On a regular weekday, alumna Izzah Khan sits in front of a computer at her day job in risk management, but cooking, baking and filming for her YouTube channel, “Rookie with a Cookie,” fill her weekends. Khan, who worked at the De Neve Bakery during her fourth year in 2013, recently started the channel, where […]
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Bruin grows business of handmade hair care products
When the average hair care product wasn’t able to provide the desired shine and texture in her hair, Marika Straughter made the decision three years ago to take matters into her own hands. After watching several YouTube videos and cross-checking the different ingredients in previous hair care products she’s used in the past, the urban […]
Unsung Heroes: Captain Marvel rises as feminist superhero through modern updates
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 in the silver […]
Q&A: Alum Haley McHugh discusses theater, life as a professional actress
Haley McHugh entered the world of performance as a 3-year-old, cha-chaing across the stage in a community theater production. Since then, she founded and was president of her high school’s drama club, graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and starred in various professional projects, such as Horton Foote’s play “Lily Dale.” […]
UCLA’s Choral Union and Philharmonia take on Verdi’s ‘Requiem’
When the final notes of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece “Requiem” finished echoing through Milan’s San Marco church, ringing around the high-vaulted ceiling and rattling the baroque chandelier, there was an uncomfortable silence. “This was a setting where you weren’t allowed to applaud at the end,” said Kanwal Sumnani, a third-year psychology student and chorus manager of […]
Q&A: UCLA alum Erik Courtney talks show filming, ‘Newlywed’ life
UCLA alumnus Erik Courtney said finding the right person through online dating is as difficult as finding a unicorn. One of his strangest online dating experiences, Courtney said, occurred when he started flirting in a bar with a nearby girl, assuming she was the girl he’d met online. Like a bad joke, Courtney said his […]
‘Imagining the New World’ explores early Native American and European music
The Powell Library Rotunda will echo with centuries worth of music from deceased Europeans and indigenous North and South Americans on Saturday. There, the UCLA Early Music Ensemble will perform “Imagining the New World,” a concert that focuses on the interactions between Native South and North Americans and Europeans during the colonial era. “We are […]