Flashlights will uncover a pattern of animated, distorted glass on a wall of the Broad Art Center. Using the wall of the main stairwell at the front entrance, Nate Mohler will use three projectors that reveal patterns and animations as the audience interacts with the piece. The fourth-year design media arts student’s project will be […]
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PRIME: Waiting to be Seen
As 12-year-old me sank deeply into the couch, snug in old gym clothes and fluffy slippers, my mother asked why I stayed up late watching weird Asian cartoons. My father, an avid fan of anime since his teens, urged me to finish binge-watching his “Dragon Ball Z*” tapes as he shooed my mother away. Nagging […]
Video game antagonist brought to life by student robotics team
This post was updated June 3 at 9:28 a.m. A student robotics team has been working since fall quarter on a robot that merges two of the group’s passions: interdisciplinary engineering and the video game The Legend of Zelda. X1 Robotics, a club on campus created to provide a space for robot-building, is engineering a […]
Student-run artist collective CMMND to feature integrative art at EP release party
CMMND will sell basketball shorts, with five color options, in promotion of the artist collective’s first music record. The upcoming five-song EP features over a dozen musicians, many of whom are UCLA students. An album release party in Tom Bradley International Hall will accompany the release of “The CMMND EP” on Friday night, when the […]
The Quad: Vacating Venezuela
Venezuela is in crisis. It’s hard to believe that, a couple of decades ago, the country had the largest oil reserve in the world and stood as the wealthiest nation in Latin America. However, under the authoritarian leadership of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and rampant inflation, Venezuela’s people are suffering from hunger and disease at […]
Hockey player-turned-golfer follows in footsteps of favorite movie character
Patrick Murphy used to spend more time on the ice than he did on the links. Just like his favorite movie character, Happy Gilmore. The senior UCLA men’s golfer, who was raised in Crossfield, Alberta, noted some similarities between himself and the fictional hockey player-turned-golfer. “I admire Happy because he’s kind of this unpolished figure, […]
Student orchestra to share music of Studio Ghibli in performance at UCLA
As a little boy, David Dong’s musical passions were “spirited away” by Studio Ghibli. Dong said the soundtracks of films from the well-known Japanese animation studio, such as those found in “Spirited Away” and “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” inspired him to study music at the University of California, San Diego. Last year, […]