The Bruin Bash audience wanted to be entertained – no less than that was accepted. Students moved chairs out of their way to dance to Madeon. Some booed and moved out of Pauley Pavilion completely when NxWorries failed to energize the crowd. The crowd was justifiably tough, given the concert’s chaotic build up and its […]
Author Archives: Kelsey Stern
Voice Awards recognizes those who fight stigmas against mental illness
To DeQuincy Lezine, the downtown buildings near Brown University represented an escape from the emotional distress that consumed him. All it would take was one jump, eight stories up on a hotel parking garage, and he would be free of those shackles. Lezine, a UCLA alumnus, tried to commit suicide three times; the first attempt […]
Screenwriting lecturer retires, reflects on teaching experience
When senior lecturer Hal Ackerman was first asked to teach at UCLA, he was terrified. He said he had no confidence that he could offer students any advice that merited real value. Now, 30 years later, Ackerman sits in his office where movie posters cover the walls. On these posters are personal insignias from the […]
‘An Evening of Devised Work’ transforms individuals into two ensembles
The apocalypse looms in North Campus as a comet hurls towards Macgowan Hall. At night, a young girl’s imagination transforms the hall into a fantasy world. These two universes are the settings for “Paper Cranes” and “Inconclusion,” the fictional plays that graduate acting, directing and playwright students have created and immersed themselves in for several […]
Spring Sing 2015: ACA Hip Hop
At the Bridge 2014 competition, ACA Hip Hop’s winning performance was recorded. The video has garnered more than 800,000 views on YouTube since. “Some people (on the team) would walk to class and they would see some people on their phones watching the video,” said second-year bioengineering student Rachel Fujikawa. “They would post it in […]
Seniors explore personal stories in project showcase ‘Narratives’
The students in the world arts and cultures/dance senior projects class faced a major roadblock: finding a title for their showcase. They had to pinpoint a name that would encompass all 17 pieces to be performed. After weeks of brainstorming and struggling, the students landed on the title “Narratives.” “To me, what a narrative is, […]
Broad cafe transforms into arcade, features student-made video games
This week, Broad Art Center’s Untitled Café will add joysticks and digital games to its menu to create the Untitled Arcade. With the addition of the arcade machines that UCLA Game Lab has installed, students have the opportunity to play video games that fellow undergraduates and graduates have designed in the past year. The UCLA […]