Tuesday, July 21

Composer notes time at UCLA

Some college graduates may continue to wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares of college finals past, but for David Markowitz, a UCLA alumnus with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in ethnomusicology, old college projects are what put food on the table. Read more...


Improv group keeps laughs coming

Gabe Cardenas just can’t get enough of comedy. Cardenas, an ethnomusicology student who graduated from UCLA in 2005, and the rest of Bruin United Improvisational Comedy Kraze recently performed their last show of the year on June 2 in De Neve Auditorium. Read more...



TV comedy gives UCLA actor a shot at fame

The city of Los Angeles is full of struggling actors. After graduation, Sunkrish Bala will not be one of them. Bala, a graduating UCLA theater student with an emphasis in acting, has a supporting role in a pilot for a new television show called “Notes from the Underbelly.” The show has been picked up by ABC for the upcoming fall season. Read more...


Design grads get techno-savvy

Graduating Design | Media Arts seniors looking for employment should stop worrying and just do it ““ with software. “I worked on Beck’s music video “˜Girl,'” said Matt Motal, a UCLA Design | Media Arts alumnus. Read more...


Dancing in the streets

After June 18th, many new Bruin alumni might spend the summer starting their first jobs, working on graduate school applications, or awkwardly making the transition into life back at home. Read more...


Fine-tuning the music minor

When third-year Latin student Lissa Crofton-Sleigh decided last year that she wanted to pursue a minor in music history, she assumed the minor would be something interesting to supplement her studies and wouldn’t interfere with her plans to graduate on time. Read more...