Thursday, July 2

Veterans, civilians open dialogue with ‘Peace & Quiet’

A tent-like structure fills the quad between Powell Library and Royce Hall this week, a chance to create ties between two normally separate entities: veterans and civilians. Read more...

Photo: Carmel Farzaneh (left), a fourth-year communication studies student, participates in “Peace & Quiet,” an open dialogue station for civilians and veterans to comment on topics, including “How do you serve?” Meryl Friedman (right), director of education and special initiatives for the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, oversees the week-long event that leads up to Friday’s performance of “Basetrack Live.” (Emily Cao/Daily Bruin)



TFT grad student turns everyday moment into film ‘California Dreaming’

To Sahirr Sethhi, an occurrence as mundane as an elderly couple purchasing a lottery ticket can be rife with wonder. A few years ago, the UCLA graduate student spotted just that and became fascinated with the couple's hope to become rich at an older age. Read more...

Photo: Sahirr Sethhi (pictured above) is fundraising the short film “California Dreaming” on Indiegogo about an elderly man who wins the lottery, only to lose it soon after. The film combines fantasy features with Indian storytelling and dramatic theory. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)


Across the Pond: Glastonbury headliner Kasabian earned success with steady improvement

There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...

Photo: Kasabian is a British band able to channel Oasis, the Stone Roses and Blur at its best. They will play at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on Oct. 8. (Courtesy of Charlie Gray)


Bruin Food Truck Night welcomes students with a taste of LA

On the first day of class this quarter, many students chose to spend the day’s twilight hours socializing and snacking on munchies from some of Los Angeles’ most popular food trucks, all within a short walk from campus. Read more...

Photo: Third-year economics and political science student Eric Lim (left) and fourth-year business economics student David Kang (right), the external finance advisor and executive producer of the Korean Culture Night production team, respectively, organized Bruin Food Truck Night Thursday at the food truck lot on Gayley and Le Conte Avenues. (Eileen Li/Daily Bruin)


Fall Movie Preview

David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” which opens in theaters Friday, including Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, is the first major award contender of the fall season. Fincher’s dramatic retelling of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel ushers in a time of cinematic prosperity and pop culture bliss – at least, for the next three months or so. Read more...


Album Review: ‘Hesitant Alien’

Over its nine-year career, My Chemical Romance cemented itself as the pied piper of sorts for the more angst-driven members of Generation Y. It’s no surprise then that when news of singer Gerard Way’s intentions to record a solo album hit the Twittersphere, his former militant-like fan base, the MCRmy, began rallying behind him like a scene out of “Gladiator.“ Now, take every expectation that you might have of Way, put them in a little box and bury it in the backyard. Read more...

Photo: (Warner Bros. Records)