Week in Photos Winter Week 6
By Owen Emerson
Feb. 13, 2016 8:09 p.m.
Arami Walker, a fifth-year world arts and cultures student, worked to create a bilingual poetry and song album driven by her experiences. Walker is a winner of the True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award given to students who have demonstrated excellence and service through leadership on and off campus.
(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Walker spent part of her fourth year studying abroad in Argentina with a guitarist, who reinforced Walker's decision to devote her time at UCLA to performing arts. "He told me, 'If this is what you want to do, this is what you have to do every single day,'" Walker said. "'Stop wasting your time doing what people think you should be doing, and go for it with all of your heart.'"
(Owen Emeroson/Daily Bruin)
Computer Science and Design Media Arts Students search for campus resources in video game programming.
(Jennifer Hu and Photo Illustration by Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
No. 7 Utah (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12) led for nearly the entire two-hour meet Saturday, but No. 5 UCLA gymnastics (3-2, 2-1 Pac-12) reclaimed the lead when it mattered most, snapping a six-meet losing streak against the two-time defending Pac-12 champions.
(Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
After senior Danusia Francis notched a 9.825, senior Sophina DeJesus took to the mat to make her season debut on floor and nearly matched her career high with a 9.925. Ending her routine with “the dab,” Dejesus sent the 7,546-person crowd into a frenzy.
(Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)
Avinash Malaviya, a winner of the True Bruin Distinguished Senior Award, is working to combine his two loves: music and neuroscience.
(Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
Maria Polyakova reached out to four different U.S. schools when applying for college. Three of them took weeks to respond, while UCLA took just three days expressing interest. The Bruins had enough scholarships available, and was the right mix of academics and athletics for Polyakova.
(Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
At 16 years old, Polyakova was already one of the best female divers in Russia. She became the first international diver to join the Bruins during Stebbins’ 18-year coaching career and has quickly become one of the best divers in school history.
(Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
The biggest factor behind her decision to come to the United States was her desire to continue her education.
(Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
While this year’s upcoming “24-Hour Musical” production still lies under wraps, third-year political science student Ariana Garcia reminisces on last year’s performance of “Les Misérables.”
(Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Third-year political science student Ariana Garcia (left) and second-year theater student Julia Nelson (right) are producers for “24-Hour Musical.”
(Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Five-year-old Jackie Oka discovered the secret to achieving elementary school fame. Stepping on the talent show stage to perform for the first time, Oka broke out into dance to Britney Spears’ “Oops!… I Did it Again,” imitating hip shaking and twirls straight from the choreography in the music video. She was then known by the rest of the school as “the Britney Spears girl,” a title that would stick for the rest of her grade school years.
(Diana Chen/Daily Bruin)
Alumna Jackie Oka is a principal dancer and school programs coordinator for the hip-hop dance company Versa-Style.
