Rob Kadivar

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• Newborn star J. Cole looks to rise

  Nov. 5, 2009 at 11:49 p.m.

  For rapper Jermaine Cole, better known as J. Cole, hip-hop is the future.

• Boys Like Girls visits Club Nokia on Love Drunk Tour

  Oct. 27, 2009 at 12:13 a.m.

  Boys Like Girls began its Love Drunk Tour earlier this month and has been received with open arms, ear-piercing screams and sold-out venues. The group headlines the tour, which also features Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket to the Moon and VersaEmerge.

• One-stop shop to LA entertainment

  Oct. 27, 2009 at 12:10 a.m.

  There is little doubt that Los Angeles is a magnet to all things entertainment-related.

• Jazz icon Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to play at Royce Hall

  Oct. 1, 2009 at 1:47 a.m.

  The Royce Hall stage has seen some of the biggest names in theater, dance and music. UCLA continues to exercise its pull as a cultural and academic center as UCLA Live welcomes the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

• Sigma Nu brother brings down the house

  June 1, 2009 at 1:03 a.m.

  This is not your average frat party.

• Songstress defies categories

  May 7, 2009 at 1:33 a.m.

  Every year, Spring Sing promises the UCLA population a menu of performers as diverse as they are talented.
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  Trumpeter heralds eclectic influences

  April 8, 2009 at 12:21 a.m.

  It’s not the most conventional combination, but UCLA doctoral candidate Daniel Rosenboom is arranging a wide array of sounds to make his own distinct classical-rock-hip-hop-jazz-electronic-folk-influenced trumpet style, and he brought it to the Walt Disney Concert Hall Tuesday night.

• ‘Mad Decent’ tropical punk hits the national stage

  Nov. 4, 2008 at 2:57 a.m.

  At the ripe age of 16, four guys from the Inland Empire got together and started messing around with a guitar, bass and drum kit.

• Finding success in academics and music

  Oct. 23, 2008 at 2:21 a.m.

  For many, handling a single major at UCLA can be a full-time job.

• Bruin Bash triumphs again

  Sept. 25, 2008 at 1:08 a.m.

  School spirit never sounded so good, or so loud.