Wednesday, June 24

Alumna creates women’s pants suitable for comfort, business needs

The athleisure trend was too casual for Eunice Cho’s taste, so she designed a pant that works in a business setting but feels like a activewear. Read more...

Photo: Anderson School of Management alumna Eunice Cho founded AELLA, a fashion company that creates professional clothing for women made out of activewear-inspired material, primarily focusing on pants. Cho said she hopes to offer a solution for women who struggle to find well-fitting, flattering pants. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Student comic entertains at LA comedy clubs, open mic nights

Salma Zaky anxiously awaited her first stand-up comedy performance at an open mic night during her senior year of high school. After speaking for two of her allotted 10 minutes, during which she told a joke about emojis and avoided eye contact with the audience, Zaky rushed off the stage and refused to tell anyone about her experience. Read more...

Photo: Salma Zaky, a third-year English student, performs five times a week at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. After attending class during the day, Zaky drives to open mic performances to showcase her comedy alongside older comedians. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)



UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music makes concerts free for all patrons

Concerts under the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be free for all patrons starting this year. The school, which had been working to make the change for several years, was able to implement the new policy in part because of an $11.7 million donation from an alumnus’ trust fund last year, said Neal Stulberg, the director of orchestral studies. Read more...

Photo: Patrons of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s concerts can now attend shows such as the “UCLA Phil meets LA Phil” event at Schoenberg Hall on Thursday for free. The school is putting on more than 20 events this quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Alumnus creates evocative short film featuring refugee dandelion

Kevin Hudson was weeding his front lawn when he suddenly felt a burst of empathy for a dandelion. He looked over at his neighbor’s yard, which she kept empty except for some dirt and a few dandelions, and Hudson said he couldn’t help but think that if he were a dandelion, he’d prefer to be in his own well-maintained yard. Read more...

Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director and Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)



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)