Saturday, May 9



Screen Scene: “When We Leave”

Some films disclose their intentions in the first few minutes and then proceed to hit the audience over the head with its message for the remainder of the film. "When We Leave" does just this. Read more...

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Credit: OLIVE FILMS



FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: Slow Food Movement chapter at UCLA emphasizes healthy all-natural dishes

Despite odd discussions about human cheese and fermented mushroom tea, the Slow Food Movement chapter at UCLA is not about culinary extremity. Read more...

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The finished Slow Food-style goat cheese pasta is a healthy, organic version of the traditional carbohydrate-based dish. The ingredients were conscientiously picked and were as locally grown as possible.


UCLA students enact a conversation about nuclear research just before World War II in play “˜Copenhagen”

Just as the chaos of World War II was about to break out in Europe, two friends and colleagues sat down to have a conversation in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of nuclear research. Michael Frayn's award-winning dramatization of the night's events, "Copenhagen," is being presented tonight by the UCLA theater department. Read more...

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Third-year theater student Jake Rude and fourth-year theater student Heather Kellogg star as Niels Bohr and his wife Margarethe in “Copenhagen.” The play is a dramatization of events right before World War II began.