Angel Aparicio sped down the concrete hill to the bus stop on his skateboard every day after high school. The familiar route turned dangerous when Aparicio lost control while turning a corner, and went flying onto the sidewalk. Read more...

Photo: Fourth–year sociology student, Angel Aparicio, has been riding a skateboard since he was 11 years old, and though he has no plans to skate professionally, he continues skating regularly at UCLA. (Photo illustration by Michael Zshornack/Assistant photo editor)

A talking omelet is the last thing one might expect to find in a video titled “Phone Sex” with glossy red lips as the thumbnail. In the video, which has been viewed about 35,000 times, two girls running a phone sex business shock their customer when they imagine themselves as an omelet and falafel as part of the role play. Read more...

Photo: Students Sydney Heller (left) and Olivia DeLaurentis (right) run their “Barely Legal Comedy” Youtube channel in addition to their studies at UCLA. In their popular video “Phone Sex,” the duo portrays imaginative phone sex operators. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)

I was in a five-star kitchen until I looked out the window facing Weyburn Avenue. The glass frame acted as a divide between the commotion of the familiar Westwood Village and my self-proclaimed “foodie’s oasis” – Sur La Table. Read more...

Photo: Chef Mike Schafer teaches Kayla Gorski and Kelsey O’Brien to brown the carne for the tacos at Sur La Table’s cooking class. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)