Thursday, May 21

International Games Day livens up Powell with entertainment, music

Students poked cacti and put on virtual reality goggles to go to class, while librarians encouraged loud noises. All of these were part of UCLA’s third annual International Games Day Saturday in the Powell Library rotunda. Read more...

Photo: The third annual International Games Day at UCLA returned Saturday to the Powell Library rotunda with brand new games and old favorites, such as The Settlers of Catan (above). In addition to board and card games, the Design | Media Arts department and UCLA Game Lab featured games created by UCLA students and alumni. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


The pLAces you’ll go: Temescal Canyon

There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...

Photo: Temescal Canyon provides Angelenos with comfortable hikes of the Chaparral Hills, featuring skyline views of Los Angles and the Pacific Ocean. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Book talk to cover poet’s representation of South Los Angeles

On a large white screen, a projector illuminates the faces of two young men. Their expressions inhabit a small square on their USC student IDs. The violent, stereotypical names on the IDs present the image’s inescapable message – the racial ignorance that divides the students. Read more...

Photo: Poet Hiram Sims synthesizes photography and poetry in his book “Photoetry: Poetry and Photography from South Central L.A.” Sims will speak at the Bunche Center Library on Thursday for a book talk presented by the Bunche Center for African American Studies. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)


Theater & More: ‘How I Learned the Business of Creativity’

In the anticipation of witnessing “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler in “How I Learned the Business of Creativity,” I expected a night of comedy; the idea that a comedian such as Poehler could buckle down and talk business evaded me. Read more...

Photo: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Marketplace,” the radio show has been touring and hosting discussions across the country and wrapped up with their panel Saturday in Royce Hall. Exploring the divergence of two worlds in “How I Learned the Business of Creativity,” the event featured star of NBC’s Parks and Recreation Amy Poehler. (Courtesy of Mary Ellen Matthews)




Alumnae’s company Enrou named finalist at ‘Forbes Under 30 Summit’

After founding their online marketplace Enrou in 2013, two UCLA alumnae are well on their way to further success after winning $400,000 in the Forbes Under 30 Summit last week. Read more...

Photo: Enrou is an online marketplace that facilitates trade. Enrou’s co-founders, alumnae Jessica Willison and Ann Wang, recently were awarded $400,000 from Forbes Under 30 Summit” for their startup company at Forbes’ Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Glen Davis/Forbes Under 30 Summit)



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