As much as certain stubborn UCLA students may try to resist it, Facebook has infiltrated all aspects of our lives, from academic to social. I remember that I was initially reluctant to join. My only experience with online networks was Friendster, a site I abandoned when I grew tired of rifling through my daily messages […]
Author Archives: Jess Rodgers
It’s your party ““ you can do what you want to
I came home the other night and walked in to find my roommate watching her new favorite show, “My Super Sweet 16,” as she ate dinner. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of watching the MTV show, each episode features a teenage girl going dress shopping and fighting with her mother over how her […]
Schmoozing with the stars … from the dork table
The awards show. It’s the ultimate reason for a bunch of celebrities to dress up and get together in the same room to congratulate one another on being fabulous. Plus, with the paparazzi lined up along the red carpet, the open bar, and the afterparty, it makes for a glorious affair to which every regular […]
Deconstructing Prouvé
A walk down to the UCLA Hammer Museum will reveal an unusual transformation of its courtyard. The site has been turned into a construction site for a house, a tropical home designed more than 50 years ago in Europe that has stood proudly on two subsequent continents. The design for the house began in 1949, […]
UCLA alive with different acts this season
UCLA Live director David Sefton certainly has a challenge before him in making the new season better than last year’s, considering it brought Yo-Yo Ma, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Christopher O’Riley to Royce Hall. But if opening night of the new season is any indication of what is to come this year, Sefton should have little […]
In full bloom
When M.K. Asante Jr. published his first book “Like Water Running Off My Back” in 2002, he was eager to establish himself as a serious writer with all the right answers. To the winner of the American Academy of Poet’s Corrie Poetry Prize and UCLA film graduate student, that meant voicing his opinions on major […]
Forge memories, not regrets: Enjoy UCLA life
Earlier this month, I went to see “Theater of the New Ear” at Royce Hall with a friend of mine who had recently graduated from UCLA. As I expected, Charlie Kaufman’s sound play was a clever mind game brilliantly executed by the actors and composer Carter Burwell. But at one point during the performance, my […]