The familiar smell of Southern California – desert and flowers mixed with petroleum and smog – was the first thing that hit Jon Christensen when he landed in Burbank, Calif. He was immediately reminded of his childhood memories visiting Pasadena, where his mother grew up and his grandfather ran a bookstore. California has been in […]
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‘100 Days’ pulls director, UCLA professor back to Asian roots
UCLA screenwriting professor Weiko Lin has transformed a sorrowful event from his past into a global story about reconnection and rediscovery that will soon hit the big screen as a feature film. With the help of one of his screenwriting students in Taiwan, Lin was able to transform a successful theater script into the screenplay […]
Football’s first Pac-12 win comes littered with penalties
With just under two minutes left to play in Thursday’s game, Utah faced a do-or-die, fourth-and-11 gamble. A split second after the ball was snapped, freshman defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes plowed into Utah quarterback Travis Wilson, turning the ball over on downs and handing the Bruins their first Pac-12 win of the season. Then came […]
UCLA defeats SDSU with two late-game goals
With 1:18 left on the clock and game tied at 1-1, senior midfielder Victor Munoz streaked down past midfield before placing a perfect through pass into the right side of the penalty box for junior midfielder Leo Stolz. Stolz danced around with the ball, dribbling past two defenders before lofting a high arching rainbow pass […]
UCLA men’s water polo refines transition game to prepare for UCSD
The UCLA men’s water polo team will once again face UC San Diego in Triton territory tonight. In early September, the Bruins traveled to San Diego to compete in the Triton Invitational, defeating UCSD 16-6. However, time has passed and both teams have undoubtedly grown since then. “We know based on last week we understand […]
American Youth Symphony fine-tunes new pieces for season opening
An eerie, spectral sound drifts from the recesses of Schoenberg Hall, where an orchestra rehearsal for a Royce Hall performance takes place. At first, the dissonant melody makes little sense as the string instruments climb higher and higher on steps of parallel fifths, the woodwinds and brass attempting to follow. But the musicians know to […]
Volleyball hopes to take down the Cardinal at Pauley Pavilion
They’ve been as far as Hawaii and have gone to Colorado and back again. They’ve played in Centers (Galen), Pyramids (Walter) and a Pavilion, just not one named Pauley yet. For the No. 16 UCLA women’s volleyball team, that changes today. Despite playing in Los Angeles twice, on the campuses of USC and LMU respectively, […]