UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television unveiled the Darren Star Screening Room Friday for use by students, staff and faculty. The small, burgundy and grey-walled room seats 54 people in a movie theater setting with low lighting, sloping walkways and leather seats. The screening room, located in the film school’s Melnitz Hall, had not […]
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Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center undergoes fine-tuning
People grabbing a snack in the Music Café while visiting the newly constructed Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center can hear snippets of music from the students practicing in the ensemble rehearsal space next door. The two-building facility includes a one-story modern recording studio and a three-story building that houses offices, classrooms, a rehearsal studio, […]
Snapchat account UCLAyak gains following amid legal concerns
“Do it for the yak.” Hundreds of UCLA students adopted this slogan this week as a controversial Snapchat account went viral by showcasing the R-rated lives of Bruins behind closed doors. Since it was created last week, UCLAyak gained some 8,000 followers and hundreds of submissions from students about their social life. The posts include […]
CEO Jim Berk appointed executive board chair of UCLA School of TFT
Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on Thursday. As board chair, he will help advise the school’s staff and participate in shaping its future. The board partners with Teri Schwartz, dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film […]
UCLA Division of Social Sciences holds panel on racial inequality
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such […]
Deficit from JazzReggae Festival largest in past decade
The JazzReggae Festival’s loss of $120,844 last year was the largest in the past decade because of declining ticket revenues and mounting facility costs. About $113,000 of the deficit was paid for with money from the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2013-2014 surplus, which councilmembers allocated Tuesday night. This cut the money left in the surplus […]
Law school receives grant to help launch firms for low-income clients
A state bar commission recently awarded a grant to the UCLA School of Law and two other law schools to help new lawyers launch and develop firms to help clients who are unable to afford high-priced attorneys. The grant, awarded by the State Bar of California’s Commission on Access to Justice, was awarded to Pepperdine […]