Week In Photos Winter Week 3
A student yells in front of a crowd while holding a sign pleading President Barack Obama to stop deportations.
(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
A teacher joins students to speak out against deportations being carried out by ICE.
(Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Students form a large circle in Bruin Plaza voicing their grievances about deportations.
(Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Assistant professor of ethnomusicology Münir Beken (above) studied the Turkish ud at the State Conservatory of Turkish Classical Music in Istanbul.
(Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
Münir Beken said he was like a honeybee while he studied the ud in Istanbul. He darted from teacher to teacher at the State Conservatory of Turkish Classical Music, absorbing all their wisdom and every note they played, each as sweet to his ears as honey.
(Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
Fourth-year film student Clinton Brägger created the quirky romantic comedy “Gorilla-Mädchen,” which is one of two films by UCLA students at the Student Filmmaker Awards
(Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
Shooting at public locations, he said, often comes with challenges for student filmmakers with limited budgets. They are challenged to find locations that fit their script but are also legal and practical to shoot at.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
First-year English student and filmmaker Sam Han (back) shot a dance video for second-year world arts and cultures student Amanda Adams (front). Adams performed a contemporary dance routine in the middle of the crosswalk between Broxton Avenue and Weyburn Avenue at three different times of day.
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Fourth-year psychology student Lyna Truong has performed in Vietnamese Culture Night since her first year at UCLA and reaffirmed her identity as a Vietnamese-American.
(Rocio Flores Huaringa/Daily Bruin)
Sociology profesor Patrick Heuveline has spent about 15 years studying the effects of the Khmer Rouge regime’s mass murder during the late 1970s in Cambodia. When he was 29, Heuveline adopted his daughter from an orphanage in Phnom Penh, where he worked at the time.
(Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Marcia Mill, Berky Nelson's wife, attended the memorial Tuesday. "Berky Nelson has been my significant other for the past four years. I hit the jackpot. ... We have just had a stupendous relationship because of his kindness, his gentleness, his intellect and his foresight. We had a beautiful four years traveling together and going to UCLA basketball games. I miss him dearly of course, but his contributions live on."
(Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)
UCLA’s matchup against Oregon State was expected to be a tale of road woes – defensive struggles traveling well with actual defense getting left behind. Instead, it was the story of lights-out offense and the Bruins’ first conference road win of the season. UCLA held off a surging Oregon State and sacrificed its lead only twice, holding on to secure the 82-73 win.
