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Kaavya Saini

February 12, 2026

SBIFF 2026: Academy Award-nominated producers convene at Producers Panel

By Kaavya Saini

The Producers Panel brought together 10 Academy Award-nominated producers to discuss their Best Picture-nominated films.

October 30, 2025

Delirium 2025: YG and Freddie Gibbs fire up the Thunderdome

By Kaavya Saini

This year's annual Delirium concert performers were YG and Freddie Gibbs.

October 7, 2025

Diversity, equity and inclusion within the 2024-25 Daily Nexus content

By Kaavya Saini, Lance Sanchez

The Daily Nexus stands firmly committed to upholding our values of diversity, equity and inclusion within our coverage and newsroom. In 2018, we initiated our first diversity, equity and inclusion survey to measure these...

June 18, 2025

‘Andor’ Season 2 charts the cost of rebellion

By Kaavya Saini

The second and final season of "Andor" offers political commentary on fascism and resistance through detailed production and airtight performances.

May 22, 2025

Unraveling the dupatta: A trendy scarf or a story of cultural erasure?

By Kaavya Saini

Kaavya Saini discusses the scarf draped across your TikTok feed.

April 3, 2025

El amor, traducido

By Kaavya Saini

Desde el concepto portugués de saudade—caracterizado por una profunda melancolía o nostalgia—hasta la palabra sánscrita viraha, que significa separación entre amantes, las lenguas de todo el mundo encierran diver...

March 8, 2025

Hundreds rally for Transgender Unity March in Santa Barbara

By Anusha Singh, Kaavya Saini

Over 400 people gathered in downtown Santa Barbara on March 1 to protest the Trump Administration's policies on transgender populations

October 31, 2024

The Diversity Hire: Representation beyond the ‘scream’: women in horror film

By Kaavya Saini

Kaavya Saini thinks female representation in horror is more complicated than you think.

October 3, 2024

DEI within the 2023-24 Daily Nexus content

By Siddharth Chattoraj, Kaavya Saini, Anushka Ghosh Dastidar

The Daily Nexus has made a dedicated effort to uphold the values of diversity, equity and inclusion within our publication and in our coverage.

October 3, 2024

DEI within the 2023-24 Daily Nexus staff

By Lance Sanchez, Siddharth Chattoraj, Kaavya Saini

The Nexus conducted a survey of the demographics of our editors and writers in May 2024 in order to gauge community representation within our staff.

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The signs as coming-of-age films

Aries

March 21 - April 19

"Holes"

Taurus

April 20 - May 20

"The Sandlot"

Gemini

May 21 - June 20

"Goodwill Hunting"

Cancer

June 21 - July 22

"How to Train Your Dragon"

Leo

July 23 - August 22

"Dead Poets Society"

Virgo

August 23 - September 22

"The Karate Kid"

Libra

September 23 - October 22

"Ladybird"

Scorpio

October 23 - November 21

"Perks of Being a Wallflower"

Sagittarius

November 22 - December 21

"The Edge of Seventeen"

Capricorn

December 22 - January 19

"Up"

Aquarius

January 20 - February 18

"Mid90s"

Pisces

February 19 - March 20

"Little Women"