Arts
May 27, 2022 7:04 p.m.‘Noise of Silence’ seeks to amplify voices, experiences of Indonesian Americans
The Association of Indonesian Americans is turning up the volume on their community’s stories.
This Saturday, AIA’s Indonesian Cultural Night, titled “Noise of Silence,” will highlight Indonesian American experiences through music, dance numbers and an original script.
By Kari Lau
Arts
Aug. 21, 2021 4:34 p.m.UCLA alumnus Frank Marshall’s ‘The Bee Gees’ receives 6 Emmy nominations
Frank Marshall’s documentary proves the Bee Gees’ legacy is “Stayin’ Alive” to this day.
The alumnus and executive board member of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Non-Fiction Program and Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special for his work on the documentary “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.” Following the career of the family act, their personal lives and the sociopolitical context that the Bee Gees worked in, the film is also a contender for four other Emmy awards for its writing, editing and sound design.
By Kari Lau
Arts
July 15, 2021 5:58 p.m.UNICEF at UCLA uplifts voices of Latinx community, mental health advocates
This post was updated July 18 at 4:35 p.m.
UNICEF at UCLA is passing the mic to Latinx youth and mental health advocates.
In May, club members created two podcast series to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis at the southern border of the United States.
By Kari Lau
Arts
May 18, 2021 7:18 p.m.‘Apart, Together’ explores Chinese cultural identity with universal themes
This post was updated May 23 at 7:01 p.m.
Personal experiences were pulled apart, then edited in cohesion for the production of the short film “Apart, Together.”
Currently on a festival run but set to publicly release late 2021, “Apart, Together” follows Yiru (Shavvon Lin) and her mother’s (Leann Lei) search for her sister (Michele Panu) – who her mother abandoned in China because of the country’s one-child policy – in Los Angeles.
By Kari Lau
Arts
April 28, 2021 6:17 p.m.Theater students use TikTok as outlet for expression, creativity
Quarantine set a new stage for two UCLA Theater, Film and Television students – TikTok.
Equipped with spare time during the COVID-19 pandemic, TikTokers and second-year theater students Ana Nguyen and Andrew Luff found a virtual audience of millions through acting and being themselves.
By Kari Lau
Campus
April 2, 2021 4:12 p.m.UCLA announces preliminary plans for fall return to campus, in-person instruction
This post was updated April 4 at 4:08 p.m.
UCLA is planning to return to mostly in-person instruction and housing in the fall after more than a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, administrators announced Friday.
By Hyeyoon (Alyssa) Choi and Kari Lau
Men's Basketball
March 31, 2021 12:56 a.m.Students celebrate UCLA men’s basketball win, start at least two fires
Hundreds of students rushed to the streets of Westwood on Tuesday night after UCLA men’s basketball advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008.
By Bernard Mendez, Kari Lau, and Saumya Gupta
Campus
Feb. 9, 2021 5:53 p.m.UCLA introduces new European languages and transcultural studies department
UCLA established an interdisciplinary European studies department to allow students to study European languages and culture in greater depth.
The university merged several of its European language departments – including Germanic languages, French and Francophone studies, Scandinavian and Italian – to create the Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies, UCLA Newsroom announced Monday.
By Kari Lau
A Closer Look
Nov. 22, 2020 3:04 p.m.Groups for formerly incarcerated students aim to reject stereotypes, offer support
Rodrigo Vazquez wants to change the conversation around formerly incarcerated students.
Vazquez, who is formerly incarcerated, said people should not ask formerly incarcerated students what they did.
By Elana Luo and Kari Lau
A Closer Look
Nov. 7, 2020 2:38 p.m.Students express relief in wake of Joe Biden’s victory in presidential election
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 8:08 p.m.
For some UCLA students, the news of a Joe Biden presidency is a sigh of relief.
Former Vice President Biden won the 2020 presidential election and is now the president-elect, according to the Associated Press.
By Kari Lau and Bernard Mendez
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