Louise Tamondong and Johnny Dang met just last week and now finish each other’s sentences. Tamondong, a first-year physics student and Dang, a second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student, met through Bruin Connections, a service started by two UCLA students for Valentine’s Day last week. To match students, Maique Vo, a fourth-year molecular, cell […]
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Student’s solo art exhibition draws curiosity on fluidity of identity
Ten-year-old Alice Jung didn’t know how to speak Korean when she and her family moved from Tucson, Arizona to Seoul, South Korea so she sketched. She drew bluebirds to prove to her classmates that birds other than pigeons existed in America. Until she mastered the language, she spoke through her art. “The only way I […]
Alums create Indy Plush, line of toys advocating wildlife preservation
Plinio Garcia and Andrew Ruesch were inspired to create their own line of children’s toys when their son, Luke, came home from kindergarten one day with a stuffed animal he designed himself. The two UCLA alumni soon partnered with Luke’s kindergarten teacher Franceil Masi, who created stuffed animals based on her kindergrateners’ drawings and gave […]
UCLA student displays self-taught, YouTube-inspired makeup skills
Samaria Hudson has transitioned from dancing on stage to working behind it over the course of 2015. Third-year psychobiology student Hudson and two other students will be makeup artists for the UCLA Cultural Affairs Commission’s fashion show, “So Fresh and So Clean,” Thursday. A budding makeup artist, Hudson was chosen because she can craft natural […]
Student artists gain exposure, commissions through DeviantArt
Ten-year-old Sylvia Li channeled her artistic ability to draw her favorite characters from Cartoon Network’s “Toonami” once the TV was shut off. She turned to pencil and paper, feeling compelled to release her inner creativity. About 6,000 miles away in South Korea, Deborah Ki, Li’s future UCLA roommate, sketched original designs based on Japanese anime […]
Femme art witch blends activism into work to embrace Punjabi heritage
Khushboo Kataria Gulati lights an off-white candle and passes the flame to a switch of sage, casting a spell around the purple-lit room as she places paintbrush to canvas. The herbaceous smoke billows around her, time suspends and her paint strokes create a scene of three multicolored faces surrounded by plants. Her acrylic paints, she […]
Bruins’ win against Cougars lacked concentration, effort
When sophomore forward Monique Billings received the ball from sophomore guard Jordin Canada halfway through the fourth quarter, UCLA was already well ahead. That didn’t stop her from quickly pulling the trigger and draining the jumper. The points capped off a 13-0 run that gave the women’s basketball team a 69-54 lead and shut the […]