Alene Tchekmedyian

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• Thefts prompt aggressive protective measures

  Oct. 14, 2009 at 12:40 a.m.

  Jacqueline Djedje noticed the two koras from West Africa were stolen minutes before a class presentation for her African American musical heritage course this fall.

• Bruin shifts from daily to Web-first cycle

  Sept. 20, 2009 at 6:41 p.m.

  I’m guessing that you – along with the majority of UCLA students – don’t wake up every morning and pick up a newspaper off your doorstep. It’s probably not ideal for you to wake up an hour earlier before that 8 a.m. class to flip open The New York Times.

• Editor's Note

  July 6, 2009 at 2:42 a.m.

  Today begins the UCLA Orientation Program for freshmen.

• Concert Review: Britney Spears

  April 20, 2009 at 1:01 a.m.

  Britney Spears brought us a circus, all right – and it wasn’t the train wreck that that term might have meant a short time ago.

• ‘Twilight’ director drops by Westwood

  Nov. 18, 2008 at 2:49 a.m.

  Catherine Hardwicke, director of the highly anticipated romantic fantasy film “Twilight” and UCLA alumna, was in Westwood Sunday night signing everything from laptop computers and pillowcases to posters, tattoos and even dollar bills.

• UC students give voice to opinions

  Oct. 29, 2008 at 2:18 a.m.

  Stroll down the notoriously liberal Telegraph Avenue in UC Berkeley for a sea of political paraphernalia – T-shirts reading “Obonga” with an image of Barack Obama or illustrations of Sarah Palin over the text “Nope.”

• Theater Review: “Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet”

  May 28, 2008 at 12:41 a.m.

  With a sophisticated humor, David Mamet captures a slightly older audience with his “Two Unrelated Plays,” a fitting title for the two one-act plays showing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre ...

• Writing gets a youthful perspective

  May 22, 2008 at 1:18 a.m.

  Fourth-graders from Coeur d’Alene Elementary School anxiously gathered outside of Franz Hall on Wednesday for their personal appointments with UCLA students, where they gained a university student’s perspective on writing.

• Equal parts water, environmentalism

  April 17, 2008 at 1:38 a.m.

  Wilson Plaza is diving under the sea this Saturday to celebrate mermaids, water spirits and the environment.

• Art of Perception

  April 9, 2008 at 12:50 a.m.

  Aurélia Thiérrée was born into performing arts. Literally. Her mother was performing on stage in 1973 when her water broke.