Thursday, February 19

Students aspire to level up in game design despite limited resources

Students substitute video game controllers and joysticks with food and live cacti at the UCLA Game Lab in Broad Art Center, while students across campus in the classrooms of Boelter Hall strap on virtual reality headsets to program imaginary environments for new video games. Read more...

Photo: Computer Science and Design Media Arts Students search for campus resources in video game programming. (Photos by Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin and Photo Illustration by Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Student, performer gives voice to messages that resonate

In March, Arami Walker took the stage to perform with a popular Argentinian band at a crowded Buenos Aires club. She spoke to the audience of locals in Spanish, a language she only learned a couple months before. Read more...

Photo: Armi Walker, a fifth-year world arts and cultures student, worked to create a bilingual poetry and song album driven by her experiences. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Lecturers’ union, UC reach agreement regarding new employee contract

The University of California and its lecturers’ union reached a formal agreement Friday to increase lecturers’ salary by about 6 percent over the next six months, among other changes, concluding contract negotiations between the two parties after seven months. Read more...

Photo: Lecturer union members and other supporters gathered on the steps of Powell Library in October 2015 to inform students about contract negotiations between the union and the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCSA recap – Feb. 6-7

The University of California Student Association, comprised of representatives from the UC student governments, held its monthly board meeting on Feb. 6 and 7 at UC Santa Barbara. Read more...


ASUCLA officials question need for new grocery store

Several Associated Students UCLA board members questioned the need for creating an on-campus student-run grocery store in a meeting Friday. The proposed grocery store, called the Student Food Co-op, would aim to provide fresh produce to students at a lower price than off-campus stores such as Trader Joe’s and Ralphs, said undergraduate student government President Heather Rosen. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate student government President Heather Rosen proposed to create a student-run grocery store to increase food security for students. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)


UCLA assistant sociology professor breaks new ground in Iranian studies

Kevan Harris thought his undergraduate sociology classes were dull, until he took a class that covered social and historical revolutions from a sociological perspective. “I thought the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution were about politics,” said Harris, an assistant professor in sociology. Read more...

Photo: Sociology assistant professor Kevan Harris is working on a social survey in Iran that will focus on social mobility. (Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)




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