Sparks fly in Salonen’s vivacious return to L.A. Philharmonic By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff Sparks flew Wednesday night when Esa-Pekka Salonen returned to the Music Center to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After more than a month’s absence, Salonen, the Philharmonic’s Music Director, led the orchestra in a program of two masterpieces from the […]
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Program helps students adapt, directs lives
Program helps students adapt, directs lives By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff When the director of UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program was in New Mexico in January, he visited an Indian pueblo in Taos. Snow was everywhere, and he saw a Native American boy wrapped in a blanket running across a creek. "I remember thinking […]
Clark contributes legacy of culture to UCLA
Clark contributes legacy of culture to UCLA By Michael Howerton The West Adams district is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, and in another era it was the most prestigious of addresses. There is little evidence today to tell of its past  when mansions lined the streets and housed the most powerful […]
Architecture stands on solid ground
Architecture stands on solid ground Student exhibits pass accreditation board’s review By Laryssa Kreiselmeyer Students and faculty at the UCLA School of Architecture can now breathe a sigh of relief after the school’s four-day re-accreditation examination by the National Accreditation Board ended Wednesday. In order to retain validity of student degrees, all architecture schools are […]
Miles away, worlds apart
Miles away, worlds apart By Michael Howerton Containing extensive collections of 17th- and 18th-century literature, fine book printing and the world’s best public collection of Oscar Wilde material, UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library draws scholars from around the world. However, while part of the university, the Clark Library is in the West Adams district, […]
Retention programs seek empathy, education
Retention programs seek empathy, education Advocacy groups focus on retaining minority students By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff When U.S. Supreme Court judges ruled in Brown vs. the Board of Education that segregation in public schools went against the Constitution, the landmark decision opened university doors for not only African Americans, but all minority […]
Nobel laureate Soyinka to host forum
Nobel laureate Soyinka to host forum By Nancy Hsu Daily Bruin Senior Staff Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Prize-winning author in exile for his political outspokenness against the Nigerian government, is hosting an open forum titled "Culture and Identity" at 6 p.m. tonight in Dickson Auditorium. "It is an honor for us to have Dr. Soyinka […]