As a young woman, Sophie Zeidman Hamburger had faced death before the German Nazi soldiers at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. At the age of 93, she told her story to a group of eager students in the main room of Hillel at UCLA. Andrew Rosenstein, a young Jewish man who had never known the horrors of […]
Author Archives: Nate Nickolai
Graduate student musician carries on childhood folk music roots
Ryan Koons removes the nyckelharpa from its case leaning against the wooden wall of his family’s cabin in Maryland. As his fingers climb the small keys along the side of the instrument, his parents join in on the folksy tune and music fills the small, dimly lit room. Outside the dining room walls of his […]
Behind the Counter: Ralphs deli employees dish on aspirations, artistic passions
As the daily lunch rush begins, the Westwood Ralphs deli staff works fast, taking orders and cooking entrees like macaroni and cheese and fried chicken. Carts full of bread fly in and out of the deli kitchen as a constant exchange of cold cuts overtakes the space above the glass countertops. However, behind the flurry […]
Second Take: Weak plot, excessive obscenity fail to deliver for ‘American Horror Story’
This week, Daily Bruin A&E is counting down to the new year by looking back at the best and worst events in the arts and entertainment world of 2015. Today, A&E contributor Nate Nickolai dissects the lack of plot in 2015’s fifth season of “American Horror Story.” I knew I was in for a wild […]
Powell Library plays up video game-centered learning to students
Kirby’s high-pitched shriek rang out through the usually silent Powell Library rotunda. The Nintendo character’s voice added to the ruckus of gunshot echoes and zombie screams at the library’s fourth annual International Games Day. In conjunction with the American Library Association’s International Games Day event, Powell Library hosted its own “day of play” Saturday, as […]
UCLA computer science class integrates virtual world into reality
The walls of Diana Ford’s classroom dissolve into an open field as she puts on a pair of Oculus Rift goggles. Within the artificial realm created by the Oculus Rift headset, Ford chases after a ball only to run straight into a surrounding wall in her classroom, blurring virtual reality and reality. Ford, a lecturer […]
UCLA Rapid Fire Improv group to show off new members at upcoming event
The scene begins with the quick toss of a red pocket lighter. The members of the Rapid Fire Improv group have no script, no clues and no help; yet they transform the simple red item into the inspiration for a full-fledged drama about a broken relationship, burnt hair and a strange arrest. The improv scenes […]