Sometimes I think I must be ridiculous to get so excited about television. Then last week I read that Paul Rudd (“I Love You, Man”) will guest star on “Parks and Recreation” as Leslie Knope’s political opponent, and I start jabbing the arm of the person sitting next to me in blind excitement.
Author Archives: Samantha Suchland
_Remote Life: Television shows important to college students_
My dad has mentioned time and again the portable television he brought with him to college. He and a friend would convene each week to watch “Saturday Night Live” and huddle around the ten-inch black and white screen.
A personal account on participating in National Novel Writing Month
In light of the Daily Bruin’s Book Week and its recent coverage of a group of UCLA students who meet at Café 451 to write novels for NaNoWriMo, I thought I would share my experience as a first year “Wrimo.”
Movie Review: "One Day"
Walking out of the theater in near tears is not something viewers were led to expect from trailers for Focus Features’ romantic drama “One Day.”
Student musicians trumpet through Bruin Plaza
While the 25th Annual JazzReggae Fest is not until memorial day weekend, Bruin Plaza was filled with sound by UCLA ska band The Ifficials earlier today.
Five films on procrastination will give students a distraction from finals
If you thought your studying is going badly, here are some examples of how it could be going worse.
SCREEN SCENE: Jane Eyre
The need to tell the story of Jane Eyre and her romance with her brooding employer Mr. Rochester is an itch that has been scratched time and again.