Last spring, the Campus Events Commission was riding high. Fresh off the success of spring shows by artists such as The Roots, The Walkmen and Xiu Xiu, the commission booked a plethora of shows for this past fall, continuing to satisfy the student demand for live music. Read more...
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June 11, 9:00 pm
[Online exclusive]: Campus Events Commission’s budgetary battles result in various victories
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June 11, 9:00 pm
'Internetworking' for jobs
It’s all about who you know. As social networking phenomena MySpace and Facebook rise to fame as two of the most frequented sites on the Internet, each with several million members, their critics are becoming hard to ignore. Read more...
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June 11, 9:00 pm
Composer notes time at UCLA
Some college graduates may continue to wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares of college finals past, but for David Markowitz, a UCLA alumnus with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in ethnomusicology, old college projects are what put food on the table. Read more...
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June 11, 9:00 pm
Decades later, a degree is earned
For most, a college degree marks the beginning of a career. At 89 years of age, Stanley Rubin ““ television’s first Emmy Award winner ““ will graduate nearly seven decades after his career began. Read more...
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June 6, 9:00 pm
[Screen Scenes] “A Prairie Home Companion” ““ Directed by Robert Altman
The setup of “A Prairie Home Companion” is classic Robert Altman, who’s long been a master of juggling multiple character arcs and story lines (“Nashville,” “Short Cuts”). Read more...
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June 6, 9:00 pm
Love is all you need, but music helps
Love is blind. But nobody ever said it was deaf. Unlike in high school, when people are thrown into awkward social groups that either miraculously survive or devolve into backstabbing and nasty gossip come senior year, college is a place for choice ““ friends, enemies and significant others alike. Read more...
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June 6, 9:00 pm
Spring sings
The University Campus Choir has been practicing in Schoenberg hall for years; however, it is not technically a campus group. The group, which consists of a nearly 40 singers from the UCLA community, is gearing up for its 25th anniversary concert on June 25 at St. Read more...