Sunday, February 22

Graduate students interpret “Romeo and Juliet” with modern, inclusive twist

Romeo leaped over a fence and climbed onto a balcony to reunite with his Julio in a new short film adaptation of the classic play. In “Romeo and Julio,” Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and two fellow graduate students directed and filmed adaptations of several scenes from Shakespeare’s original play “Romeo and Juliet” to tell an inclusive story featuring the love between a white man, Romeo, and a Latino man, Julio. Read more...

Photo: Lesley Elizondo, Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and Beth Lane created the short film “Romeo and Julio,” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” that features a romance between two gay males. The film works to incorporate the experiences of immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community into its plot line. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Dance Break: Rhythm and math form the fundamentals of Dancesport workshop

Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a daycare-like dance studio until the age of 8. Read more...

Photo: Dancesport Club at UCLA instructor Taylor Daymude taught cha-cha at the group’s first lesson of the quarter. The workshop focused on the fun and flirtatious Latin dance style, taking on a particularly beginner-friendly approach. (Photo by Mackenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin, Photo illustration by Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant photo editor)


Photo gallery highlights healthy relationships, dialogue against abuse

Gabriel Kwarteng posed with his girlfriend over FaceTime to take their photo for the Bruin Consent Coalition’s latest photo gallery. Kwarteng and Paulette Orhii, a second-year human biology and society student, are one of the couples whose photographs will line the Kerckhoff Art Gallery walls for the new campaign “#Relationshipgoals,” a photo gallery featuring 20 UCLA couples that will run from Monday to Friday. Read more...

Photo: Paulette Orhii, a second-year human biology and society student, posed with her boyfriend Gabriel Kwarteng over FaceTime to take their photo for “#Relationshipgoals,” a photo gallery hosted by the Bruin Consent Coalition. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)


Westwood theater offers month-long screenings of Taiwanese films

Mei-Juin Chen and her friend in college were rescued from the side of the road by a tattooed man in a red Cadillac. Twenty-five years later, the pair made a feature film titled “The Gangster’s Daughter,” which was inspired by the encounter and was the first screened movie at the “What Time is it There? Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Television Archive partnered with the Westwood-based Taiwan Academy to create the “What Time is it There? Taiwanese Film Biennial,” which is free to UCLA students. The Taiwanese Film Biennial will feature films such as “Ice Poison” and “Super Citizen Ko.” (Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive)


Album review: ‘Flicker’

Niall Horan basically released a whole album of reject One Direction ballads. Though the former boy bander’s debut solo album “Flicker” barely strays away from One Direction’s sugar-sweet pop songs about love and innocence, it also adds an original homeyness to its ballads by drawing inspiration from country and folk music. Read more...

Photo: (courtesy of Neon Haze and Capitol Records)



Graduate student aspires to nationwide Campus DJ crown

Shan Tambat is trying to bring the Campus DJ crown back to UCLA. Three years after UCLA’s last win in the competition, the graduate mechanical engineering student will be playing in the Campus DJ national championship Saturday at the Lane Events Center in Eugene, Oregon. Read more...

Photo: Shan Tambat, a mechanical engineering graduate student, will represent UCLA in the Campus DJ national championship, competing against DJs from four other universities. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)