University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Below: Becky Mangold, fifth yeoi political science student, takes the podium to give her rebuttie ot a debate. Politics, os well as entertainment, were part of the series of events organized by the Compus Events Commission. Photographed by Steven liadie. Above: Conodian rock band Hot Hot Heot heats up Westwood Plozo with its upbeat music. Throughout the year, on eclectic bunch of events from free concerts to philanthropic borbegues were held at Westwood Plaza, the heart of campus. Photographed by Nicholas Weston-Swan. Above: In what con only be guolified os o moment of poetic ecstocy, Paul Maybaum passionately bears his soul through his rhymes. Campus Events ' Slam Poetry in Kerckhoff Grand Salon brought artists ond poetry lovers together for a festive night. Photogmphed by Angela Ian. Right: A large crowd of spectators, many with cameras in hand, gathers at Westwood Plozo for a noontime concert. Music could be heard throughout Bruin Wolk during the high decibel shows. Photogmphed by Jennifer Richardson.

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Above: Manuel White Jr. darts post the Stanford defender to move the chains. White ' s strong offense contributed to the Bruin ' s 21-0 shut out against the Cardinal. Photographed by Uyen Dinh, Doily Bruin. Left: Float riders wave enthusiastically to the audience as they roll down the parade route. This year ' s theme, Oh, the places we ' ll go! attracted many creative entries, including this Dr. Seuss-inspired floot. Photographed by Fei Liu. Above: foe and Josephine Bruin embrace for the crowd of parents and students as they work the parade route. Winding up and down the streets of Westwood, the procession ultimately ended with a rally on Le Conte Avenue that further energized Bruin fans for Saturday ' s game. Photographed by Fei Liu. I O 3 CD r O 3 3 ' ca

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PRACTICE r EovbH ' aty In its new marketing campaign, UCLA posed one question: It ' s 2005. Do you know where your life is? In the gutter, grumbled first year economics student Michael Shoelkopf. Still staggering from New Year ' s festivities, the last thing on his mind was another event to attend. The majority of students know exactly what they SHOULD be doing: studying, catching up on sleep, eating, even hauling their lazy butts to the gym (remember that New Year ' s resolution?). But when that question of what to do this afternoon evening weekend popped up and study, sleep, eat or exercise didn ' t appear to be the most appealing of solutions, restless Bruins looked to what was going on around campus to fulfill such a burning question. Living in a city that doesn ' t sleep offered a scintillating choice of activities for those students who opted to go off campus for some fun. Of course there was Sunset, Hollywood and Westwood Village. But the job of the Campus Events Commission was to keep students entertained while on campus. Indie-hit Garden State played in Ackerman Grand Ballroom as part of the two-dollar movie series. Other featured films included The Motorcycle Diaries and Oscar-nominated Closer. Students and outsiders flocked to both the free Sneak Peek movie showings and the $2 already released screenings. With the wealth of talented up-and-coming music artists located within the student body, Campus Events easily scheduled noontime concerts in Westwood Plaza. Other performers were showcased in the Cooperage on Friday and Saturday evenings. For those preferring an activity with more mental stimulation than a Thursday night basketball game at Pauley, there were numerous guest speakers, such as controversial filmmaker Michael Moore who swung by the campus during Fall Quarter to disseminate his logic among willing ears. And if politics wasn ' t one ' s forte, the lyrical stvlings of Seku the Misfit were available during an on-campus Slam Poetry reading. Hmm, looks like I got me something to do, Schoelkopf replied when confronted with the Campus Events Commissions wealth of offerings. Might as well find something interesting to do to kill time. Or study, Schoelkopf advised. The UCLA campus may seem like an endless array of libraries and labs, but between classes and cramming, Campus Events provided entertainment galore. With so many things to do to fill one ' s schedule, Campus Events Commission should adopt a marketing slogan that reads, Sleeping has officially become obsolete. Wkat to do witk a, wealth crfcrptiont?