Both pets and their owners are posing for followers and likes on their social media pages. Many students and alumni are turning to animal-centric social media accounts – such as those focused on dogs, cats and guinea pigs – in their spare time. Read more...
Photo: The cat Roo, featured in the Instagram account @wheresroo, is one of the many UCLA pets who have accumulated a social media following. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An Instagram influencer without any friends is the paradoxical embodiment of millennial culture. It’s also the foundation of a new web series, “it g(IRL)s,” released on YouTube in June. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year theater student Viva Rose (left) wrote, directed and starred alongside another fourth-year theater student, Jessie Guthrie (right), in “it g(IRL)s,” a YouTube web series centered on an Instagram influencer with no friends. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
Jimmy McGill, a young conman trying to clean up his act and become a lawyer like his brother, continually finds himself on the wrong side of the law – but the audience doesn’t mind. Read more...
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The bitter undertones of coffee are no longer a matter of taste, but of science. Using the popular drink as a teaching tool, Jacob Schmidt, a bioengineering professor, will be teaching Engineering 96A: “Design of Coffee,” which primarily focuses on using core concepts in chemical engineering to create the ideal cup of coffee. Read more...
Photo: According to professor Jacob Schmidt, everything from temperature to the fineness of the roast can impact how one’s morning cup of coffee tastes. The class Engineering 96A: “Design of Coffee” allows students to explore the small details that impact coffee, which Schmidt said allows students to taste the outcome of their experiments. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Our sports den is Pauley Pavilion, but “Coach: An Evening with John Wooden” will take audiences into John Wooden’s personal den at home. Many Bruins only know Wooden as UCLA’s most-esteemed basketball coach from 1948 to 1975. Read more...
Photo: “Coach: An Evening with John Wooden” will tell the story of John Wooden off the courts. The production will center around the love shared between Wooden and his wife, Nell Wooden. John Wooden will be portrayed by former basketball player and actor, Beau Bridges. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated 1:52 p.m. on Sept. 14. Bruin Bash’s lineup finally has a face and name attached to it – leading the concert to be deemed “baby’s first rave” by UCLA Campus Events Commission. Read more...
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Documentary reenactments can be misleading, creating a false distance between audience and reality, said Antonia Thornton. However, the graduate production and directing student said her documentary “Broken” tells a tale of incarceration and advocacy by inserting her subject directly into the reenactments, instead of hiring an actor. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Antonia Thornton’s documentary “Broken” touches upon themes of imprisonment and advocacy, casting the formerly incarcerated woman Wendy Staggs as the production’s protagonist. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
