Wednesday, May 6

Hammer Museum lobby becomes medium for expressing media’s role in political polarization

With the presidential and congressional elections quickly approaching, many voters are scrambling to inform themselves about the candidates and their policies. Read more...

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Benjamin Powell, fourth-year political science student, views a news screening at the “Your Land/My Land: Election ’12″ exhibit, which serves as a space where visitors can watch and discuss the news as the current presidential election unfolds.





Video Game Review: "Dishonored"

Vicious, man-eating and disease-carrying rats infest the city of Dunwall, where steampunk meets supernatural in Arkane Studios' new first-person stealth title "Dishonored." Aesthetically similar to industrial 19th century Britain, "Dishonored" puts players in control of Corvo Attano, Dunwall's royal protector and the Empress' personal bodyguard. Read more...

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(Credit: Bethesda Softworks)



Graduate students’ short film “˜Prom Night’ wins Sprite Films’ Green Ribbon Panel Award

With lights dimmed and popcorn in hand, unsuspecting audience members in screenings of "Lincoln" and "Breaking Dawn Part 2" are in for a double feature this fall. Read more...

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UCLA graduate students Simon Savelyev and Steven Huffaker were recently chosen as Green Ribbon Panel Award winners for their short film “Prom Night,” to be screened in theaters nationwide.