This Earth Day, we asked our Digital Press team: “What does sustainability mean to you?” As the Reef Authority issues its 2024 survey map, displaying devastating amounts of coral reef bleaching, and as the Earth continues to become warmer and more littered by the minute, this Earth Day, it is imperative for us to consider…
Last quarter, an applicant to UCLA Radio suggested that we include a crime section on our blog. While that might not be exactly in the spirit of Radio, we saw potential in it: Crimes Against Radio. Not the UCPD kind, but the kind of crime you’d want to report when you see someone barefoot in…
In reflection of Women’s History Month, our writers share musings about the women and music that influenced their lives. Zain — Anne and Elizabeth Anne is twenty years older than me. I met her when I was eighteen, not too long after I arrived in New York City. I was trying to get away from…
As the rainy Winter quarter comes to a close and dreaded finals fill up every library in sight, our Digi-Press members wanted to reflect back to a time before the chaos. And yes, if you haven’t guessed by the title, did you even know we studied abroad? From salsa dancing in Chile to buying pain…
From dancing in the mirror at age eight to choreographing for the biggest names in the music industry, Charm La’Donna is the premier example of hard work paying off. Born and raised in Compton, CA, the artist discovered her passion for dance early in her lifetime. At only ten years old, she was discovered by…
Wherever you go in Los Angeles, music is sure to follow. Whether you’re walking through LA with your headphones on, listening to music blasting out of passing cars, witnessing the spectacle of street performers, or scowling at the earthquake bass booming from the sound systems of your loudest neighbors, music permeates the landscape. For as…
Exactly a year ago, we were nosy. Nosy about the UCLA student body’s situationship statuses, their one-sided crushes, their greatest desires, how they defined “love.” That’s what it keeps circling on back to, isn’t it? We are curious about love and we let it consume us. We spend our lives sketching its different shapes, deciphering…
Life’s playlist is a mosaic of memories, each track painting a different picture. Whether it’s a familiar tune sparking nostalgia, a musical roadmap, or a song that perfectly captured a poignant moment, music punctuates each year’s trajectory. At the end of 2023, our writers reflect on new releases, deep musings, or the beat that made…
It was a slow Sunday morning in Los Angeles. The sun overslept, yawned hot air and its haze sprawled from the desert, crawled around the mountains to swallow the sea shore. Cloudless blue skies bleached the fabric of the city. Glass skyscrapers, pueblo bungalows, Bauhaus mansions, googie apartments all were starched and flattened into earthy, coastal…
The most spine-chilling, hair-raising thing can’t just be frat row on Halloweekend. From the ghostly grip of intergenerational trauma to navigating the enigmatic maze of situationships, you shared that fear wears many haunting masks. Join us as we unearth UCLA’s most spine-tingling stories of dread and discover how we offered solace in response. “TONIGHT 10/10/23”…