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From Budapest to UCLA: A student’s story of music, motherhood and education

In eighth grade, Viktoria Lovy explored flea markets in her hometown of Budapest, Hungary, and marveled at the colorful, UCLA sweaters that had been smuggled into her then-communist country. “We had no idea what (UCLA) meant, but we associated it with something very distant and very free,” Lovy said. “We wanted to be like the […]

Musicians of all backgrounds find niche in UCLA’s Game Music Ensemble

Ellen Key first fell in love with the viola in fourth grade and instantly knew she would never stop playing. But she never imagined that her future repertoire would include less Beethoven and more World of Warcraft. An unexpected turn of events led Key, a second-year civil engineering student, to the Game Music Ensemble at […]

Women’s water polo unable to break Trojan’s perfect record in rivalry match

The gloomy weather at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatic Center seemed to foretell the disappointing result of Saturday’s crosstown showdown. With a light rain drizzling intermittently on the stands and the pool, the exciting rivalry match ended in a 8-5 loss for UCLA women’s water polo. The No. 1 Trojans (18-0, 4-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) scored […]

Alumna promotes cultural pride as Miss Chinatown USA

Stephanie Wong took a step forward to separate herself from a line of young women dressed in elegant costumes. She stooped down and a silver jeweled crown was placed on top of her dark brown, perfectly laid hair. A smile was fixed on her face as she wore the shining symbol of victory that glistened […]

Dancer explores race, masculinity in final UCLA show ‘ONDA’

Julio Ulises Medina woke up to the sound of the Colombian cumbia and Dominican merengue every morning playing on his home radio. He danced salsa and punta with girls at quinceañeras. He grooved to hip-hop and reggaeton during middle school dances. Now Medina is interested in how dance portrays race and masculinity. The graduate student […]

Ban Ki Moon urges LA community toward sustainable development goals

United Nations secretary-general asked Los Angeles community members to help address global climate change problems and adopt the U.N.’s sustainable development goals in a speech Tuesday. Ban Ki Moon, the eighth secretary-general of the U.N., spoke to 350 alumni, students and community members who attended the event organized by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, […]