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

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westwood village Los Angeles. The City of the Angels. The movie capital of the world. The capital of credit. El Lay. The home of UCLA. Seldom has a city provoked such a diverse set of images. The Westwood street scene...punk rockers coexisting with movie stars. Hollywood, often seen as one and the same with L.A., has brought Los Angeles renown. In true fashion, it sought publicity by every available means, whether it be good or bad. As a result, in the world ' s eyes, every L.A. waitress is a potential starlet, every other shop is a suntan saloon, and anyone who isn ' t getting into shape already is. Los Angeles is a city bombarded by a media montage of images. Westwood Village the L.A. image. by such well-known as Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Hollywood, it has emerged as the entertainment center for the Westside chic. True to the L.A . image, the Westwood street scene is one of punk rockers coexisting with movie stars and high school The true Village person is either teen-aged, or of a similar sporting satin tennis shoes, a gold lame sweatsuit, and a chartruese lightning bolt in the hair. People flock to Westwood to wait in line for the latest movies, buy the latest clothes or listen to the Hare Krishna ' s latest chant. Westwood.

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north village what else do you do in Westwood besides eat, see a movie and try to find a parking place? The Bruin demands more excitement from life than this. Refusing to simply blend into the Westwood street scene, the UCLA community has attempted to The Bruin demands more excitement from life. inject the elements of college life into the fast paced village lifestyle. But the Bruin is limited at best. It is not until you enter the North Village that you sense that Westwood is not only a miniature Hollywood, but a student town too. Leaving the glitter and glamour of Westwood backpacks, bearwear and biology books appear. So does noise. Bands blare wildly from fraternity parties, while stereos compete in the dorms. Blue and gold seems to cover the landscape, and UCLA decals can be seen plastered in the rear windows of the sea of cars lining the streets.