Fourth year Maribel Garcia inspires her Zumba students with her passion in all areas of life. She told Daily Bruin how she keeps up her remarkable energy. Read more...
Photo: (Ruth Murai/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV, Video
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June 5, 3:20 pm
Get A College Life
“Family Ties” actress Justine Bateman became a UCLA Bruin four years ago. Get her insight on what it’s like to “get a college life,” as her blog puts it, once you’ve passed the traditional college age, and why she loved it. Read more...
Photo: (Sandra Carbonell-Kiamtia and Justine Sto.Tomas/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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June 5, 2:21 pm
Showcase offers student screenwriters access to industry professionals
Monday’s Screenwriters Showcase will feature student scripts from the MFA screenwriting program, but there’s more to the competition than winning, organizers said. Graduating students’ goal is to get their scripts read by industry professionals who have the power to give them their start in entertainment. Read more...
Photo: Shoshana Sachi, Alice Stennard and Fior Fabian (left to right) will complete the UCLA MFA screenwriting program this year, after helping organize the annual Screenwriters Showcase. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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June 5, 1:46 pm
Graduating film student doubles as ROTC midshipman, hip-hop dancer
Shawn Semana barely had enough time to shower the morning of May 25. Samahang Modern dance rehearsal ended at 5 a.m., and he had to leave for ROTC 30 minutes later. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year film student Shawn Semana begins ROTC drills at 6 a.m. and practices hip hop dance with Samahang Modern throughout the night. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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June 5, 1:34 pm
For their final trick, senior members of MIST will graduate from UCLA
A student magician walked onto the Northwest Campus Auditorium stage with a bag full of newspaper clippings. He shook 10 clippings and the audience gasped as the pieces took the form of an unscathed issue of the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Photo: Magic and Illusion Student Team senior member Mike Li plans to pursue industrial/organizational psychology. However, magic will always remain a hobby for Li. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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June 5, 1:28 pm
Hollywood Bowl the next stage for graduate performing in ‘A Chorus Line’
Maggie Darago exhaled deeply with a timid smile as she rattled off her upcoming 10-day routine for “A Chorus Line” – a 10-hour dance and voice rehearsal, a drive home and a personal practice in her room before turning in for the night. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Music
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June 5, 1:22 pm
Jazz serves as common language for Thelonious Monk Institute graduates
Pianist Carmen Staaf said her favorite memory with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz was playing at the open-air El Badi Palace in Marrakech, Morocco. The Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble is comprised of seven student musicians who were accepted into the graduate program in 2014 from a variety of musical backgrounds and age groups. Read more...
Photo: The seven graduate students of the Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble will finish their program this year after playing at the White House and in Marrakech, Morocco. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)