Professor Noah Garrison invited his friend Carter Bays to an Alanis Morissette concert in spring 2006. Six months later, he watched their concert experience reenacted on TV. The creators of the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” Bays and Craig Thomas, borrowed from their own lives when writing the show. They created the character of […]
Category Archives: Arts
Environmental lab explores intersection of art, science
A new program is moving North and South Campus closer together. UCLA’s Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies seeks to bridge the gap between the humanities and sciences at UCLA. Housed within the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, it combines environmental studies with art, media and narrative storytelling, said Ursula Heise, an English professor. LENS […]
Concert review: Green Day at the Hollywood Palladium
Society tends to view age 40 as a slowing down point, the beginning of the dreaded middle age. But for the gleeful anarchists of Green Day, age holds no sway as they continue to rock out as well as the young kids. On Monday, Green Day performed at the Hollywood Palladium for the first time […]
Professor overhauls Peace Over Violence brand for greater inclusion
Large white letters stood out against the black and white image of a smiling woman, spelling “confianza sobre violencia” (confidence over violence). The image fades away on Peace Over Violence’s website homepage, replaced with the scene of a smiling man and woman, with the words “friendship over violence” written across their embracing arms. Rebeca Méndez, […]
Bar necessities: The Daily Pint
Westwood’s bars, or lack thereof, can easily grow old for thirsty college students in search of a taproom suited to their tastes. Daily Bruin senior staffers Erin Nyren and William Thorne embark on a bar-sampling journey to uncover the best watering holes in Los Angeles. Over the next 10 weeks, they explain which have the […]
UCLA student strives to shatter beauty standards in modeling industry
“Too short,” “too skinny” and “too Latina” were words Viviana Lira heard from photographers that sought the stock characteristics of beautiful women for their shoots. Lira, a second-year art history student, found that few photographers wanted a look that wasn’t mainstream when she began her modeling career in high school. As a woman who had […]
Review: Rocky Horror TV special fails to capture shock factor of cult classic
A man wearing a tight corset, thigh-high fish nets and bold, red lipstick descends in a castle elevator. He exits the elevator and in a deep voice he sings, “I’m just a sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania!” Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s arrival rattled the earth in 1975 when “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was first released. The […]