BOOK INFORMATION   Title: Dear Alice… Author: Steve Ryniak Publisher: Muse World Media Price: $8.95 Pages: 103 By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Senior Staff With millions of letters pouring in from readers, it’s a simple fact that advice columnists like “Dear Abby” and “Ann Landers” could never get around to answering every single one. Read more...

  MICHAEL JENNINGS Bobby Rodriguez, director of the Latin Jazz Ensemble at UCLA, leads students during a rehearsal for the World Jazz Ensemble. By Kate Bristow Daily Bruin Contributor Pulsing Brazilian rhythms, mystical Eastern flutes and icy Caribbean steel drums are only a few of the musical phenomena that the ethnomusicology department’s World Jazz Ensemble creates. Read more...

By Laura Morgan Daily Bruin Contributor When the character Rip Van Winkle, in Washington Irving’s fantasy tale of the same name, slept in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years, he probably slept like a baby. Read more...

Bare Jr. “Brainwasher” Immortal Records Most rock bands don’t have a full-time dulcimer player. Most rock bands don’t begin their albums with an intentionally cheesy and overdone “Overture” that lasts well over a minute. Read more...

BOOK INFORMATION Title: House of Leaves Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Publisher: Pantheon Price:$19.95 Pages: 700 By Ryan Joe Daily Bruin Contributor The title house in Mark Z. Read more...

Monday 7 WorldFest events, including Grupo Folklorico de UCLA, Francisco Aguabella’s Afro-Cuban Band, Ballroom Dance Club and International Folk Dance Club lessons, and more, take place on campus. Read more...