Sabreena Yaseen watched as Imam Suhaib Webb, a religious leader from her hometown, spoke to a small group of students about changing perceptions of American Muslims. Read more...
Photo: More than a thousand students attended the annual Muslim Student Association West Conference over the weekend. The event featured religious speakers and workshops that explained the history of Islam and perspectives of Muslims in America. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television unveiled the Darren Star Screening Room Friday for use by students, staff and faculty. The small, burgundy and grey-walled room seats 54 people in a movie theater setting with low lighting, sloping walkways and leather seats. Read more...
Photo: The newly opened screening room is located in the film school’s Melnitz Hall. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
People grabbing a snack in the Music Café while visiting the newly constructed Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center can hear snippets of music from the students practicing in the ensemble rehearsal space next door. Read more...
Photo: An ensemble formed by Opera UCLA students rehearses in the ensemble room of the Ostin building. The ensemble is led by Joseph Colaneri, the music director of the Glimmerglass Festival and current guest maestro with Opera UCLA. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
“Do it for the yak.” Hundreds of UCLA students adopted this slogan this week as a controversial Snapchat account went viral by showcasing the R-rated lives of Bruins behind closed doors. Read more...
Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on Thursday. As board chair, he will help advise the school’s staff and participate in shaping its future. Read more...
Photo: Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was recently appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He has served on the board since 2009. (Participant Media)
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such finite terms. Read more...
Photo: A panel of UCLA professors discussed race and social inequality issues with students Wednesday. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
The JazzReggae Festival’s loss of $120,844 last year was the largest in the past decade because of declining ticket revenues and mounting facility costs. About $113,000 of the deficit was paid for with money from the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2013-2014 surplus, which councilmembers allocated Tuesday night. Read more...
