Wednesday, July 8

Student comic entertains at LA comedy clubs, open mic nights

Salma Zaky anxiously awaited her first stand-up comedy performance at an open mic night during her senior year of high school. After speaking for two of her allotted 10 minutes, during which she told a joke about emojis and avoided eye contact with the audience, Zaky rushed off the stage and refused to tell anyone about her experience. Read more...

Photo: Salma Zaky, a third-year English student, performs five times a week at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. After attending class during the day, Zaky drives to open mic performances to showcase her comedy alongside older comedians. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)



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)



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