Matt Logue creates a metropolis without traffic or people in 'Empty L.A.

June 28, 2010 - After getting back from assignment in New Zealand, special effects artist Matt Logue felt overwhelmed when he returned to the drudgery of Los Angeles traffic. So he decided to do something about it: erase the traffic. In a four-year project, Logue took pictures of both famous and unknown parts of LA and painstakingly removed every person and moving car. When he was done, he had an “Empty L.A.,” the title of the book he released last fall. Logue spoke with Daily Bruin Radio about the process. [5:08]

UCLA powerlifting club fosters passion for competition, community

June 28, 2010 - Powerlifting is a competitive sport in which athletes lift large amounts of weight in three activities: the squat, the bench press and the deadlift. Recently, the UCLA powerlifters became an official club team. They practice daily and compete nationally. Meet Coach David Jurgens and member Scott Salomon. [2:46]

Fowler Museum exhibit 'Document: Iranian-Americans in L.A.' archives lives of second-generation members of community

June 21, 2010 - Documentation can take many forms. It can be a blog entry, an article on the front page of a newspaper, a radio story like this one … or pictures like the ones displayed in the Fowler Museum’s newest exhibition, "Document: Iranian-Americans in L.A". [2:54]

Commencement speaker hopefuls share their thoughts on putting college experiences into words

June 7, 2010 - Many people look forward to finding out who their graduation speaker will be, and what he or she will say. Although speaking in front of crowds of commencement attendees seems frightening, two students do not fear the spotlight. They share the processes of writing and auditioning their speeches for UCLA’s communication studies commencement ceremony. [3:50]

UCLA baseball games attract young fans to Jackie Robinson Stadium for more than just team's success

June 3, 2010 -- Baseball attracts fans of all ages; UCLA baseball has quite a few young fans with ages still in the single digits. The younger UCLA baseball fans come to home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium west of Sepulveda Boulevard with their parents for an afternoon of baseball near home. For some fans, it’s more than the Bruins’ record-breaking season which keeps them filling the stadium seats. [4:48]

Parenting Student Graduation participant and her family discuss how they balance schoolwork and childcare

Graduation is a time to honor achievements: completing academic requirements, participating in campus club activities, working and interning … and, for a unique group of people, raising children. UCLA’s first Parenting Student Graduation Celebration takes place at 2 p.m. on June 13. Children will play games and walk the commencement stage with their robed parents. One graduating international student from Egypt reveals how she balances her roles as a mother, wife and M.A. candidate. [3:46]

Christian fraternity Alpha Gamma Omega builds community ties with free burgers

Christian fraternity members of Alpha Gamma Omega barbeque on Thursdays starting at 11:30pm. They serve burgers, hot dogs and water to local students and partygoers. The cookout is the fraternity’s effort to help them sober up as well as build positive community relationships. [3:05

Street musicians add life to Westwood

Billy Cole and Apostle Smith are two of a handful of crooners who play to mostly uninterested passerby. Today is a slow day. But this doesn’t seem to matter to Cole. He tries to act like no one’s watching. That way, it’s just the music and him.

8-clap honors Wooden on June 4, 2010

Students organized an 8-clap at UCLA’s Ackerman Plaza at noon Saturday. About 200 students attended, and then about three times as many Bruins gathered at night outside the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center for a Nation-Wide 8-clap and candle-light vigil to show their support for former UCLA Men’s Basketball Coach John Wooden and his family. [4:44]

The Daily Bruin Radio Show: Week 10 Newscast

Headlines and stories from the week of June 2, 2010 [11:43]

Invasive red-eared slider turtles make their home in UCLA’s Botanical Garden

UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden on South Campus doesn’t just display plants from around the world - it also hosts a colony of red-eared slider turtles, a species native to the American south, but not to California. And it’s not just UCLA’s botanical garden that has seen an influx of them. [4:28]