UCLA alumna Jesse Draper has played Barbies with Mattel CEO Robert Eckert, high-fived retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and rode Segways with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. It’s a typical year’s work for this web television talk show host. Draper began her talk show career after graduating from UCLA in 2006 with a bachelor’s […]
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Treehouse Theater Company spreads roots with ‘This Is Our Youth’
This story has been updated at 12:25 p.m. on Dec. 4. See the bottom of the article for more details. The Treehouse Theater Company’s logo does not actually depict a treehouse. Instead, it illustrates the base of a tree and its spreading roots as they break through a mound of concrete. This image has become […]
Brothers bring comedy to music at Kerckhoff Concert Series
Brothers Adam and Samir Hakim’s first performance in front of family was an impromptu concert at their cousin’s wedding last summer. The day before the event, they wrote songs about the marriage and the food at the wedding. Adam Hakim, a fourth-year mathematics and economics student, played chords on his guitar, and Samir Hakim, a […]
Surf rock band Salt Petal brings multicultural flavor to music
South American surf rock band Salt Petal was in the wake of a snowstorm. The band – unsigned by a record company – was camping in New Mexico, on a road trip to Austin, Texas, to play at the South by Southwest music festival. After waking up on a ground wet from snow, the band […]
Throwback Thursday: Classic Halloween films
Choosing to watch an older horror flick is a little bit like going trick-or-treating. Sure, there seems to be a mountain of regrettable candy corn and chewy messes to sift through, but every once in a while, like a diamond in the rough, comes the deluxe, king-size chocolate bar of your dreams. So, in […]
Coach Cyndi Gallagher stresses swimmers’ personal improvements
The sound of UCLA swim coach Cyndi Gallagher’s “Ready, go!” rings out through the Spieker Aquatics Center like clockwork. She reads off the times of her swimmers and gets right back on it: “Ready, go!” Every day at every practice, Gallagher unleashes her exclamations throughout the session, like a seemingly tireless steam locomotive. “They get […]
Disney Club, Hooligan invite students to ‘Be Our Guest’ cabaret show
Because of his early love for Disney, Matthew Friedman, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was shocked to arrive at UCLA his first year to find no official Disney-related club or group on campus. Friedman decided to fix that. In 2011, he founded the Disney Club of UCLA. Over his four years, Friedman has remained president […]