Thursday, April 2

UCLA Shakespeare company explores meaning of love in ‘Fourteen Lines’

Davia Schendel wrote her first play on the back of her eighth-grade school notebook. Since then, she’s written three more plays, two during her freshman year at UCLA and one this year. Read more...

Photo: The Shakespeare Company at UCLA is putting on “Fourteen Lines,” a play written, casted and directed by second-year theater student Davia Schendel. The show is based on Shakespearean characters and sonnets, and it searches for the meaning of love across centuries. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)



Brown and Bothered: Desi culture can be appreciated if viewed in right context

Students should avoid cultural appropriation – stealing what is considered the beautiful aspects of another culture without respect for the tradition from which it originates. It ignores the racism and xenophobia the creators of the items face. Read more...

Photo: Pakistani clothes like the “shalwar kameez” can be worn in different contexts. Clothes like “abayas” are meant for religious purposes, but are often used by celebrities today as fashion statements. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA students take a shine to sunglasses trend with big, bright styles

Lilo Papikian starts off her day by choosing whether to wear her red-rimmed, cat-eye or black-framed, heart-shaped sunglasses while riding her scooter to campus in the summertime sun. Read more...

Photo: Students have also been spotted wearing sunglasses with frames of different shapes. First-year psychology student Lilo Papikian bought black-rimmed, heart-shaped shades from the UCLA store in Ackerman Union because a character from one of her favorite shows, “Mr. Robot” wears similar sunglasses. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)


On the Rise: Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman learned how to play guitar on a miniature electric Fender Stratocaster from Guitar Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. But it was an acoustic Olympia guitar that inspired Friedman to pursue songwriting around the age of 12. Read more...

Photo: Pop singer-songwriter Adam Friedman released his debut EP “Green” this year. Though he moved to the West Coast to work as a technical assistant at a studio, he began professionally pursuing music after his song “Glorious” featured as the theme song of the film “Rock Dog.” (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


Short film ‘The Spaceman’ brings UCLA creators to Cannes Film Festival

A cinematographer discreetly started filming as a child actor fiddled with a solar system mobile on the set of “The Spaceman.” The short film that carried second-year undeclared student Aman Adlakha, fourth-year English student Harit Muttreja and second-year communication studies student Will Greenberg to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in May contains no dialogue. Read more...

Photo: Second-year undeclared student Aman Adlakha, fourth-year English student Harit Muttreja and second-year communication studies student Will Greenberg went to the 2017 Cannes Film Festival with their film “The Spaceman.”


UCLA students create, produce innovative electronic music for YouTube

Will Hammer doesn’t like to describe his music – he prefers to have listeners draw their own conclusions about the music’s sound, as he draws inspiration from an assortment of different genres and sounds. Read more...

Photo: Second-year undeclared student Will Hammer produces “Live Session” videos in which his friends film him performing his songs. He has released three films so far on his YouTube channel GARLYN. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)