Posters seem to be the primary wall decoration for people ages 15 to 25. Thus, college students flip through dozens of cumbersome albums in search of the perfect poster to legitimize their existence … or just make themselves look cool. Read more...

In an era where rigid classical performance values have been replaced by the “do-it-yourself” and “wing-it” mantras of mainstream music, the music department’s class titled Artsong insists on the importance of traditional performance methods to help music students strengthen their craft. Read more...

The main goal of a college education, if the majority of my professors are to be believed, is to learn to think critically about as wide a variety of issues as possible. Read more...

“Still” Kinross Room 126 Today ““ Saturday 8 p.m. UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures presents dance performances choreographed by second-year graduate students Ana Maria Alvarez, Esther Baker, Liam Clancy and Iddi Saaka. Read more...

Franz Ferdinand The Cooperage Tuesday 8 p.m. At last, someone is surpassing the boundaries of garage rock, and they come from Scotland. Franz Ferdinand maintains what was good about the revival in the first place, but hikes it up a notch with its quirky attitude and arty personality. Read more...

After the conquest of India by the British Empire in 1857, India’s representation in the Western world had been forever changed. The photographs displayed in the UCLA Fowler Museum’s deeply historical new exhibition “Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation, 1850-1900″ explore how the portrayal of a vast nation has been packaged and sold. Read more...

“The Sound of Music” James Bridges Theater Sunday 2 p.m. It may be an arbitrary ranking, but there’s a reason the American Film Institute put this Julie Andrews star vehicle on their list of the 100 best American films ever made. Read more...