Peaks and Professors takes office hours outside of the office. Nine students and UCLA Department of Mathematics lecturer William Conley navigated a trail to Eagle Rock in Topanga State Park during Peaks and Professors’ first outdoors trip Saturday. The program pairs students and professors who have an interest in the outdoors, and coordinates hiking trips […]
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Sibling duo Dean St. releases first EP about relationship with God
The members of Dean St. recorded their first EP in 10 hours. The EP was the sibling duo’s first venture into the professional music world, following an impromptu music contest that turned the siblings into bandmates. Caleb and Ella Burns were preparing to move into their new home on Dean Street in Tustin, California, when […]
Q&A: Film alumnus discusses achievement award, role in L.A. Rebellion
UCLA alumnus Charles Burnett got his start in film as part of the L.A. Rebellion film movement and has helped paved the way for other filmmakers of color. Burnett has worked on more than 20 films and will receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Award at a dinner gala Saturday. Since […]
UCLA’s dance community attended meeting to advocate for more space
The growing UCLA dance community can look forward to more practice space on campus, UCLA administrators said at a town hall meeting Tuesday. More than 100 attendees from UCLA dance teams and the undergraduate student government’s Facilities Commission met with administrators about issues regarding dance practice spaces. A UCLA administrator said the Hedrick Movement Studio […]
Movie review: ‘Lady Bird’ presents emotional, refreshing take on coming-of-age story
“Lady Bird” is a film almost all college students can relate to. Set in 2002, the film follows rebellious student Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who desires to leave her Sacramento home and continue her education in college despite her parents’ wishes. Along with the stress of visiting prospective colleges and filling out financial […]
Concert review: Noname
Noname is a name everyone should know. The Campus Events Commission invited the “Sunny Duet” rapper and her band to perform in Kerckhoff Grand Salon on Thursday night. The rapper and her band grooved on a small black platform in front of around 100 students. Despite their limited stage space, Fatimah Warner, who goes by […]
UCLA Theater chair directs multigenerational one-woman show
Michelle Azar plays her own mother, father and grandfather in her latest one-woman show. “From Baghdad to Brooklyn” will make its New York debut Saturday at the United Solo Festival and follow Azar’s family heritage from mid-20th century Iraq to present-day New York and Los Angeles. While Azar wrote, acts and sings in the play, […]