film review icon Roommates Directed by Peter Yates. Written by Max Apple and Stephen Metcalfe. Starring Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore and Ellen Burstyn. If Roommates wasn’t a true story, someone almost certainly would have dreamed it up. Based on the relationship of writer Max Apple and his grandfather, the scenario follows a boy […]
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Grammys: fighting the taste-impaired voters
Grammys: fighting the taste-impaired voters What’s that Noise? Michael Tatum OK, we all know why we’re here. I hate the Grammys; you hate the Grammys. What else is new? Yes, we all know the NARAS, the oblivious fugitives from intelligence who vote for these awards, are hopelessly out of touch with modern music. We all […]
Asian Americans petition for AAP minority status
Asian Americans petition for AAP minority status Current status perpetuates ‘model minority myth,’ tutors say By Jennifer K. Morita A group of Academic Advancement Program tutors are circulating a petition to get Asian Americans recognized in the university’s support service for underrepresented minorities. The program, which provides tutoring and counseling for historically underrepresented minorities and […]
Anderson School places in top 10 nationwide
Anderson School places in top 10 nationwide By Laryssa Kreiselmeyer UCLA now has more justification for boasting about its business school. The Anderson Graduate School of Management placed No. 9 in Business Week magazine’s national survey of the top business schools, which follows its goal to "achieve and maintain preeminence among the world’s graduate schools […]
Alumni unite for future Daily Bruin support
Alumni unite for future Daily Bruin support Editors from past six decades return to reminisce By Bridget Pride In the middle of a well-dressed crowd of professionals mingling in the James West Alumni Center Saturday afternoon, several aged men stood bickering over the salary of the Daily Bruin night editor. The current newspaper staff there […]
‘A Concert in the Park’ blends dance, music
‘A Concert in the Park’ blends dance, music By Lisa Marie Weyh The sassy red-haired dancer looked up into the sky and explained the simplicity of dancing in an open space. As her wide eyes anxiously took in all that surrounded her, she mumbled something about the excitement of people walking by and being subjected […]
UCLA’s Valenzuela brings fresh approach to well-known opera
UCLA’s Valenzuela brings fresh approach to well-known opera By John Mangum Jose Luis Valenzuela doesn’t work with clay, but could be called a type of sculptor. Instead he transforms an untouched opera into something that an audience can interpret and make its own. Valenzuela, a professor in UCLA’s theater department, tackles opera for the first […]