Alum’s use of comedy in campaign aims to call attention to political performance

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 8:21 p.m. Kristina Wong is performing debates against dogs to prepare to run for public office. In anticipation, the alumna said she aims to transform Realm, a store that sells Asian art and goods in Chinatown Central Plaza, into her campaign headquarters, and where she will deliver her […]

Photography exhibit to showcase connections between Israeli and Palestinian women

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 10:42 a.m. Over 100 Israeli and Palestinian women looked directly into one another’s eyes for the first time in their lives during Saskia Keeley’s workshops. Keeley began hosting summer photography workshops for Israeli and Palestinian women in 2016 through a partnership with Roots, an Israeli-Palestinian initiative in the […]

Tai chi instructor teaches health benefits of the martial art to students, faculty

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:23 p.m. Peter Asco said he hasn’t caught a cold in 20 years. Asco credits his resilient health to the practice of tai chi, which not only has the ability to reinforce the immune system, but also offers a plethora of other physical and mental health benefits, such […]

Alumnus’ photography highlights traditional Mayan textiles

Craig Dietz set up a portable photography studio in a church plaza with natural lighting, waiting for a subject to animate its black canvas background through lively expressions and traditional Mayan garments. His black-and-white analog photographs of indigenous peoples from Chiapas, Mexico were then scanned, edited through GNU Image Manipulation Program software, printed on fiber-based […]

Graduate student’s play examines privilege, brutality and enduring injustice

Cary Simowitz’s law school colleagues skipped exams to protest the 2014 Darren Wilson verdict in the streets – he wrote a play about the issue instead. The graduate playwriting student further developed and staged a reading of his play “Djarum Vanilla“ at the annual Kennedy Center New Play Festival at the beginning of August. The […]

Campus tea club brews up comforting, educational space

Tealightful Club’s tea appreciation is steeped in a rich historical lineage of cultural significance and specialized ceremonies. Tealightful Club held its first weekly meeting during the third week of spring quarter, said club president Chiana Yang, a second-year psychobiology student. The club derives its name from a cross between the words ‘delightful’ and ‘tea,’ she […]

Student tells creatives’ narratives in solo project ‘MOVEMENT JOURNAL’

Sebastian Moraga dove headfirst into the California art scene six months ago, mingling with visionaries at music concerts and neighborhood bodegas to create his most recent artwork. The fourth-year world arts and cultures student displayed his project “MOVEMENT JOURNAL: Identity, Neighborhood Change, Interdisciplinary Arts” at “InSight,” a senior showcase for students in the world arts […]