Taj Shaikh’s photography portfolio features graduating students playing with fidget spinners, shotgunning beers and posing nude. Shaikh began taking photos at UC Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles and snapping shots of her graduating UCLA friends. With her portfolio, she soon began posting on the UCLA Free & For Sale Facebook page in search […]
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Club provides platform where students can create video games together
Behind every “press any button to start” is a team that started with nothing and ended with a video game. Students work together to design, write and program their own video games in the Collaborative Game Development Club at UCLA. Every year, the club divides current members into groups based on common interests, after which […]
Wine About It: The quarter ends on a sweet note with moscato wine
Life is filled with moments shared over a glass of wine, whether fueling a gossip session with friends, or destressing after a long day of school. But what are the best options for the average broke college student who can’t afford a $50 bottle of wine? Each week, columnist Susana Alcantar will discuss different wine […]
Bookmarked: Ooga Booga’s uninviting aura, stark aesthetic left something to be desired
Los Angeles is home to a multitude of specialized bookstores, from those oriented toward horror and mystery to others with more practical focuses, like cookbooks. Follow columnist Clea Wurster as she explores the many niche literary interests the city accommodates. Ooga Booga, an art print bookstore, careens up two sets of stairs above a picturesque […]
Makerspace’s board game workshop encourages creativity, new skills
Students used lasers to cut acrylic, shape wood and carve “Rick and Morty” faces into checkers pieces. The UCLA Makerspace in Rieber Hall held a three-part workshop over the course of the last four weeks dedicated to teaching students how to manufacture board games. Though the space previously held small workshops for specific machinery like […]
Wine About It: Pinot gris lives up to name as gray, dull, pond water-looking wine
Life is filled with moments shared over a glass of wine, whether fueling a gossip session with friends, or destressing after a long day of school. But what are the best options for the average broke college student who can’t afford a $50 bottle of wine? Each week, columnist Susana Alcantar will discuss different wine […]
Bookmarked: Children’s Book World offers intrigue to young readers, nostalgia to old
Los Angeles is home to a multitude of specialized bookstores, from those oriented toward horror and mystery to others with more practical focuses, like cookbooks. Follow columnist Clea Wurster as she explores the many niche literary interests the city accommodates. I found everything I was looking for at Children’s Book World on Pico Boulevard: tranquility, […]