I’ve always wondered why everyone gets so worked up about the Oscars. I mean, what’s so great about that gold statue that can make people go more nuts and generate more talk than any other award out there year after year? Read more...

While many bands brand themselves with political banners in light of current events, a lesser known band seeks to shed light on less publicized issues. In an effort to join this musical bandwagon of the day’s unresolved issues, The Apex Theory will perform today at UCLA’s Awareness 2005, an event hosted by the Armenian Students Association in conjunction with other student and non-student groups to educate the community about historical and current political and social issues ““ specifically acts of genocide. Read more...

After class last Friday, I went back to my place, plunked down in front of my computer, and checked my e-mail. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but hard to believe as it is, it marked a momentous turning point in the school year for me, one that will significantly alter my daily routine for the foreseeable future. Read more...

If you’re looking for the source of the indie rock wildfire sweeping the nation, you’ll find it in the Great White North. Canada’s Hot Hot Heat is bringing its unique brand of frenzied rock music to UCLA on Friday. Read more...

Even if Martin Scorsese doesn’t win the Oscar this year, he’ll be in good company: Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director and never won. Read more...

M83 “Before the Dawn Heals Us” Mute 2003’s “Lost In Translation” may not have won the long-denied Bill Murray an Oscar, but its gloriously shimmering soundtrack reintroduced synthesizers and shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain to the public eye. Read more...

In February 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into action Executive Order 9066, calling for the immediate relocation of Japanese Americans into internment camps in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read more...