Video: Mary Corey on the civil rights movement

“Activism is in the DNA, as Kendrick would say,” says Dr. Mary Corey, a senior lecturer of history at UCLA. In the 1960s, Corey attended UCLA for her undergraduate studies and became involved in the wave of political activism that erupted during that period. Watch as she describes her experience as a student in the charged political […]

Video: Cannabis kingdom: Connor and Christian Kramme

Over Spring Break, Daily Bruin Staffers took a road trip up the West Coast to visit Connor and Christian Kramme’s marijuana farm in Siskiyou County. Connor Kramme, a recent UC Berkeley graduate and brother of third-year MCDB student Christian Kramme, highlights how the Proposition 64 decision affects the brothers’ cannabis business and his day-to-day experience […]

Cannabis kingdom

Proposition 64 passed in November, legalizing recreational marijuana use in California. When it goes into full effect on Jan. 1, 2018, anyone 21 or older, including UCLA students, will be able to buy marijuana from stores with retail licenses. Currently, students 21 and over can possess up to 28.5 grams of marijuana and grow up […]

Video: Singing to Spring Sing: Chris Pree and Munir Griffin

Chris Pree is a third-year theater student and Munir Griffin is a fourth-year ethnomusicology student. They will be performing as a duo in Spring Sing 2017. Pree and Griffin have been singing together since they were kids, but Spring Sing will be the biggest audience they have ever performed for.