People grabbing a snack in the Music Café while visiting the newly constructed Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center can hear snippets of music from the students practicing in the ensemble rehearsal space next door. Read more...
Photo: An ensemble formed by Opera UCLA students rehearses in the ensemble room of the Ostin building. The ensemble is led by Joseph Colaneri, the music director of the Glimmerglass Festival and current guest maestro with Opera UCLA. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
“Do it for the yak.” Hundreds of UCLA students adopted this slogan this week as a controversial Snapchat account went viral by showcasing the R-rated lives of Bruins behind closed doors. Read more...
Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on Thursday. As board chair, he will help advise the school’s staff and participate in shaping its future. Read more...
Photo: Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was recently appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He has served on the board since 2009. (Participant Media)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
The UCLA chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha stopped operating as an official campus fraternity Wednesday because of financial problems. The fraternity internally decided to pull its charter because it could not pay off its debts of between $10,000 and $25,000 to the national Pi Kappa Alpha organization, said Matthew Li, president of the chapter and a third-year geology/engineering geology student. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, at 555 Gayley, rescinded its charter Wednesday. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
Taking a sick day was never an option for Ana Mascareñas’ mother, who had to upkeep her job as a high school counselor to support four children. Read more...
Photo: Sean Buono, Lauren Harrell, Jesse Damon and Ana Mascareñas train for the ASICS L.A. Marathon Charity Relay. (Courtesy of Shweta Saraswat/UCLA Fielding School of Public Health)
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such finite terms. Read more...
Photo: A panel of UCLA professors discussed race and social inequality issues with students Wednesday. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
