The practice of segregating children into separate classrooms, schools and life paths seems like an outdated issue for those in the United States. Read more...
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The documentary “Our School” follows three Roma children and their efforts to integrate into the local schools in their rural Romanian town.
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Greg Laswell has always been a bit of an enigma in the singer-songwriter genre. His vocal range is relatively limited, strongest in lower registers and delivered with an almost wry, deadpan singing style. At the same time, however, Laswell's voice is smooth and typically pitch-perfect. As a result, music listeners seem to either love his voice or move on to more overtly emotive singers. Read more...
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It's common to see students selling baked goods on Bruin Walk, but it's less common to find a group who will trade a cookie for an online vote. For the past few weeks, members of the UCLA Music Choral Outreach Program have passed out baked goods in exchange for a vote in Zipcar's "Students With Drive" program. Read more...
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On Monday, the UCLA Choral Music Outreach Program was presented with a $25,000 grand prize.
Shanley Caswell, is following a different script than the average college student. Since she was 16, Caswell has been acting in Hollywood, scoring minor roles on popular TV shows such as "The Mentalist," "I-Carly," "CSI: NY" and "Bones." Her new movie, "Detention," which opened on April 13, was the first film in which she was cast in a leading role. Read more...
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Third-year anthropology student Shanley Caswell is co-starring in the film “Detention,” alongside comedian Dane Cook and “The Hunger Games” actor Josh Hutcherson. Caswell has also played minor roles in several television shows, including “The Mentalist,” “I-Carly,” “CSI: NY” and “Bones.” She just finished filming a horror film titled “The Warren Files.”
Richard Carpenter, the multiple Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, arranger and half of the dynamic brother and sister duo, the Carpenters, is set to speak with students at UCLA as part of professor David Leaf's Music Industry 105 course: "Songwriting: Killer Hooks, Essential Songs and Songwriters of the Rock Era." Carpenter spoke with Daily Bruin's Manjot Singh about the direction of music, his career and how to make it in the music industry. Read more...
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Famed rock duo Karen and Richard Carpenter, better known as “the Carpenters.” Richard Carpenter will be a guest lecturer for the undergraduate class Music Industry 105.
In recent years, the ways that we experience movies have begun to change as our world has become increasingly digitalized. Read more...
"Goodbye First Love" invites viewers into a world where sentimental lovers live and grow, attempting to bring out the idealist within each of us. Read more...
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