Since forming in 2008, Los Angeles-based six-piece Fitz and the Tantrums have seen a steady rise in the band’s popularity. In May 2013, the band released its latest album, “More Than Just a Dream,” and is back on the road. It will be playing at the Hollywood Palladium on April 5 Daily Bruin’s Aalhad Patankar […]
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UCLA women’s water polo scores three wins over break
The phrase “no rest for the weary” might have well applied to the UCLA women’s water polo team this spring break. After they finished their finals, the Bruins first won a game at home, then packed their bags and nabbed two road victories during the week. No. 2 UCLA started off its spring break campaign […]
UCLA connections contribute to winter wonderland of ‘Frozen’
It’s difficult to make the complex texture of snow appear in animated form. One wrong step could make it look like icy slush or mashed potatoes. UCLA mathematicians Joseph Teran and Craig Schroeder experienced this tricky balancing act when writing the algorithm to animate the snow in Disney’s Academy Award-winning movie “Frozen.” “You watch things […]
Jordan Adams proves vital to UCLA men’s basketball
Minutes after UCLA snapped a two-game losing streak over Oregon State on March 2, sophomore guard Jordan Adams spoke. Reporters on deadline asked Adams and sophomore guard/forward Kyle Anderson, UCLA’s leading scorers in the game and season, two minutes’ worth of questions, and after a moment of silence, the two were free to go. But […]
UCLA baseball squeezes win over USC out of rocky weekend
For the first time since opening weekend against Portland, UCLA baseball’s offense came alive, posting double-digit hits in all three games. Ironically, UCLA’s mainstay, its pitching and defense, was on shaky ground all weekend, resulting in the Bruins playing three one-run games. Free passes, seven errors, multiple baserunning mistakes and missed opportunities at the plate […]
Women’s basketball’s season ends with fall to Colorado
The Pac-12 Network’s camera was focused on Thea Lemberger’s face. But this time, she wasn’t standing on the line ready to shoot a free throw. All she could do was watch in her warm-up gear from the bench as her team tried to overcome a deficit against Colorado. The senior guard was a conspicuous absence […]
UCLA men’s tennis charged up for rematch of NCAA final against Virginia
Men’s tennis coach Billy Martin exerted little in simply hitting with a rehabbing Adrien Puget on Tuesday. But memories of Puget’s three-set defeat that crowned Virginia the 2013 NCAA champions proved enough to elevate the blood pressures of both men. “From a coaching standpoint, I say … ‘What could I have done differently, what could […]