While UCLA offers a wide variety of educational opportunities, one aspect of every undergraduate student’s education remains the same: general education requirements. These course requirements allow science students to explore the arts and humanities and history students to explore science and engineering. The requirements aim to make students more academically well-rounded. Angel Perez, a UCLA […]
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Students showcase Indian culture through dance
Some Indian students at UCLA have found a way to keep in touch with their culture by joining traditional competitive dance teams. UCLA is home to three such teams: UCLA Nashaa, Bataaka Nu Shaak, and Bruin Bhangra. Each showcases a distinct style of dance and competes at a national level, such as this Memorial Day, […]
Listen: UCLA students explore art therapy to benefit emotional health
The creative process is hard to define, but its effects are numerous. It can help maintain emotional health and give people a fresh outlook on life and a clearer understanding of oneself. Art therapy uses the creative process and applies it in a therapeutic setting. Art therapy is gaining ground as a discipline and a […]
Awareness of obese epidemic leads to wrongful weight discrimination
One of the biggest public health crises of today’s age is the obesity epidemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, due to increases in body weights over the last two decades, we are approaching a time in which obesity is taking over. Today, more than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7 percent) […]
Dub-step drops into UCLA music culture
While UCLA is home to all kinds of music, in recent years, a new genre has popped up on campus: dub-step. It is composed of a dissonant, aggressive mix of sounds that come together to drastically change electronic dance music. Dub-step has gained popularity as a genre, but there is no universal love or appreciation for this music. Musicology professor Robert Fink and UCLA students discuss dub-step’s significance.