Sunday, June 28

Let’s Animate: Bruin Animated Filmmakers heads first project on vegetarian zombie

Daily Bruin A&E is following the Bruin Animated Filmmakers, a new club on campus, as they create a short animated film. In this week’s installment: an introduction to the club, the premise of their film and their storyboarding process. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Animated Filmmakers was founded by fourth-year student computer science student Joey Gomez-Benito (center right) and fourth-year theater student Nick Brunner (second from left). (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Student talks crochet, selling stuffed animal creations at UCLA

Cindy Nguyen sits on the floor of her apartment late at night, wielding a single, small hook that she uses to manipulate different lengths of thread. Read more...

Photo: Crocheting was just a hobby for third-year geography student Cindy Nguyen until she began selling her creations on Free & For Sale. Now, her “Despicable Me”-themed toys, which went for $30 each, have sold out. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)


Alumna Princess Fortier releases ‘Dirty Ballerina’ music video

Princess Fortier sat in her home studio soaking up the fast-paced rhythms and percussion instrumentals of a track sent to her by a producer via Facebook. Read more...

Photo: Princess Fortier (center) and her sister Destiny created a music video for Princess’ song “Dirty Ballerina.” The duo were joined by backup dancer and fourth-year mathematics and economics student Patrick Malkoun (right). (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)


Backstage Bruins: Lighting designer shapes ambience of ‘Twelfth Night’ production

While some shine in the spotlight, Chris Yu prefers to shine the spotlight on others behind the buttons and controls of a lighting board. “I enjoy being part of the process of creating the show but not actually being on stage,” said Yu. Read more...

Photo: Third-year theater student Chris Yu is the lighting designer for the Shakespeare Company at UCLA’s production of “Twelfth Night.” Yu determines the color of the light, the equipment for the show and how much power to use. (Maryrose Kullick/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Second Take: Sony Music should release Kesha from recording contract

Pop singer Kesha Rose Sebert, known professionally as Kesha, lost a bid Friday to be freed from her recording contract. Kesha alleged that her music producer Lukasz Sebastian “Dr. Read more...

Photo: Kesha has not released an album since “Warrior” in 2012, yet Sony did not contractually release her after she alleged that producer Dr. Luke sexually assaulted her. (Courtesy of RCA)



Student’s solo art exhibition draws curiosity on fluidity of identity

Ten-year-old Alice Jung didn’t know how to speak Korean when she and her family moved from Tucson, Arizona to Seoul, South Korea so she sketched. She drew bluebirds to prove to her classmates that birds other than pigeons existed in America. Read more...

Photo: MFA student Alice Jung explores the disconnect between her South Korean and American identities in her solo exhibition, “Curiouser2.” The show examines the fluidity of identity through the theme of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)