Many students at UCLA can agree that Westwood is somewhat atypical from the usual college town. On a lucky day, one might be able to experience a run-in with Kanye West at the local Denny’s or become an eyewitness to A$AP Rocky’s late-night cookie butter pickup at Trader Joe’s. “Westwood is very much a quaint, […]
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The Quad: “Stories of Almost Everyone” exhibit allows art to stand on its own
The Hammer Museum’s advertising copy says its new exhibition “Stories of Almost Everyone” is an attempt to be “skeptical of the conditions of museological mediation and art’s promise to convey meaning.” What this means is that in curating exhibits, displaying them and writing up descriptions of artworks, museums take away from the inherent meaning or […]
The Quad: Survival tips can keep you afloat during apartment-hunting season
Winter quarter is moving quickly as students study for midterms and frantically make up the readings they’ve been ignoring for the last five weeks. Unfortunately, classes aren’t the only stressor this time of year as students embark on the hunt for apartments. I have also been faced with the daunting prospect of finding an apartment […]
The Quad: Walk off the Thanksgiving food belly with Black Friday shopping
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and many of us are looking forward to celebrating the day with family and friends. Once the Thanksgiving festivities and feasting are over, another equally exciting and fun-filled day comes along – Black Friday. Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, as many stores […]
The Quad: ‘Radical Women’ exhibit sends strong messages on power of women of color
Perhaps it is impossible to teach somebody how to care for and accept others, or to see past gender or skin color. But the Hammer Museum’s latest exhibit tries to pierce through the intolerance permeating our society. Through the voices of a different time and of foreign countries, “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985” makes […]
