Naomi Brauner

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How to make a trend: innovate, don’t appropriate

In any given time or place, there are trends –– fashion styles that take whole age-groups by storm, worn with high frequency and with...

From burritos to benedict, the best community brunch spots

After searching high and low for the best brunch spots in East L.A., it was clear to me that many of the places that graced the top rated lists of Yelp and EaterLA contribute to the displacement and inequality of L.A. neighborhoods. The following restaurants have been open for more than ten years and are reasonably priced. It’s difficult to identify what is “gentrifying” or “non-gentrifying,” judging simply by clientele demographic and ownership: instead, I decided to base my choice of restauran

Apollo Night reaffirms its legacy: Black is beautiful

Students gathered in Thorne Hall Feb. 23 to watch the annual production of Apollo Night, a talent show that closes out the Black Students...

Café de Leche roasts for the community

Café de Leche, a 9-year-old coffee shop in Highland Park, is now the first independent coffee roaster in the neighborhood. Owners Matt and Anya Schodorf,...

Echo Park Film Center examines Japanese incarceration through archived films

The Echo Park Film Center (EPFC), a non-profit organization dedicated to broadening community access to cinema, opened its doors for the fourth screening of the “Race...

Religious studies and philosophy departments discuss the importance of a humanities degree

The religious studies (RELS) and philosophy departments hosted a joint talk at 1 p.m. April 19 in the Salisbury Room to discuss the usefulness...

“The future of integration”: Honoring MLK 50 years later

Exactly 50 years ago today, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Thorne Hall to an audience of more than 1,000 students...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Nguyen spends an evening at Occidental

Viet Nguyen, author of Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," spoke at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 4 in Choi Auditorium. Nguyen broke the lecture into three parts,...