UCLA’s Mock Trial team is much more than a lawyer, businessman and graduate professor. He is a Cuban refugee, has gone to over 1,000 professional baseball games, owns a Han Solo refrigerator and drives a black Tesla with the license plate “Death Star.” Daily Bruin Video talked to professor Gonzalo Freixes about […]