UCLA’s shot clock is running out. Before the Bruins left for Pullman, Wash., they had just 80 minutes left in the regular season to improve their record and determine their seeding heading into the Pac-12 tournament. Thursday’s 40 minutes were well spent: UCLA (12-16, 8-9 Pac-12) left Beasley Coliseum with a much needed 74-69 victory […]
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Hip Hop Explosion lineup includes Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples
Throughout February, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commission hosted events, including a fashion show and movie screenings, to give insight into black and hip-hop culture. For Hip Hop Explosion, Muhktar Kaissi said it will be no different. “I think you could say that it’s hard to argue that a concert is a learning […]
Report assesses gender, minority representation in Hollywood
BY SHREYA AIYAR A&E contributor saiyar@media.ucla.edu Many big-screen heroes are white and male, but most of the audience that watches their stories are not. In the 87th Academy Awards, the 20 actor and actress nominees were white and all the screenwriting and directing nominees were male. However, the rest of the country is diversifying at […]
Bruins hope to prevent Dirtbags from bringing offense down to earth
Long Beach State and UCLA were, statistically speaking, nearly identical last year. Both teams opted for pitching-oriented, small-ball approaches, and each yielded similar results. They tied for No. 267 in the nation with eight team home runs apiece. They each finished in the top 25 in both WHIP and sacrifice hits. The main distinction between […]
Student-run Web series premiere to go ‘Beyond the Bruin’
Wearing leopard slippers, a tiger-patterned cardigan and a vibrant orange afro, Panini Jones laid between two miniature palm trees. Tears flowed down his face as Jones announced his profound aspiration to be as selfless as the tree in the popular children’s book “The Giving Tree.” Jones is just one of the many comedically improvised characters […]
Medical student seeks change in LGBT health care
When David Lyons went to his doctor to get a fertility test, the doctor asked him what his wife’s job was. Lyons politely corrected him – his husband worked in management consulting. Lyons said the doctor assumed he wasn’t interested in having kids. “Although these immediate assumptions may not be malicious, they’re offensive, disheartening and […]
Boiling Crab restaurant nets customers after opening in Westwood
With signatures scrawled all over the walls and swarms of students lined up outside, the Boiling Crab was bustling around 4 p.m. Tuesday, having opened just a week ago. The new restaurant is located on Glendon Avenue in the building that used to house the Westwood Brewing Company, or Brew Co., a popular student bar. […]