With its sixth theme park being constructed in Shanghai, Disney works toward developing theme parks all over the world. The second year of UCLA’s Architecture and Urban Design IDEAS Lecture Series is taking off with “Walt Disney Imagineering: The Future of Theme Parks” on Tuesday at the IDEAS satellite campus in Playa Vista. Walt Disney […]
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arTistic Attention: TA Alessandra Amin meshes passions of art, teaching into her lessons
It’s easy to become disenchanted by weekly discussions, typically made mandatory by participation grades. But here in A&E;, we want to help UCLA students realize that teaching assistants are not only students themselves. Outside the classroom, they are also people with backgrounds ranging from musical festival ring leaders to comic strip satirists. With the new […]
Alum’s record label Los Angeles Music Project mixes music, management
UCLA alumnus Joshua Brooks first began to experiment with mixing music after one of his friends bought him a set of turntables in 2001. Then a physical geography student, Brooks began playing at local parties, but he never expected to work full-time in music. However, the original gift prompted a musical career that has included […]
New dating apps change the dynamic of digital courtship
With the rise of online dating services and phone dating applications, love might be as close as your pants pockets. A 2013 report by the Pew Research Center found that one out of 10 Americans have used an online dating site or dating app, and the proportion has only grown since then. The numbers have […]
Winter TV Preview
In 2015, every network seems to be going off its hinges with the return of highly acclaimed shows still showing their youth, such as “Broad City” premiering Wednesday. With original online shows that now seem like cultural icons, such as “House of Cards,” premiering Feb. 27, and the final seasons of shows that have held […]
Art Exhibit Review: ‘Francis Upritchard’
A mobile of suspended disc-shaped meteorites gently sways above various forms and figures. Akin to the cosmos that hover above them, these figures, both human and non-human alike, too remain suspended within the passage of time. Through March 1, the Hammer Museum’s “Francis Upritchard” exhibit presents an array of sculptures that dissolve clearly defined notions […]
UCLA chapter of Thought Lounge facilitates dialogue between strangers
Four complete strangers met in a study room at Young Research Library last Wednesday to talk about everything from the experiences of first-generation immigrants to how language affects the way we think. This was the first meeting of Thought Lounge, a new student organization at UCLA in which students gather to talk about whatever is […]