It all began with a Bach chorale in a music theory class. From there, the Bach singers expanded their song set from pre-classical tunes in the classroom to the upbeat rhythms and seventh-chord blends of "Coney Island Baby" on the stage. Read more...
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The UCLA barbershop quartet, Three Times a Lady, initially came together in a music theory course as a joke, but it soon developed into a performance group.
The Bruin Bash festivities that took over UCLA Sunday night were punctuated by ambulances and Los Angeles fire trucks in an unprecedented number of alcohol-related medical responses. Throughout the night, there were 18 alcohol-related responses from Emergency Medical Services, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein. Read more...
On his first day at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Ali Kermani had to park his car under a streetlight in order to read his books, and sat between his two dogs to keep warm. Read more...
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Ali Kermani is an entrepreneur who graduated from the Anderson School of Management and has contributed to companies such as Razor USA. (Photo courtesy of Ali Kermani)
Nestled at the center of 10.6 acres of diverse botanical gardens in a Mediterranean-esque climate, the Blake House used to serve as the official residence of the UC president. The house stands two stories tall, occupies more than 13,000 square feet, and overlooks the San Francisco Bay from the hills of Kensington, Calif. Read more...
Staring at the devastated shores and towns of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Laurence Smith had one thing on his mind: melting glaciers. To this geography professor who studies melting ice sheets in the Arctic, the vast damage of the hurricane was a testament to global warming, rising sea levels and more violent storms throughout the world. "If you walk anywhere along that coast, (the destruction) goes for miles and miles," he said. Read more...
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Professor Laurence Smith traveled around the world to many destinations, including the glaciers of the Arctic, in preparation for writing a book on global warming. (Photo courtesy of Laurence Smith)
On Tuesday night, more than 50 students packed into a floor lounge, eyes glued to the television, as season two of the television series "Glee" premiered. This viewing party is just one of Delta Terrace's community events to bring together transfer students living in Delta Terrace. Though Delta Terrace was supposed to house only transfer students, about one-fourth of the residents are of other years because of transfers signing up late for housing, said Eric Hertz, a third-year resident assistant in Delta Terrace. Because transfer students have already experienced half of college, programs that the Delta Terrace buildings will hold will be targeted specifically toward transitioning them into life on the Hill. "Summer orientation for transfers was only one day, and they didn't get to experience much of what incoming freshmen did," Hertz said. Read more...
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Delta Terrace resident assistants have been working to make the transition a smooth one for the transfer students living there this year through community events, as well as traditional first-year orientation events such as Carpe Noctem.
Last spring, Matthew Abularach averaged about six hours of sleep per day during the quarter, often going to bed around 2 or 3 a.m.
"Generally, you feel the heavy eyelids and want to sit down and do nothing," said Abularach, a third-year political science student.
To stay awake, he would often get coffee at Bruin Café, surround himself with other people and go on Facebook, a habit that pushed him further behind in his work, he said.
Abularach said his weekly schedule often prevented him from getting any more sleep. Read more...
