Lulu Malaya Prollamante usually didn’t have time to practice her singing during her undergraduate years at UCLA. She was too busy studying for classes or participating in and leading a transgender advocacy group at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Lulu Malaya Prollamante is part of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, a choir group of transgender people, allies, and people of the Los Angeles community. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo Editor)
Nine percent of directors of the top 250 grossing films released in 2015 were women, and out of 10 directors nominated for the 2016 Tony Awards, only one was a woman. Read more...
Photo: The “Femme Fatale” film series featured “I Believe in Unicorns,“ directed by Leah Meyerhoff on Tuesday night at the James Bridges Theater, followed by a Skype session with Meyerhoff. (Courtesy of An Animals on Parade)
At the start of the day, Margaret LaGaly feeds her sourdough starter using flour ground from the wheat she plucked from her backyard. This is the start of the daylong cooking process. Read more...
Photo: Second-year English student Margaret LaGaly holds two loaves of her home-baked sourdough bread. LaGaly founded Winslow Bread Company in January 2016 and sold her bread to her UCLA floormates and her brother’s friends. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
David Sedaris returns annually to Royce Hall while on tour, but Tuesday was his first time in culottes at UCLA. “An Evening with David Sedaris” followed a practiced formula: The night was prefaced by an annual student humor writing contest put on by the Student Committee for the Arts and featured a reading and Q&A with Sedaris. Read more...
Photo: Author David Sedaris spoke at Royce Hall Tuesday. (Courtesy of Prudence Upton)
CoryAnne Roberts was sitting in her seventh grade religion class when her friend came across pictures of her mom on Tumblr. Her friend’s discovery sparked a frenzied Internet search that led classmates and her teacher to hover around the laptop to view an old video of her mother on YouTube. Read more...
Photo: First-year undeclared student CoryAnne Roberts always heard that she resembled her supermodel mother in her height and features. Though she admired her mother, Roberts said she wanted to make her own path as a model – now, she is represented by L.A. Models and has modeled for brands like Brandy Melville, Levi’s and MAC cosmetics. (Courtesy of Fiorenzo Nisi)
Raymundo Baltazar-Flores expected his first sound bath to be like a rave. Instead, when he got to Broad Art Center, he lay down on the ground and let the sounds of didgeridoos and Tibetan singing bowls wash over him and put him at ease. Read more...
Photo: Ossie Mair, a licensed marriage and family therapist, plays instruments like the Tibetan singing bowl, creating calming and meditative vibrations. The sound washes over students and other attendees; some even fall asleep. (Courtesy of Jayne Mair)
Each week in “Love Apptually,” Daily Bruin staffers Nico Correia and Natalie Green will take turns attempting to find love in all of the wrong places: dating applications. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
