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By Sanjana Chadive + 8 others for Daily Bruin - 7 min read
Film preview: Summer 2023 promises gripping getaways from the sweltering sun
Movie theaters will lure crowds away from the sweltering sun this summer. Hollywood’s upcoming slate of anticipated films is sure to satisfy audiences in pursuit of a gripping getaway. With an enticing lineup ranging from escapades of runaway dolls to a brand new superhero story, moviegoers will be ecstatic to beat the heat with the season’s bright selection. Read on...
By Sanjana Chadive (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 3 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Daily Bruin alumnus K.X. Song releases debut novel 'An Echo in the City'
Through her debut novel, K. X. Song is casting a light on the Hong Kong protests. Released June 20, “An Echo in the City” follows two teenagers from contrasting backgrounds as they fall in love in the midst of demonstrations against a bill that would have tried Hong Kong residents accused of crimes in mainland China. Song, an alumnus and...
By Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Aidan Strong uses game development to question morals of tech industry
As graduation approaches, Aidan Strong’s educational journey fuels his game design. The fourth-year mathematics student's ventures into game design date back to his high school days when he said he started coding in the game engine Unity. Before becoming a mathematics student, he said he spent the first two years of college pursuing computer science. During his second fall quarter,...
By Puja Anand (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 6 min read
Sriha Srinivasan works to promote sex education one TikTok at a time
Sriha Srinivasan is battling stigma with her TikTok @sexedu. Graduating a year early, the third-year human biology and society student said she started her TikTok page in the spring of 2020 to amplify discourse on sex education. Accumulating 196.4K followers and 5.8M likes on TikTok, she said her account primarily targets 13 to 25-year-olds. Her videos attempt to open up...
By Sanjana Chadive + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Dedicated to South Asian girls, thesis film 'Ladke' pays homage to rom-com genre
Sruchi Patel is lacing together nostalgia and on-screen representation in her newest short film. The fourth-year film and television student recently directed her thesis film, “Ladke,” which follows the musically talented, yet insecure, Saloni, who spots an eye-catching pair of sneakers on campus. Seeking her own love story, she embarks on a quest to find the boy wearing them. The...
By Ruwani Jayasekara (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 3 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Ruanne Catapang honors Filipino culture through her shop's jewelry collections
Ruanne Catapang is threading Filipino culture and storytelling together through handcrafted jewelry. The fourth-year psychology student said she founded her jewelry business, shoprchive, in early 2021 as a way to connect with loved ones during the pandemic. Over the past couple of years, the shop has amassed numerous followers on Etsy and appeared in pop-up shops throughout Los Angeles, Catapang...
By Elise Van Meter (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Calligraphy By Esha creates and coaches decorative penmanship
Through calligraphy, Esha Sidhu is handwriting atmospheres of creation and growth. The second-year computer science student is the owner of Calligraphy By Esha, a small business that engages in the craft of decorative penmanship. Endeavoring not only to cultivate sincere and personal rapport with clients, Sidhu said her business seeks to encourage others to pursue calligraphy, fostering a nurturing environment...
By Harbaksh Kaur (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
'We can be powerful': Bimbos Theatre Co. creates female-led space in theater
The Bimbos are bringing women to the forefront of theater. Second-year theater students Kaity Cairo and Trystan Forson are the co-founders of Bimbos Theatre Co., which aims to provide a community for women to create their productions without any barriers. The company is a female-led operation, from the board of directors to the writers and actors, Cairo said. Performing with...
By Lex Wang (Sanjana as assistant editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 5 min read
Parasocial relationships rising, fueled by unhealthy celebrity obsessions
The line between healthy and toxic emotional connections with celebrities has become increasingly blurred. Parasocial relationships – which form when a group of fans has a one-sided attachment to someone famous – have blazed through celebrity culture in recent years, fueled in part by the rise of social media. With an unprecedented level of accessibility to the activities of superstars,...
By Sanjana Chadive + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
FAST 2023: 'Haus of Utopia' materializes Afrofuturism in aesthetic, modern collection
Bisola Amudipe and Chizaram Iwuanyanwu are embellishing the present with the future. For their second Fashion and Student Trends at UCLA collaboration, designers Amudipe, a third-year pre-international development studies student, and Iwuanyanwu, a fourth-year psychobiology student, have curated the collection “Haus of Utopia.” Iwuanyanwu said the line revolves around Afrofuturism, an aesthetic that explores utopian theories, the fantastical and the...
