UCLA alumna creates pop-up ice cream shop featuring Filipino flavors

Christy Cunanan’s coworkers at The Walt Disney Company said her homemade ice cream reminded them of their home countries of China, Vietnam, India and the Philippines. The memories that her food inspired eventually influenced the name of the alumna’s ice cream business Cheeri Cheeri Ice Cream, which embodies her Filipino background with its underlying stories, […]

Student uses photography to shed light on religious, political issues

Frances “Frankie” Tyska started out snapping photos of family and friends. Now her images tackle topics of religion and politics. The first-year art student has four cameras, which she uses to capture images that reflect political events and spark conversation among viewers. Tyska said that she wants to make visual thesis statements with her work, […]

Tea Tunes: Ceara Cavalieri makes pop songs her own with soothing covers

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lies a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Her cover […]

Tea Tunes: Student embraces personal influences, experiences into first album

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lies a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Drew Drysdale […]

On the Rise: Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman learned how to play guitar on a miniature electric Fender Stratocaster from Guitar Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. But it was an acoustic Olympia guitar that inspired Friedman to pursue songwriting around the age of 12. Compared to the rock sound of his electric guitar, the acoustic guitar’s softer timbre allowed Friedman to create […]

Tea Tunes: Love of metal genre plays into Justin Loera’s original music

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lie a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. When I […]

Tea Tunes: R&B duo to transcend surface-level music with Spring Sing performance

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lie a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Chris Pree […]