Within one apartment: crepes, students and a resident director. Idriss Njike, the RD of Holly Ridge and Gardenia Way, uses his love of crêpes to connect with his residents, breaking the traditionally distant RD-student relationship.
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Video: Gang-related tattoo removal at Homeboy Industries
Volunteer doctors outline the shapes of gang tattoos on the skin of former gang members with a green laser, working to erase the tattoos and help the ex-gang members transition out of the gangs and into society. Free laser tattoo removal is only one of the many programs offered by Homeboy Industries, a non-profit organization […]
Video: Coming out as Undocumented
During the Immigration Awareness Week rally hosted by Improving Dreams, Equality, Access, and Success (IDEAS) and the Office of the External Vice President, students and their supporters come out as being undocumented citizens at Bruin Plaza.
Video: Artifacts of Media Archaeology: Inside Professor Erkki Huhtamo’s Office
Images on paper strips blur into moving sequences as DESMA Professor Erkki Huhtamo spins a zoetrope from 1870 and peeks through the slits on the side of the metal wheel. This device is only one of thousands that make up Professor Huhtamo’s collection of antique optical viewing devices. From myriopticons to magic lanterns, Professor Huhtamo’s […]
Video: Filming ESPN College GameDay at UCLA
Students camping outside Pauley Pavilion for tickets to the men’s basketball game against Arizona were ushered in the building at 5 a.m. Saturday morning for a taping of ESPN College GameDay. The show, which makes weekly stops at various campuses throughout the season, uses rowdy fans for the backdrop to its set. Students may have […]
Video: Sandwiching work and music
Pen in hand, behind a mic, UCLA Subway employee Darnell Polidore, known in his career as “Focal, and his brother Chris, known as “Dutch,” moved from Florida to Los Angeles to pursue a music career.
Video: A community of film archivists
In a department of fewer than 20 colleagues, the Moving Image Archive Studies Department fosters close community ties in preparation for their graduate students’ future careers of restoring and preserving aging film reels.