Week in Photos Winter Week 5
UCLA alumna Yee Eun Nam (above) designed the set of the production “Altman’s Last Stand,” which premieres Saturday at the Zephyr Theatre. With her set design, Nam sought to portray the life of Holocaust survivor Franz Altman and his fight to save his shop, “King Solomon’s Treasure.”
(Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Jay Espejo began training to specialize in transgender care last May and has focused his studies on hormone replacement. He is the first physician from the Ashe Center to be trained in transgender health care.
(Kira VandenBrande/Daily Bruin)
The Armenian Students’ Association held a “Stain of Denial” silent protest Thursday in response to the Turkish government’s denial of the Armenian genocide. The protest was held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Bruin Walk in front of Meyerhoff Park. This year’s protest, held annually, is the first since the Centennial of the Armenian genocide. Leaders said they hoped to show solidarity with Armenians around the country and the world.
(Jessica Hu/Daily Bruin)
Junior outside hitter Michael Fisher (left) and freshman setter Micah Ma’a (right) hail from adjacent towns in Hawaii. The two played against each other in high school.
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It can be a challenge – sometimes a burden – for student-athletes to balance the weight of heavy classes and more than 20 hours of team activities throughout any given week. But many young adults face harder predicaments in their everyday lives, tougher obstacles to overcome. That’s where one particular Bruin athlete steps in. Kim Mackay, the only graduate student at UCLA to actively compete in Division I athletics, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in social welfare. Part of that curriculum entails an internship where, from 2 to 10 p.m. twice a week, the Princeton alumna devotes her time to teenagers at an inpatient drug and rehabilitation facility called Olympia Academy.
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Senior swimmer Arlyn Upshaw said quitting had crossed her mind, but when an injury set her back, she knew she couldn't end her swimming career that way.
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The Institute on Inequality and Democracy will invite social justice researchers and activists to discuss connections between international and local inequality issues, said Ananya Roy, the inaugural director of the institute. Roy, an urban planning and social welfare professor, said she hopes the institute can help address racial inequality issues at the university by inviting activists to suggest improvements. She added she wants the institute to serve as a platform for students who have participated in recent campus protests to communicate their ideas.
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Alumna Erica Lindbeck was chosen by Mattel to be the voice of Hello Barbie. Lindbeck competed against voice actors from around the country, but was eventually accepted for her girl-next-door portrayal of the doll.
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About 10 years ago biochemistry professor Albert Courey put on sunglasses and a backwards hat and rapped “The Rhyme of the Ribozyme,” a verse written by Dennis Kuo, an alumnus who took Courey’s class on DNA and RNA biochemistry. “If the students have to think about how to express a scientific fact in an artistic way, it makes them think about it in a different way,” Courey said.
(Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Students performed at the annual Chinese Culture night at Royce Hall Saturday night.
