The sound of chugging workout equipment fills a silent room, soon to be covered up by a layer of harmonious voices. While workout equipment and a cappella do not usually go hand-in-hand, the Hedrick Recreation Room became home to SouLA, UCLA’s Chinese a cappella ensemble. The group was rehearsing for their 2014 debut on Sunday, […]
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V-Day campaigns for gender equality
February brings love notes and roses, cupids and valentines. But there’s another “V-Day” this month that gifts gender empowerment instead of chocolates. Throughout the month of February, UCLA students of Social Awareness Network for Activism through Art will host an ongoing V-Day campaign for gender equality with performances and panels aiming to fuse art and […]
Flavors of Westwood: Tanino Ristorante blends authentic Italian, modern flair
As Tanino Drago descends the stairs wearing a white chef‘s coat with two small Italian flags on both sides of the collar, he is greeted by excited shouts of “Tanino!” and hugs a longtime customer. This is a typical reaction to chef Drago, who has built many friendships with customers over the years. Drago, the […]
UCLA gymnastics bests California in high-pressure meet
In two of its past three meets, UCLA gymnastics’ lowest event total has come from beam. Performances on that event have been plagued by mistakes and falls to the point that coach Valorie Kondos Field doubled the amount of time each of her athletes spent on beam in practice. So when the team faced beam […]
Mother in Law’s Kimchi adds flavor to American food culture
There is a family secret behind UCLA alumna Lauryn Chun’s booming kimchi business, but she and her mother aren’t telling. “I cannot tell you,” Chun’s mother, Young Ja, said. “But we add something secret.” Chun decided she would make kimchi – a fermented dish made with seasoned vegetables – available to a wider range of […]
UCLA men’s basketball begins road series at Oregon
Sitting at the 20-game mark with a 16-4 record, UCLA men’s basketball has little to cringe about. The least-talented team they’ve lost to – Utah – is a respectable 14-6 and, with Sunday night’s win over Cal, the Bruins have a share of the No. 2 spot in the Pac-12. In other words, it’s probably […]
UCLA Department of Theater to put on ‘Double Falsehood’
A royal family and the court walk onto the stage, clad in rich ornamental accessories that accentuate their regal demeanors. Suddenly, a duke’s attendant drapes himself in a white cloth and transforms, right in front of the audience and his companions, into a shepherd, and the show goes on uninterrupted. The effortless switching from character […]