Friday, March 13

Spring sings

The University Campus Choir has been practicing in Schoenberg hall for years; however, it is not technically a campus group. The group, which consists of a nearly 40 singers from the UCLA community, is gearing up for its 25th anniversary concert on June 25 at St. 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...


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...


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...



Free Falling

Chad Stevens adjusts the harness connecting him to his inexperienced student and conducts yet another examination of the equipment that will save two lives in the next few minutes. Read more...