Week in Photos Winter Week 8
Tony Parker is blocker from a field goal by a Cal defender. Parker went six for 11 in field goals for the night.
(Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Freshman pitcher Justin Hooper tried to steady the Bruins Tuesday, entering the game and striking out the first batter he faced. Poor judgment and missed opportunities from his teammates thwarted a UCLA comeback.
(Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
UCLA alumna Courtney Marsh directed “Chau, Beyond the Lines,” a documentary nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short this year. Marsh worked on the film for eight years, filming the artistic pursuits of Agent Orange victim, Chau, in Vietnam. Marsh will be in attendance for Sunday’s award ceremony at the Dolby Theater.
(Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
Rapper Isaiah Rashad transformed the Hip Hop Explosion stage into a melodic, neo-soul space where the audience grooved along to soft beats.
(Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Vig plays the Levantine buzuq, a long-necked fretted lute and folk instrument, with roots in Arab communities across Lebanon and Syria.
(Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
UCLA alumnus Raymond Mai, known as MACKmai on stage, released his first mixtape “Second to None (220)” Saturday on SoundCloud. Mai, who grew up in a black- and Latino-dominated community area in southeast San Diego, became aware of other Asian-American students at UCLA. He realized the hardships his immigrant parents went through and decided to preserve their legacy through his mixtape.
(Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
Princess Fortier (center) and her sister Destiny created a music video for Princess' song "Dirty Ballerina." The duo were joined by backup dancer and fourth-year mathematics and economics student Patrick Malkoun (right).
(Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
Third-year theater student Chris Yu is the lighting designer for the Shakespeare Company at UCLA's production of "Twelfth Night." Yu determines the color of the light, the equipment for the show and how much power to use.
(Maryrose Kullick/Daily Bruin)
MFA student Alice Jung explores the disconnect between her South Korean and American identities in her solo exhibition, "Curiouser2." The show examines the fluidity of identity through the theme of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
(Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
Three staff members make up BruinX, a group part of the UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion that works to detect bias and discrimination.
(Diana Chen/Daily Bruin)
Louise Tamondong, a first-year physics student and Johnny Dang, a second-year molecular, cellular and developmental biology student, met through Bruin Connections, a service started by two UCLA students.
(Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Two UCLA alumni created Indy Plush, a business that designs and creates plush stuffed animals, and donates a portion of the profit to wildlife advocacy groups.
