Thursday, February 19

Geek Week’s finale spiced up with all flavors of geekdom, student performances

Anime fans and Trekkies will intermingle at Geek Week’s MegaCon. As part of UCLA Residential Life’s annual Geek Week, the convention is the culminating event taking place Friday evening in the Tom Bradley International Hall and the De Neve Plaza rooms. Read more...

Photo: Assistant resident director of Courtside and a Geek Week committee member Katherine Dumangas, resident director of Canyon Point and co-chair of the Geek Week committee Kevin Kawakami, and third-year human biology and society student and website editor for the UCLA Student Committee of the Arts Kennedy Hill collaborated to create MegaCon. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive strikes celebratory note with reopening concert

The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive will return with a new sound. The archive is an audiovisual library where scholars have been able to submit materials such as field recordings and interviews from their research. Read more...

Photo: UCLA archivists Aaron Bittel and Maureen Russell work with the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive in Schoenberg Hall. The archive’s reopening will be celebrated through the “Documenting the Sounds of Africa” symposium and concert Friday. (Eli Countryman/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Second Take: Minority victories at Golden Globes reflect push for greater representation in media

Sandra Oh bowed and thanked her parents in Korean after winning a historic Golden Globe award. Not only did Oh host the 76th Golden Globe Awards, she also went home with her own shiny trophy for best lead actress in a drama television series for her role in the thriller “Killing Eve.” Oh is the first woman of Asian descent to host a major awards show, and at the end of the 76th annual show, she became the first performer of Asian descent to win multiple Golden Globes. Read more...

Photo: Sandra Oh hosted the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards alongside Andy Samberg. Oh was the first Asian woman to host a major awards show and the first Asian performer to win multiple Golden Globes, following up her 2006 win by winning Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama. (Creative Commons photo by Tabercil via Wikimedia)


The Hill to make Red Wedding from ‘Game of Thrones’ a reality during Geek Week

Students can attend a feast on the Hill reminiscent of “Game of Thrones'” Red Wedding. “A Night of Ice and Fire: a Game of Thrones Experience” will take place Wednesday in the De Neve Commons Plaza Room. Read more...

Photo: Asya Cook, resident director of Delta Terrace, organized the Geek Week event “A Night of Ice and Fire: a Game of Thrones Experience,” where students will eat dinner while playing a “Game of Thrones”-based Mafia game. (Courtesy of Asya Cook)


Student-founded vegan ranch company presents sustainable sauce

A blink-182 album inspired the name of the student-run company Dude Ranch Dressing. The brand will make its official debut Jan. 17 at a release party in a Westwood apartment. Read more...

Photo: Third-year English student Megan Hullander and fourth-year geography/environmental studies student Angela Simmons co-founded Dude Ranch Dressing, a vegan ranch recipe which they will officially debut their vegan ranch at a release party Jan. 17. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


Dance film symposium to showcase intersection of choreography, cinematography

Eight-year-old Axe’Re Shallowhorn recorded a film of his mother dancing at the beach, throwing sand in front of the camera for special effect. The film, entitled “Entre Terre et Ciel,” or “Between Earth and Sky,” will be screened on the first day of the Depth of Field festival hosted by the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. Read more...

Photo: Chelsea Bonosky performs in Sarah Elgart’s dance film, which will screen at the Depth of Field festival on Wednesday. Elgart said the dance was inspired by VIA 57 WEST, the building featured throughout. (Courtesy of Sarah Elgart)


Budding Los Angeles: Westwood’s Field of Dreams dispensary welcomes visitors with relaxing aesthetic

Thirty years ago, buying cannabis was difficult, expensive and illegal. Buying cannabis in 2019 is somewhere between picking up a prescription from a pharmacy and buying beer from a liquor store. Read more...

Photo: Various cannabis strains are available at the Field of Dreams dispensary on Westwood Boulevard. There are 170 legal cannabis dispensaries in Los Angeles County, and they are at the forefront of normalizing cannabis consumption. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)