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Feb. 6, 2011 “”mdash; Ethnomusicology Professor Anthony Seeger is retiring at the end of the winter quarter. He discusses his experiences studying the music of the Suya Indians in Brazil. He describes how music plays a role in a non-capitalist society that doesn’t have clocks or calendars.
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Daily Bruin’s Film and TV editor Spencer Pratt joins us to discuss the films he thinks are hot contenders at the 2012 Academy Awards.
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Astrology plays a significant role in Chinese life. The dragon represents the fifth animal in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. Monday, the UCLA Confucius Institute celebrated the start of the lunar new year with performances by students from Zhejiang Normal University for local elementary schools.
“Spiders and Webs,” an EP by rock band The Alternates, could be described both as pleasantly surprising and disappointing. On the one hand, it’s always a wonderful surprise to hear a largely unknown band release good music. That being said, “Spiders and Webs” failed to entirely cash in on The Alternates’ potential.
PULLMAN, Wash. “”mdash; UCLA coach Ben Howland and his three leading scorers on the afternoon – Joshua Smith (19 points), Lazeric Jones and David Wear (15 each) – talked to the media about UCLA’s 63-60 road win over Washington State.
PULLMAN, Wash. — UCLA has no answer early for the Cougars’ Brock Motum, who has Washington State up 34-29 at the half.
The 6-foot-10-inch forward, who leads the Cougars in scoring with 16.8 points per game, has hit six-of-10 shots including two 3-pointers to give him 19 first-half points.
A UCLA student was robbed Friday morning on Levering Avenue, according to university police.
