More than 1,000 students packed into Ackerman Grand Ballroom on Feb. 28 for the 2013 Hip Hop Explosion concert. The concert, sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Commission, opened with Rocky Diamonds and featured A$AP Rocky as the headliner. Kendrick Lamar also came on as a surprise guest during A$AP Rocky's performance. Read more...
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March 7, 1:48 pm
A$AP Rocky headlines 2013 Hip Hop Explosion concert
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March 5, 11:25 pm
Stars, celebrities and fans converge for LA Tennis Challenge
Pauley Pavilion hosted its first athletic competition not involving a UCLA athletic team since renovation Monday night in the first-ever Los Angeles Tennis Challenge, a tennis showcase that raised money to fight autism. Read more...
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February 28, 4:09 pm
‘The Black Experience’ mural: past, present, future?
Recent Daily Bruin coverage has highlighted the existence of a mural obstructed by a false wall in Ackerman Student Union. The mural, titled "The Black Experience," was painted in 1970 and depicts the seven UCLA art students who painted it as well as scenes from African-American history. Read more...
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February 22, 11:54 pm
Vietnam Motorcycle Diaries
While on a UCLA Travel Study program in China during the summer of 2012, I met a fourth-year international development studies student named Vincent Ho, who told me about one of his biggest bucket-list goals – to motorcycle across Vietnam. Read more...
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February 19, 1:27 am
NSU Cultural Night 2013
Members of the Nikkei Student Union fused dance, taiko drumming, a cappella and history into the group’s 2013 Cultural Night performance in Royce Hall on Feb. Read more...
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February 17, 1:30 pm
Faces of Dance Marathon 2013
Daily Bruin's Spectrum set up a photo booth in Ackerman Grand Ballroom during the 2013 UCLA Dance Marathon to snap portraits of dancers and participants. We met a variety of people in bright outfits and bandana headbands who still had energy, even late into the night. Read more...
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February 13, 1:51 pm
Students film UCLA version of “Harlem Shake” YouTube craze
Hundreds of UCLA students converged on Bruin Plaza Wednesday afternoon to film a version of the "Harlem Shake," a video meme that has swept YouTube in the past week. Read more...