Every Monday evening, sounds of acoustic guitars and soft, melancholy voices float through the coffee-scented air in Kerckhoff Coffee House, turning the on-campus cafe into an intimate performance space for up-and-coming student artists. Come Monday at 7 p.m., however, the atmosphere will be filled with the trademark bass-heavy, synthesized beats and smooth yet punchy flow […]
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Q&A: ‘Suits’ cast talks show’s themes, second half of season
On Thursday night, students weathered a cold, rainy night outside of Ackerman Grand Ballroom in order to catch the mid-season three premiere of the USA Network show “Suits” in honor of the SUITS College Tour. Creator Aaron Korsh and cast members Sarah Rafferty and Gabriel Macht visited the UCLA campus for the second date of […]
UCLA alumna Sue Ann Pien dreams of a life on Mars
Sue Ann Pien parted her hair to reveal a map of the solar system tattooed on her scalp. “Can you see it?” Pien, who graduated from UCLA with a degree in international development studies in 2004 and dreams of one day going to space, may be among the first to glimpse a slice of space […]
Westwood family jewelry making business approaches 50th year
Straightening the tortoise shell-rimmed glasses over the bridge of her nose, she eases herself onto the seat in front of her work table and picks up the scalpel with her fair, wrinkled hands to cut the sheet of wax. She adjusts the red rusting lamp that hovers over the desk, which is cluttered with hand-worn […]
Veteran draws on personal experience in teaching, gay rights research
As he paced in front of a class of about two dozen students, William “Ajax” Peris appeared assured and calm. He displayed the same confident demeanor that helped him succeed at testing heat-seeking missiles and monitoring no-fly zones in Iraq throughout the 1990s, after the first Gulf War. The 44-year-old teaching assistant and U.S. Air […]
CSSA celebrates Chinese New Year through culture night
The sounds of rhythmic drumming filled Royce Hall Sunday night as students dressed in red danced gracefully and powerfully to the beat. The performance was part of this year’s Chinese Culture Night, put on by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association. The event was meant to celebrate this Chinese New Year, which fell on Friday […]
UCLA Professor, Project Fatherhood join in intervention
The men gathered together in a cramped auditorium and began to dig into their plates piled with mashed potatoes, green beans and hamburger patties. Some dressed in business suits, others in plain white T-shirts and jeans. They weren’t all related by blood, but they laughed and joked as if they grew up together. Jorja Leap, […]