Design media arts student fulfills dreams through surreal films

Joaquin Barlow turned a dream about his death into a film project that consisted of Russian ants, steak and sugar water. He said the Russian ants were just figments of his imagination conjured up in a dream, and his reveries serve as just one of his many sources of inspiration. “They come from random places […]

TFT students, faculty discuss unique, progressive nature of Polish theater

Poles like to joke that they are not very good at soccer, so their national sport is theater, said professor J.Ed Araiza. And the Polish are excellent at their national sport, added Araiza, who spent some time in their country this fall. Araiza, the head of the MFA acting program at UCLA’s School of Theater, […]

Recent change allows for students to use preferred names on BruinCard

Andy Talajkowski said they feel more validated and acknowledged after changing their name on their new BruinCard. “I think it’s ridiculous how the legal name is still used as the primary identification – UCLA should cater to different student communities,” Talajkowski, a third-year English student said. Since July, students have been able to print their […]

Alumna cooks up videos of healthy, tasty recipes for Buzzfeed

Crystal Hatch created one of her first cooking tutorials during her senior year at UCLA. The alumna filmed herself turning fresh-picked lemons into raspberry lemonade. The video landed her a job as a video producer for BuzzFeed’s Goodful page. She now makes cooking tutorials almost every week. As a producer, the UCLA alumna films and […]

Sister musicians teach master class at Guatemalan music conservatory

Hanna and Sarah Yocuté taught a master class in Guatemala and caught their flight back to the United States all within a span of three hours. Guatemala’s national music conservatory, Conservatorio Nacional de Música Germán Alcántara, invited the sister musicians to conduct a master class in August for a group of around 15 students of […]

Improved defense gives UCLA football 27-23 win over Colorado

This article was updated Oct. 1 at 1:40 a.m. The defense finally showed up. UCLA football gave up a combined 106 points and 1,113 yards in its past two games – both losses – but only allowed 434 yards to Colorado as the Bruins (3-2, 1-1 Pac-12) defeated the Buffaloes (3-2, 0-2) 27-23 Saturday night. “We […]

UCLA football enters halftime with 14-10 lead over Colorado

PASADENA, Calif.—UCLA entered halftime leading 14-10 over Colorado after a fairly even opening half Saturday night in front of an all-white-clad crowd at the Rose Bowl. Junior quarterback Josh Rosen had an up-and-down performance, finishing 12-of-22 for 169 yards and a touchdown. Rosen’s 54.5 percent completion rate would be his worst of the season, but […]