His recording studio was a small, quiet room at a local library in his hometown of Orange County. His sole piece of recording equipment was a USB microphone, purchased with high school graduation money he saved for three years.
Author Archives: Kristen Taketa
New staff to broaden environmental humanities
With smog blanketing its skies and thousands of cars clogging its freeways daily, Los Angeles might not seem like the ideal place for environmental faculty from Stanford University to call their new home.
UCLA historian, novelist Alexander Saxton dies at 93
Alexander Saxton, a professor in the history department for more than 20 years and former director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, died on Aug. 20 at his home in Lone Pine, Calif. He was 93.
UCLA Downtown Labor Center celebrates 10th anniversary
A short subway ride away from the towering skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles, the simple white building of the UCLA Downtown Labor Center overlooks a wide blue-green lake in the middle of MacArthur Park.
Five UCLA student groups join forces to train volunteers for blood pressure screenings
Ever since Kevin Uson’s mother discovered she had high blood pressure during his freshman year of college, they both started eating healthier foods and ran around a nearby track together three times each week.
UCLA revises flier policy provision after complaint cites violation of free speech
The UCLA Center for Student Programming revised its student group flier policy last month after receiving a letter from a conservative Christian organization stating that the policy violated the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
UCLA joins u.select network to aid with transferring courses
Nausheen Hoosein wanted to spend the summer before her senior year of college wisely by taking community college classes near her home in Dallas, Texas.