It doesn’t take UCLA students long to realize that campus is filled with hills, stairs and strangely-taxing slight inclines. When 20 to 40 minutes of a student’s day is spent walking to and from campus, the right shoe can make all the difference. When comfortable shoes are so important, it can be easy to just […]
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Q&A: Women’s rights activist discusses film ‘Honor Diaries’
The oppression and hardship that women endure in society, Zainab Khan said, is the largest human rights violation that is happening in our world. Three years ago, Khan, a licensed clinical therapist and global activist for women’s rights, came together with eight like-minded women to create the film “Honor Diaries,” a conversation about the role […]
AUD teaching fellow to hold lecture on computation, digital tools
Gabriel Fries-Briggs, UCLA’s 2014-2015 Department of Architecture and Urban Design teaching fellow, led a seminar during winter quarter that opened a forum for undergraduate students to create art out of architectural problems involving plumbing, insulation and wall sections. Michael Osman, assistant professor in the architecture and urban design department, said Fries-Briggs’ “X Between Assembly and […]
Rachel Rosenthal dies, remembered for legacy as performance artist
Rachel Rosenthal, a renowned Los Angeles-based performance and theater artist who had a lasting legacy as an educator, including at UCLA, died of congestive heart failure on Sunday evening at her home in West Los Angeles. She was 88. From her cross-country move to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, Rosenthal had become a mainstay and […]
Former UCLA professor, ‘Urban Light’ artist Chris Burden dies at 69
Former UCLA professor Chris Burden, the artist behind the iconic “Urban Light” exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, died Sunday of malignant melanoma. He was 69. Since the installation of “Urban Light” in 2008, the 202 restored street lamps have brightened the entrance of LACMA and become one of the most photographed […]
Unsung Heroes: Gwen Stacy upgrades from plot point to Spider-Woman
Marvel Comics has seen an increase in mainstream popularity with the recent release of several box-office hits such as “The Avengers.” Since its inception in 1939, the comic book company has created thousands of characters. While not all of them may get their due publicity because of a lack of exposure on the silver screen, […]
Movie Review: ‘Slow West’
As far as coming-of-age journeys go, 16-year-old Jay Cavendish’s odyssey from the windy highlands of Scotland to the barren plains of Wild West America has to rank as one of the bleakest and most unlikely. In “Slow West,” director John Maclean focuses on life’s harsh realities on the American frontier in the 19th century. He […]