The pumpkin spice latte is well-known as the fall season’s staple beverage. The final third of every year is often welcomed by pumpkin spice devotees sharing their excitement about the product surfacing back on to the menus of their favorite coffee chains. It wouldn’t be fall without it. According to Bustle, Starbucks, not only the […]
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Press Pass: While tiring, covering Coachella proves memorable for Daily Bruin’s A&E editor
The craziness of covering Coachella Weekend 2 began before we even reached the outskirts of Indio, California. Friday, 8 a.m. Daily Bruin’s Photo editor Michael Zshornack and I departed promptly from Westwood, congratulating ourselves on actually leaving at the time we said we would. We headed out for what would become one of the most […]
The Quad: Desert everyday outfits for whimsical, quirky Coachella fashion
We’re transitioning from weekend one to weekend two of Coachella, so it’s hard to scroll through Instagram lately without seeing an influx of pictures from the ubiquitous music festival. While festivalgoers from all over the world swarm the Indio, California, campground for the music, Coachella fashion often takes center stage – planning Coachella outfits is […]
The Quad: Tips for Weekend 2 from veteran Coachella-goers
Many UCLA students spent this past weekend basking in the golden sun, adorned in colorful glitter, quirky sunglasses and grooving to big names in music like Beyoncé and The Weeknd. These students comprise a small portion of the thousands of music lovers that travel from around the world to the balmy deserts of Indio, California, […]
The Quad: Social media hashtags can be used as a valid form of activism
The New York Times’ website displays a running list of men of considerable celebrity or public notoriety accused of sexual misconduct. The list comprises, at the time of writing, 99 men. Of that number, 71 been fired or forced to resign from their high-profile positions as a result of these allegations; 28 of them have […]
The Quad: “Stories of Almost Everyone” exhibit allows art to stand on its own
The Hammer Museum’s advertising copy says its new exhibition “Stories of Almost Everyone” is an attempt to be “skeptical of the conditions of museological mediation and art’s promise to convey meaning.” What this means is that in curating exhibits, displaying them and writing up descriptions of artworks, museums take away from the inherent meaning or […]
The Quad: ‘Radical Women’ exhibit sends strong messages on power of women of color
Perhaps it is impossible to teach somebody how to care for and accept others, or to see past gender or skin color. But the Hammer Museum’s latest exhibit tries to pierce through the intolerance permeating our society. Through the voices of a different time and of foreign countries, “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985” makes […]