What does it take to be a spoken word poet at UCLA? This week, five Word on Wednesdays regulars and fellow Bruins are heading to Colorado to compete in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. Fourth-year film student Ari Eastman and fourth-year English student Aman Batra explain how they’re preparing for the upcoming national tournament.
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Week in Photos: March 2-March 8
Sand volleyball wins first game of 2014 season
Though the faces may be new and the court may be different, the UCLA sand volleyball team looked right at home Thursday as the Bruins defeated the Cal State Northridge Matadors 3-2 in their first match of the season. In all, seven different Bruins made their UCLA sand volleyball debut. However, UCLA was a far […]
BarbecueLA: India’s Tandoori
The Saturday afternoon quiet of Brentwood’s Tandoori Grill was punctuated only by the emergence of stone slabs – laden with sizzling, steaming piles of meat – through the kitchen doors. Such dramatic presentation is inevitable with a traditional tandoor, kept at a temperature upwards of 900 degrees by a charcoal or wood fire within the oven itself. Given the high-intensity cooking method, food can easily be overcooked but, when done correctly, yields the kind of flavorful, tender meats offered by Tandoori Grill.
Ab-Soul and Problem perform at 2014 Hip Hop Explosion
UCLA’s Cultural Affairs Commission’s Hip Hop Congress hosted the 2014 Hip Hop Explosion at Ackerman Grand Ballroom. This year’s performers were Diamond Lane Music Group’s Problem and Tog Dawg Entertainment’s Ab-Soul. Both performed on and off stage to a standing audience of UCLA students.
A tour of three UCLA recycling and waste management sites
The process begins with a bottle tossed absentmindedly into a recycling bin. But this is only the beginning of its journey. Along with the rest of UCLA’s massive amount of waste, it will interact with multiple coordinating organizations and sometimes travel thousands of miles. The double bins have become ubiquitous on campus, beckoning people to […]
UCLA a cappella groups discuss genre’s popularity
You might not expect such obedient silence at the sound of an A-flat note, but for the UCLA Scattertones, one of eleven student a cappella groups on campus and one of two UCLA groups heading to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella west competition on Saturday, it’s a signal. Members of both Scattertones and […]