Sunday, May 17

Songs and Stories: Yuki A. Band, "Sad and Beautiful"

The Yuki A Band describes and performs their song “Sad and Beautiful,” which fourth-year Yuki Akaishi describes as inspired by a friend who has since graduated. The Yuki A Band will perform in this year’s Spring Sing concert.


Songs and Stories: Halle Charlton, "Dark World"

Second-year theater student Halle Charlton explains and performs her song "Dark World," which was inspired by her mother and the experience of losing her house while she was in high school. Charlton is one of the solo performers in this year's Spring Sing concert. More »

Songs and Stories: Courtney Randall, "In Her Smile"

Second-year psychology student Courtney Randall explains and performs her song "In Her Smile," which is inspired by her best friend's case of unrequited love. Randall will perform as a soloist at this year's Spring Sing concert and was the winner of the 2011 Spring Sing as Best Overall Entry and Best Solo Artist More »

Songs and Stories: Alto, "Shush"

UCLA-based band Alto performs their song "Shush" and touch on the kind of unwanted, long-winded characters that inspired the song. Alto is a previous winner of the Acoustic Coffee House Battle of the Bands contest and will perform in this year's Spring Sing concert. More »

UCLA Pow Wow 2012

On Apr. 21-22, UCLA hosted the annual UCLA Pow Wow celebrating Native American culture. Hear what the festival means to one Native American attendee. More »

Expert Scrabble players find love in the game

On Mar. 17, the UCLA Fowler Museum hosted the Arts Party, and part of the event included playing Scrabble against professionals. But for many of the experts, playing the board game was not just a pastime, it's how they met their spouses. Four experts tell their stories of Scrabble love from the love of Scrabble. More »

Triathlete Yu Hsiao on YouTube

Fourth-year mechanical engineering student and triathlon team member Yu Hsiao posts videos of himself to video sharing website YouTube in order to counteract the intensity of the sport. Hear his story. More »


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