I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Video games have an innate ability to submerge the player in the world of the game. Read more...
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February 2, 12:32 am
Joy Sticks: _Video games provide players with an escape to an alternate reality_
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February 2, 12:30 am
Hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest reunites for a movie directed by Michael Rapaport
Tonight, the UCLA Hip-Hop Congress will be presenting a free movie screening of "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest." Read more...
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Director Michael Rapaport and A Tribe Called Quest member Jarobi White filming on set.
Credit: Sony Picture Classics
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February 2, 12:26 am
UCLA dance team Nashaa heads to Bollywood Berkeley this weekend
They begin preparing for their season in the summer. In the weeks before a major competition, they might practice up to seven hours in a day. Read more...
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Members of UCLA Nashaa, the university’s official Hindi Film Dance team, specialize in dance moves similiar to those seen in Bollywood movies.
Credit: UCLA Nashaa
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February 1, 12:53 am
A Stroke of the Surreal
The black walls of the tiny antechamber fold neatly around the spectator. The desolate notes of an invisible cello "“ the slashing of bow against strings "“ echo the whimsical words dancing in a sinister cursive up the right wall: "In Wonderland." Read more...
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“In Wonderland,” an exhibition currently shown at the LACMA features many female surrealist artists working in Mexico and the United States, such as Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Louise Bourgeois and Remedios Varo, among others. The above painting titled “The Chess Queens” is by Muriel Streeter.
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February 1, 12:48 am
Designer Amisha Gadani derives inspiration for her defensive dresses from studying animals
Humans aren't equipped with many natural defenses. They don't blend into a wall or emit a cloud of smoke. They don't grow in size or produce spikes when frightened. Humans are incapable of these feats; that is, when they aren't wearing one of Amisha Gadani's many defensive dresses. Read more...
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Amisha Gadani shows off a porcupine dress, one of her designs. Gadani gets inspiration for dresses as she studies animals and their physiology in UCLA’s Alfaro Lab.
Arts, Arts Columns
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February 1, 12:43 am
Artscapes: A brief yet enjoyable ride on Angels Flight Railway in Downtown Los Angeles
At first glance, Angels Flight has the look of a fanciful theme park trolley. Read more...
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Angels Flight was designed in 1901 by Colonel J.W. Eddy. The turn-of-the century funicular railway was among the first cultural landmarks dedicated in Los Angeles.
Arts, Music
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February 1, 12:37 am
Colleges Against Cancer hopes to raise cancer awareness at first “Rock Out for a Cure” event
UCLA's Colleges Against Cancer club hopes to strike chords among Bruins through a night of emotive music and speakers with UCLA's first ever "Rock Out for a Cure." Read more...
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Colleges Against Cancer will host UCLA’s first ever “Rock Out for a Cure” as a preview of the campus’ annual Relay for Life.





