Jasmine Gomez’s Slayed Sets is nailing what it means to be a small business.
In August 2021, the fourth-year Chicana and Chicano studies and education and social transformation student launched Slayed Sets, which sells custom ready-to-wear press-on nails.

Tulsi Indian Eatery is welcoming Holi with a colorful, celebratory menu addition.
Tulsi, which has locations throughout Southern California, including one in Westwood, has introduced the Rangeela Thali combo – available until Sunday – to celebrate Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors.

Violet Ko is crafting accessories for a cause.
The fourth-year psychobiology student said she found a creative and philanthropic outlet in her Etsy shop Tolevi, where she sells handmade jewelry and donates all of her profits to charity.

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 9:06 p.m. 
A new app is zapping the gap between the internet and interpersonal communication.
Developed by Justin Liao, vice president of parent company Ph7, Zapshot aims to eliminate the time spent typing messages online, creating a way for a new generation of social media consumers to more efficiently and intimately communicate, Liao said.

This post was updated on Feb. 26, 2023 at 8:13 p.m. 
The virtual UC Love campus could be the perfect place to fall head over heels.

Literature has found a new, controversial home in the white-painted walls of TikTok.
As months stuck indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic helped propel the popularity of TikTok, a more niche community also emerged on the social media platform: BookTok.

Chivalry is dead in Dan Jones’ fiction debut.
Released Feb. 14, “Essex Dogs” follows a group of ten English mercenaries led by Loveday FitzTalbot that aids King Edward III in his invasion of France.