UCLA students share the song they would most like to hear at their commencement.
*Portia Jackson *
Second-year, psychology
"Probably Katy Perry's "˜Firework' because I heard it recently and it represented what I'm going through right now."
*Anthony Bebich *
Fourth-year, economics
""˜Welcome to The Future' by Brad Paisley because it's all about … the way the world has changed and developed. Read more...
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Anthony Bebich
UCLA "“ and the UC system in general "“ has seen a lot of change over the past year. And though some changes may introduce a little extra difficulty in students' lives, other changes taking place on campus represent exciting new opportunities for students. Read more...
Audio from George W. Bush's speeches was spliced to form the words of Langston Hughes' poem "Minstrel Man," which played out into the room of about 40 audience members. While Bush recited the poem, projectors displayed segments of the movie "Gone with the Wind," mixed with images of African American history, ranging from the Jim Crow laws up until Halle Berry became the first black woman to receive an Oscar. Read more...
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The end of the year will mark the finished result of TFT’s year-long class that revolved around remaking “Gone With the Wind.”
The first script Colin Davis ever wrote was in crayon. He was 5, and the movie was called "Run or Die," a film he made using his family's video camera about how his family became stranded on an island with dinosaurs, and escaped by building a raft and paddling off into the sunset. Even then, Davis said he remembers channeling his inner-director. Read more...
In 1982, two men in Detroit lost their jobs because of outsourcing to Japan. Looking for someone to blame, they stumbled upon Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man they had never met. The two men chased Chin around their town with a bat, brutally killing him in the middle of the street while people stood by. Read more...
As a young girl, fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario suffered from a common adolescent knee condition but she refused to let it keep her from dancing. Read more...
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Fourth-year theater student Danielle Rosario played Diana Morales in the UCLA film school’s production of “A Chorus Line” this quarter.
The members of the video production company Extremely Decent adorn their walls with an antler-bearing can of Keystone Light, dual guitars, a large starfish and the plush head of a snow leopard mounted above a mistletoe. Read more...
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Ian McQuown (center) and his roommates David Crane (left) and Nick Smith (right), all fourth-year theater students, are a part of short-film production company Extremely Decent.
