Graduate Open Studios provides space for innovative student art

Tucked away in the eastern corner of Culver City, the UCLA graduate art studios is a labyrinth, with every turn leading to another graduate student artist’s atelier. On Saturday evening, the biannual Graduate Open Studios event will open the doors of the student studios to the public to experience art in the space it was […]

Unsung Heroes: Black Captain America offers overlooked racial perspectives of WWII

Marvel Comics has seen an increase in mainstream popularity with the recent release of several box-office hits such as “The Avengers.” Since its inception in 1939, the comic book company has created thousands of characters. While not all of them may get their due publicity because of a lack of exposure on the silver screen, […]

Video Game Review: ‘Invisible, Inc.’

Stealth is rare in video games, but “Invisible, Inc.” nails it. Other games like “Thief” and “Metal Gear Solid” make the player relatively weak – you’re frequently outnumbered and outpowered, and as a result, rely on waiting for enemies to walk past the player’s hiding space. The “Batman: Arkham” games go for a more predatory […]

Movie Review: ‘Tomorrowland’

One of the most clever scenes in Disney’s heavily theatrical, big-budget “Tomorrowland” takes place in a bland-looking high school. As the scene jumps from classroom to classroom, teacher after teacher lecture about resource depletion, unending wars and the overall futile fate of humanity. Their laments are laughably pessimistic, but mirror the stories played on the […]

Trucking Around: Sushi truck re-rolls classic ingredients for novel portability

Food trucks are a vital part of the Los Angeles culinary scene, with many accumulating hordes of followers who aggressively pursue them around the city. The sheer magnitude of trucks can make dining choices difficult, but columnist Alisha Kapur has narrowed down 10 to try out and review. Join her as she goes across the […]

Student group to mesmerize audience with ‘An Evening of Magic’

Felix Wong, a second-year mathematics of computation student, shows a card. Several iterations prove that he can find the card anywhere in the deck. But the deck was, in fact, a deceptive piece of glass, and there was only one card to find. On Wednesday, the Magic and Illusion Student Team, also known as MIST, […]

Women’s tennis takes down familiar foe North Carolina to advance to Final Four

Three years and three upsets. For the third consecutive year, No. 7 seed UCLA (22-4) upended No. 2 seed North Carolina (30-2) in the NCAA Tournament to earn a berth in the Final Four. With the Tar Heels atop the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings for the bulk of the season, the Bruins said they had […]