Sunday, June 29

Designathon encourages collaboration of students with diverse experience, perspectives

Students designed apps to facilitate recycling on campus and vibrant graphics depicting the circle of life at Designathon on Saturday. Designathon, hosted by Bruin Entrepreneurs and UCLA’s Creative Lab, was a daylong event that provided educational resources for students interested in design, such as interactive workshops, panels featuring design industry professionals and a growth-themed competition for student designers. Read more...

Photo: Participants in UCLA’s first Designathon finalized their projects, which included apps and graphics, in the last portion of the competition segment of the event. One app focused on facilitating recycling on campus while one of the graphics featured the circle of life. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


Restaurant review: Halo Top Scoop Shop

Halo Top Creamery’s new scoop shop proves that healthier ice cream can still be colorful, inventive and most importantly, delicious. Halo Top Creamery opened its newest scoop shop, the second of two storefronts, at the Westfield Century City mall on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: The new Halo Top Creamery ice cream shop in the Westfield Century City mall offers several types of vessels for ice cream consumption, including a waffle puff and an ice cream taco. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)


Video: Dance Marathon 2018

Participants in this year’s Dance Marathon took over Pauley Pavilion from April 28 to 29. Students stood on their feet for 26 hours in order to raise awareness and funds to help fight pediatric HIV and AIDS. Read more...



Porn panel aims to normalize sex, destigmatize adult film industry

Stoya’s prescene ritual includes drinking a cup of chai. The pornographer joined two other women for the “Ask a Pornstar” panel hosted by UCLA Sexperts on Monday, following last week’s Sex Week events. Read more...

Photo: Stoya, April Flores and Mia Little (left to right) were the three panelists for UCLA Sexpert’s “Ask a Pornstar” event Monday. They are all activists in the industry – Flores is a proponent of body positivity while Little is the president of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


Student designs appealing socks based on UCLA’s banana obsession

Tina Li designed a pair of socks inspired by the UCLA trend of students swiping copious banana from the dining halls.   The socks, called “The Most APPEALING Crew Socks,” depict the yellow fruits lined up in rows. Read more...

Photo: First-year pre business economics student Tina Li started her crazy sock company HapiThreads on April 2. She currently sells three designs, which include black and white cats, fried eggs and bananas. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)


Discussion on mental health issues takes on new form in dance club Psypher

Members of the club Psypher embodied the complexities of modern dating by dancing to Sabrina Claudio’s R&B song, “Belong to You,” in a parking lot Friday night. Read more...

Photo: Psypher, a dance club at UCLA, aims to explore mental and physical well-being through the art of dance. The club members will engage in group discussions and dances to express opinions on and learn about certain aspects of mental health. This quarter’s theme is the impact of personal relationships on mental health. (Grace Yu/Daily Bruin)



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