There will be many baseballs flying through the air at Jackie Robinson Stadium this weekend, as UCLA baseball opens up its 2015 campaign. And with the NCAA’s new flat-seam baseball, some of those balls might actually go over the fence. UCLA will begin the season by hosting Hofstra, a team that finished with a losing […]
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Q&A: Lecturer, flute instructor discusses career, upcoming performance
Aside from his 42-year-long teaching career at UCLA, Sheridon Stokes published two books on flute technique and has recorded studio music for “Mission Impossible,” “Star Trek” and “Family Guy.” Before he performs in the orchestra for the Academy Awards on Feb. 22, Stokes, a senior lecturer in the Herb Alpert School of Music, along with […]
Cameroonian sensation circumnavigates globe in basketball conquest
Alfred Aboya had never seen snow. Clad in flip-flops and shorts, the 18-year-old unfolded his 6-foot-8 frame from the confines of the minivan that transported his life to the grounds of the Tilton School in New Hampshire, landing him on a prep school campus covered in a white blanket of winter weather. He took his […]
Singer Sienna Moffitt’s ‘this is a demo’ inspired by trip to Europe
When third-year Design | Media Arts student Sienna Moffitt made plans to study abroad in Europe, appearing on BBC Radio Merseyside and recording her first demo were not part of her agenda. Moffitt, who sang her original song “I Shan’t Be There (When You Go)” at Pauley Pavilion as part of Spring Sing 2014, released […]
Urban Confections: Vanilla Bake Shop takes the cake for Valentine’s Day
Los Angeles is home to numerous dessert shops that feature a range of treats from cupcakes to doughnuts to shakes. Urban Confections will select dessert restaurants whose only West Coast location is Los Angeles, highlighting students’ opportunities to taste the city’s distinctive flavors. Follow columnist Lindsay Weinberg around Los Angeles as she samples local confections […]
Candidate for diversity vice chancellor visits campus, speaks at forum
One of the candidates for the new diversity vice chancellor position said at a forum Thursday that UCLA must ensure underrepresented students have the support necessary to succeed, whether that involves incentivizing diversity measures or creating consequences for people who resist moves toward stronger anti-discrimination policies. Octavio Villalpando, a professor of educational leadership and policy […]
Forum calls for greater student representation on UC Board of Regents
During a forum at UCLA on Wednesday, University of California student leaders said they think the UC Board of Regents needs more student representation. The forum was part of the student leaders’ University-wide tour to talk about their roles as well as to recruit students for the positions. About 20 students attended the event. Avi […]