A tent-like structure fills the quad between Powell Library and Royce Hall this week, a chance to create ties between two normally separate entities: veterans and civilians. Entitled “Peace & Quiet,” the open dialogue station acts as a five-day lead-up to UCLA’s premiere of “En Garde Arts: Basetrack Live,” a program organized by the Center […]
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Fall Theater Preview
As far as arts venues go, Westwood and Los Angeles are home to hundreds, from UCLA’s Ralph Freud Playhouse to downtown L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre. Whether still wary about leaving campus, or ready to explore L.A., there are upcoming performances – be it a play, musical or otherwise – this fall quarter you won’t want to […]
Fall Movie Preview
David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” which opens in theaters Friday, including Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, is the first major award contender of the fall season. Fincher’s dramatic retelling of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel ushers in a time of cinematic prosperity and pop culture bliss – at least, for the next three months or so. The following […]
Exhibition weaves art, science together with silk
Points of fluorescent light peek out from a mass of tiny cocoons, the result of many cycles of ravenous feeding and part of an exhibit dedicated to a seemingly benign substance – silk. “Seres: Inhabitants of the Land of Silk,” an exhibition put on in partnership between the UCLA Art|Sci Center and the UCLA International […]
Reily Buechler’s father grows from volleyball coach to her biggest fan
In May 1996, NBA guard/forward Jud Buechler welcomed his first daughter, Reily, into the world in Chicago. Just a month later, Buechler lived another one of his life’s best moments. Along with Michael Jordan and the rest of the Chicago Bulls, he won his first NBA title, four games to two, against the Seattle SuperSonics […]
UCLA men’s soccer out of sync on offense in consecutive ties
It’s usually not a good sign for the offenses on the field when there are more goals scored by fans in the midfield-shot contest at halftime than there are by players in the actual game. Such was the case for both No. 1 UCLA and its two opponents this weekend. UCLA’s games against Santa Clara […]
Alums’ ‘Nidhogg’ video game takes to PlayStation
While fencing against an opponent, the player’s end goal is simple: to get eaten by a huge pink monster, Nidhogg.