Wednesday, May 21

Photo gallery highlights healthy relationships, dialogue against abuse

Gabriel Kwarteng posed with his girlfriend over FaceTime to take their photo for the Bruin Consent Coalition’s latest photo gallery. Kwarteng and Paulette Orhii, a second-year human biology and society student, are one of the couples whose photographs will line the Kerckhoff Art Gallery walls for the new campaign “#Relationshipgoals,” a photo gallery featuring 20 UCLA couples that will run from Monday to Friday. Read more...

Photo: Paulette Orhii, a second-year human biology and society student, posed with her boyfriend Gabriel Kwarteng over FaceTime to take their photo for “#Relationshipgoals,” a photo gallery hosted by the Bruin Consent Coalition. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)




UCLA student produces YouTube videos to share experiences, expertise

Paris Sumpter said she never meant to be a YouTuber, but she now has more than 69,000 subscribers. Students come up to the fourth-year Japanese student on campus after they recognize her from her YouTube channel, “LeSweetpea.” Sumpter has posted more than 70 videos on topics atypical of many YouTube stars, covering subjects including making money on YouTube and caring for curly hair. Read more...

Photo: In addition to makeup and hair videos, fourth-year Japanese student Paris Sumpter has also discussed topics such as studying abroad in Japan and how she makes money on YouTube. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Eco-friendly clothing company produces T-shirts from recycled plastic

Miranda Kim and Rebecca Kim picked their way through washed-up stingrays and bird corpses at their local beach in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, during a cleanup event in the summer. Read more...

Photo: Miranda Kim, a first-year pre-business economics student, helped start Soulface, an eco friendly clothing company that transforms shards of plastic from water bottles and other packaging into small microbeads, which are then turned into fibers and knitted into fabric. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Students step into modeling in FAST at UCLA’s runway show audition

Diana Cheung dreamed of being a model as a child, but being 5 feet 3 inches tall she thought she would never be tall enough. However, when the Fashion and Student Trends at UCLA hosted modeling auditions in fall 2016, the fourth-year psychology and human biology and society student decided to take a shot at the runway. Read more...

Photo: Taylor Corral, a second-year world arts and culture student, attended auditions for the FAST fashion show, which took place Oct. 11. She joined more than 100 other modeling hopefuls in Royce Hall as they walked up and down a hallway in front of the organization’s judges. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Alumna draws attention to consequences of Western activism through show

Kristina Wong’s latest show features a scene where she throws brightly colored red hashtags at her audience members while encouraging them to throw them back. The act is meant to simulate hashtag activism, one of the many topics Wong, a UCLA alumna, critiques in her one-woman show “The Wong Street Journal.” “The Wong Street Journal” originally debuted in 2015, but Wong is bringing the performance back to Los Angeles from Oct. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Kristina Wong’s one-woman show “The Wong Street Journal” first debuted in 2015 and will return to Los Angeles Oct. 26 through Nov. 12. The show tackles themes of privilege and activism with humor and a TED Talk-style realism.(Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)



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