The Hui O ‘Imiloa Hawai’i Club at UCLA held its 32nd annual luau in Ackerman Union on Saturday. This year’s luau, “Nohea,” which means “how lovely” in Hawaiian, began with traditional Hawaiian food and was celebrated with traditional and contemporary dance interpretations of hula, Maori, Tahitian and ukulele performances.
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Far from home, Dutch water polo player Lizette Rozeboom shines at UCLA
A thick Dutch accent rang through the air at Spieker Aquatics Center as the UCLA women’s water polo team was practicing its drills in the winter of 2015. Lizette Rozeboom, a sophomore attacker from the Netherlands, was simply following directions when her teammates began laughing. “We did a drill where we had to yell, ‘One […]
Transforming Hollywood conference explores evolving media landscape
USC and UCLA will combine forces Friday to coordinate the eighth annual Transforming Hollywood conference, held in the James Bridges Theater starting at 9 a.m. The event, which aims to educate attendees about the changing landscape of entertainment and technology, is co-directed by Denise Mann, co-head of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s […]
Nick Kern overcomes months of illness to return to UCLA baseball
Nick Kern, frail and dejected, sat up in his bed. It was April 2016 and Kern was a familiar patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He had endured physical setbacks before – a shoulder problem forced him to give up pitching and become an infielder for UCLA baseball during his junior year. But […]
USAC endorsements
Each year, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviews every candidate running in the undergraduate student government election, and endorses one candidate for each position based on platform quality, candidate qualifications and vision for the respective office. Here are the board’s endorsements for this year’s USAC candidates.
UCLA police Chief Tony Lee aims to increase engagement with students
As a police officer, Tony Lee said he has been able to make people’s days better. For instance, he once helped find a celebrity’s purse that contained irreplaceable photos and jewelry. “I checked 14 alleys and found her purse in one of the trash receptacles,” Lee said. “She was in complete tears when I returned […]
Anderson duo’s startup K POP Foods offers taste of Korean culture
Theo Lee begins to introduce himself slowly in a grayscale video on his startup’s Kickstarter page when his grandmother suddenly pops up on the screen. “Theo, are you trying to bore them to death?” his grandmother says in Korean. The screen brightens, and Lee catches a bottle of hot sauce thrown from off-screen. Mike Kim […]