“Every subject matter you’re working on should look at the context of the time and many of these books reflect this,” says Design | Media Arts department chair and book designer Willem Henri Lucas about his work. Lucas stresses the importance of art in the community and addresses social issues in his book designs, which […]
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Video: UCLA professors discuss psychology of college romance
“One reason that people in college grow and change so much is that they have relationships,” says UCLA psychology professor Benjamin Karney. Professors Karney and Thomas Bradbury provide insight into the psychology of romantic relationships in college and the reasons why third-year neuroscience student Esther Lee and fourth-year sociology student Lori McCallum can maintain their […]
Alum auctions asian antiques
“Truth is, I can remember things that I sold 30 to 40 years ago better than I can remember people I met 30 to 40 years ago,” remarks Izzy Chait, owner and operator of I.M. Chait Gallery, an auction house specializing in Chinese art. Chait works with his three sons, traveling to Asia to […]
Video: Team Hundley promotes epilepsy awareness
“I’ve been blessed with a platform and in that platform I’ve been able to spread awareness,” said redshirt sophomore UCLA quarterback, Brett Hundley, during the Walk to End Epilepsy at the Rose Bowl on November 17, 2013. Hundley said he is happy more people in the UCLA community are learning about the disease, and that […]
Video: Strikers march through UCLA campus
“We are one people, we are one community and we will stand up for our rights,” said Thea Sircar, a UCLA political science doctoral candidate and teacher’s assistant, during a speech to a cheering crowd of AFSCME strikers and supporting UAW union members. The strikers then marched through campus chanting, “What do we want? Justice! […]
Songs and Stories: Hollywood Music Parade
“You don’t need no more sub-genres, you don’t need no more labels … it’s just pure music,” said Jonathan Santin, a drummer in Sam Ali’s Hollywood Music Parade, an organic musical arrangement that combines many different artists and musical styles. Ali, a UCLA alumnus, describes how these various artists came together and performs his original song, “I Don’t Want to be Your […]
Video: Full-time student, part-time barber
“I think it’s art because … when they first come, it’s like hair all over the place, it’s like a blank canvas,” says Michael Sianturi, a fourth-year psychobiology student who offers haircuts at his apartment and accepts donations to go toward his college expenses. Step inside SIanturi’s pseudo-barbershop where he finds lives out his passion […]