Tuesday, October 13

Spring sings

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...




CREATIVE WRITING EXCERPTS

From “Water Down Drains,” by Mark Burnham, winner of the Shirle Dorothy Robbins Creative Writing Award: Not to say my dad didn’t look out for me. Read more...


SOUNDBITE: "Blue"

Diana Ross “Blue” MOTOWN RECORDS Most mothers soothe their newborns to sleep with nursery rhymes or seemingly innate lullaby standards. In 1971, just months after leaving The Supremes, Diana Ross lulled her month-old Rhonda to dreamland by singing light-hearted versions of songs about domestic violence, depression and betrayal popularized by Billie Holiday. Read more...


Winning words

Fathers, garbage men and seduction gurus are all people from different walks of life. But in UCLA’s English department, these characters are the subjects of three award-winning short stories written by fourth-year English students Aaron Fai and Mark Burnham and English graduate Erika Herman. Read more...