A few months ago, I was approached to write an ongoing column about television. My editors figured that the only thing I may spend more time doing than listening to music was watching television. Read more...

Catherine Manabat, a second-year English student, was introduced to YouTube.com soon after the UCLA basketball team beat Gonzaga University in the NCAA Tournament. She found several versions of the final minutes of the nail-biting game, some even filmed from the sidelines. Read more...

As a visual medium, film is adept at crossing borders to tell stories. It makes sense, then, that students of film are equally capable of crossing borders to tell stories of their own. Read more...

Last spring, the Campus Events Commission was riding high. Fresh off the success of spring shows by artists such as The Roots, The Walkmen and Xiu Xiu, the commission booked a plethora of shows for this past fall, continuing to satisfy the student demand for live music. Read more...

It’s all about who you know. As social networking phenomena MySpace and Facebook rise to fame as two of the most frequented sites on the Internet, each with several million members, their critics are becoming hard to ignore. Read more...

Even though Pixar films are expected to look great, “Cars” takes visual excellence to a whole new level. While characters are obviously cartoony (they are human-like cars, after all), the landscapes they inhabit are nothing short of photorealistic. Read more...

Many students daydream their way through class. The members of the University Chorus sing through theirs. The chorus meets together as a class two times a week, during which it prepares performances for the UCLA community and beyond. Read more...