Wedged in between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, UCLA students have no shortage of places to shop for clothes. However, high price tags can limit shopping options for money-conscious students on a college budget. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin columnist Linda Xu wears a T-shirt ($5) and woven skirt ($7) from Westwood Boulevard pop-up store Stray Cat Thrift. (Photo by Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor, photo illustration by LeAnn Woo/Graphics Director)
The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, transforms each year into a country lover’s dream. Stagecoach Festival, Southern California’s country music festival, will take place this weekend. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Stagecoach Festival setlist at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California will feature a variety of country music acts, new and old, including Dierks Bentley, Maddie & Tae, Shania Twain, Maren Morris, Cam and Kenny Chesney. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Daniel Apodaca’s first brush with filmmaking involved filming his friends jumping over tennis nets and gliding down handrails on their skateboards. Growing up as a teenager in East Los Angeles, the third-year film student watched online tutorials to learn how to shoot and edit his skate videos. Read more...
Photo: Third-year film student Daniel Apodaca is working as the director of photography on an independent short film called”Kingdom of Bliss,“ which tells the story of a heroin addict struggling with addiction. (Andrew Arfin/Daily Bruin)
Roy Scheider was an actor, not a debate coach. So when the actor was cast to play a debate coach in “Listen to Me,” he sought help from UCLA senior lecturer and debate team coach Thomas Miller. Read more...
Photo: Thomas Miller, a communication studies senior lecturer and debate coach, collaborated with director Douglas Day Stewart to add details from his experiences coaching UCLA’s debate team to the 1989 film “Listen to Me,” which follows a college debate team through the competition process. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)
Students don’t need to drive for hours to find a California superbloom – UCLA has one in its own backyard. Located off of Bellagio Drive, just past the Krieger Center by Sage Hill, is UCLA’s last native Californian plant life habitat on campus. Read more...
Photo: California native wildflowers began blooming at UCLA’s Sage Hill, the campus’ last site of native Californian plant life. The site features multiple species of flowers, including purple-colored astragalus, orange sticky monkey and bright yellow California sunflowers. The site is open to all students and is located off of Bellagio Drive past the Krieger Child Care Center. The site is also home to native Californian wildlife, such as the spotted towhee. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)
In “On the Rise,” the Daily Bruin profiles up-and-coming musicians in Los Angeles. Though our subjects do not necessarily have direct connections with UCLA, they are artists who have brought their sounds to Los Angeles and have taken advantage of opportunities within the city’s thriving music scene. Read more...
Photo: The members of FOXTRAX didn’t feel like a true band until they spent six weeks writing music together in a cabin in the woods of Murphy, North Carolina. The band is now located in Los Angeles and draws musical influence from a variety of genres and artists to create their indie rock music. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
Billy Costello was that one friend in high school who documented everything. From capturing the nightly activities in his group of friends to shooting sand volleyball games in the park, the second-year English student came to college with a Dropbox account full of memories he had made with an iPhone 4. Read more...
Photo: Cory Wong takes pictures along with UCLA’s photography club, though he has not attended UCLA. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
