University police are searching for two men who allegedly burglarized UCLA students’ North Village apartment unit Friday morning. Two men climbed over the gate to an apartment complex on Gayley Avenue at about 10 a.m. and entered an apartment after telling witnesses they were looking for someone, according to a UCPD alert. At about 10:30 […]
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Concert review: U2 at the Rose Bowl
This post was updated on May 22 at 5:16 p.m. U2 released “The Joshua Tree” in 1987, but in 2017 the songs still feel good as new. On Saturday night, U2’s Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. came together on stage to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “The Joshua Tree,” the album […]
Erin Nguyen: UCLA should tap into local tech presence, offer esports program
If electronic sports viewers were their own nation, they’d be on track to become the third largest in the world by 2019 – move over, Indonesia. Esports is a growing subculture in the video game industry in which people can watch professional players deck it out in popular team-strategy games such as League of Legends, […]
Second Take: ‘American Gods’ adeptly handles book-to-television transition
Ancient gods and goddesses run rampant throughout the cities of America in the new Starz series “American Gods.” The show, an adaption of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel of the same name, has expertly translated the text to the television screen by capturing the book’s magical and bizarre intricacies despite the show’s weak special effects. The […]
Tanner’s Take: Maybe champions are really made in Palo Alto
The UCLA Athletics marketing department has a challenge ahead. For 21 years, every piece of promotional material – even the athletics home page until Monday – proudly touted the Bruins’ place atop the collegiate world with the most NCAA championships in history. Those days are very nearly over. A recent dry spell of only five […]
Brown and Bothered: Magazine covers should not favor white beauty, misrepresent religion
Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. In Brown and Bothered, columnist Sidra Rashid discusses her experiences with appropriation of her Desi culture. Vogue India […]
Theater review: “Actually”
Consent or rape: A play in Westwood implies it isn’t so black and white. “Actually,” a two-person play at the Geffen Playhouse, realistically depicts modern hookup culture and the difficulties of defining consent; it shows two sides of an often ambiguous situation. The play compels active thought and emotional engagement with the story of two […]