In a world filled with mega festivals like Lollapalooza and Coachella, Air + Style provides a more intimate festival experience that features both established and up-and-coming artists. At boarding and musical festival Air + Style, performers strum guitars and shred the gnar. The festival, owned by professional skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White, takes place annually […]
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Submission: CALPIRG’s stance on fracking is misguided, unrealistic
We have all had our walks to classes interrupted by those exceptionally motivated California Public Interest Research Group volunteers. One of the group’s main goals this quarter is to ban fracking, a natural gas extraction method. Don’t get me wrong, the CALPIRG objective has merit – fracking is a very water-intensive method of natural gas […]
Andiver Castellanos: ASUCLA student workers should not be overburdened
As a student worker at the Associated Students UCLA, work often burdens me more than academics. That shouldn’t be the case. ASUCLA employs over 1,500 students, making it the largest employer of students on campus. According to its website, one of its core missions is the professional development of student employees. Yet, student workers are […]
LGBTQ women share mixed views on Dashew Center’s speed dating event
Catherine Cheng looked around the room to see overeager men and guarded women at a speed dating event. Compared to them, she was having fun. Cheng, who sat at the women-looking-for-women table, was attending the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars’ annual International Speed Dating event Thursday. The event, which was first held in […]
Movie review: ‘The Lego Batman Movie’
The internet is full of comic book forums populated by rabid fans, including myself, who proclaim Batman’s superiority over other superheroes simply because he’s Batman. But despite our favorite billionaire vigilante defying death and defeating monsters on the daily, none of us could have prepared for his one true fear: snake clowns. And also being […]
Submission: UC’s goal to increase enrollment will negatively impact commuters
As the University of California prepares to enroll 10,000 new students by 2019, it’s uncertain how these enrollment increases will affect course availability and flexibility at the system’s flagship campuses, UC Berkeley and UCLA. UCLA is already overpopulated – and commuter students will be hit especially hard by enrollment increases. As both on-campus and off-campus […]
Boulevard Bites: 8oz Poke floats above the rest with dynamic flavors, high-quality fish
Finding a delicious restaurant in Los Angeles can be difficult among the city’s thousands of dining options. To help readers narrow down their search, the Daily Bruin will review restaurants located along main streets near UCLA each week. My dad and I are poke enthusiasts – “poke connoisseurs,” as I jokingly like to call our […]