Men’s Tennis: A Second Chance After last year’s 4-3 loss in the finals, UCLA men’s tennis begins NCAA team championship play Friday in Athens, Ga., looking for another chance at the national title. This week, Daily Bruin dives into the stories of three key players on the team who are also riding on a second […]
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Spring Sing 2014
Check out A&E’s weeklong coverage of Spring Sing 2014, with profiles of this year’s student musicians, dancers and actors participating in UCLA’s oldest musical tradition.
Angela Davis returns to speak at Royce Hall after almost 50 years
More than 45 years after being fired from her UCLA professorship for being in the Communist Party, renowned civil rights activist Angela Davis returned to speak about institutional racism Thursday at Royce Hall, where she had given a speech on freedom almost half a century ago. Davis is known for her work in advocating for […]
UCLA Wushu to perform at Chinese American Cultural Night
Nicole Carpentier walked out of Wushu practice bleeding. None of the nearly 35 UCLA Wushu club members were fazed though. It’s to be expected when fighting in the same style as Jet Li. Midway through practice, which is tucked away in the Gold Room of the John Wooden Center every Tuesday and Thursday night, Carpentier, […]
Showcase to feature pieces by faculty composers in School of Music
The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The instrument is ancient, but the sound is modern: overlapping tracks of sustained notes and slowly repeated musical motifs creating a kind of musical tapestry. These are just some of the sounds of UCLA […]
New and current Bruins look to land a spot on UCLA’s Spirit Squad
A line of five hopeful Bruins sit patiently in front of a panel of 15 judges. The verbal test that awaits them is a change of pace from the dance showcase they put on just prior to moving on to this section of the audition. Using the most of the 45 seconds they’re allocated, they […]
UCLA club wrestling earns battle scars in competitions
The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Along UCLA club wrestler Maarten Deschaumes’ leg lies a near foot-long red bruise, a few centimeters wide. Below it, another blemish, though much smaller in size, follows. Many more bruises and cuts scatter his body. The morning […]