Even after Earth Day, the spirit of being ecologically friendly remains alive at UCLA as students prepare to showcase acoustic music and sustainability-inspired artwork. Tonight, students will have the opportunity to continue learning more about sustainability while enjoying art and music as part of the Unplugged event taking place in De Neve Plaza. Read more...
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April 12, 1:19 am
Hammer Museum, with the help of artists, community, hope to reSTORE Westwood
In the ’70s, Westwood Village was a social and cultural hub of Los Angeles. That all changed in the late ’80s when high-profile gang violence deterred the masses from the area. Read more...
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April 12, 12:41 am
‘League of Legends’ club brings gaming experience to a new level at UCLA
A crowd of about 30 students behind computer screens surrounded third-year computer science student Alex Wang as he introduced himself. Read more...
Photo: Li Chang, third-year biology student, Hojoon Choi, second-year economics and psychology student, and Steven Jung, first-year undeclared student, participate in UCLA’s first-ever “League of Legends” club.
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April 10, 1:50 am
Ready Player One: Advertising in video games has pros and cons
Electronic Arts recently released an upgrade to the new “SimCity” game that will add the Nissan LEAF to its inventory of cars. It’s an obvious attempt to lure potential car customers, and it got me thinking about advertising – the good and the bad. Read more...
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April 8, 12:00 am
Contestant fuses passion for art and baking into winning entry in UCLA Edible Book Festival
Lauren Peikert’s pound cake, shaped like an open book, was topped with a chocolate powder garden and candy vegetables and exuded a playful and imaginative take on “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” As the winning selection of two of the festival’s categories, her piece did not go unnoticed. Read more...
Photo: Santa Barbara City College student Lauren Peikert won both the People’s Choice award and the Best Student Entry award at this year’s Edible Book Festival.
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April 5, 2:25 am
BANDALOOP dances on a different plane, founder to perform on the walls of Broad Art Center
Pedestrians walk down the sides of buildings, effortlessly perpendicular to their facades. Read more...
Photo: Amelia Rudolph, founder and artistic director of dance company BANDALOOP, walks down the side of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center during a rehearsal of “Man Walking Down the Side of a Building.”
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April 3, 1:46 am
Student-facilitated course at UCLA explores fashion history
UCLA is moving in forward fashion with the addition of a student-facilitated fashion history and design course this quarter. The seminar course, Theater 88S: “Designing Century: Fashion Design Introductory Course,” was created by fourth-year computational and systems biology student and self-taught designer Jennifer Lee, who said it was the first of its kind. Lee will teach a weekly seminar on the history of 20th-century fashion by analyzing design techniques of distinguished fashion designers like Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. Today will be the class’s first session. Read more...