Some college graduates may continue to wake up in a cold sweat
from nightmares of college finals past, but for David Markowitz, a
UCLA alumnus with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in
ethnomusicology, old college projects are what put food on the
table.

Though she currently resides in Los Angeles, Esther
Baker-Tarpaga is hardly here to stay. Baker-Tarpaga, a third-year
graduate student in dance, splits her time between Africa, the U.S.

“What’s the point of a revolution, without general,
general copulation, copulation, copulation?” belted the cast
of “Marat-Sade” at their Friday night rehearsal.
Perhaps it’s not the conventional bellowings of college
co-eds kicking off a three-day weekend, but this is also not a
conventional play.

Doing heroin the night before her SATs doesn’t exactly
earn her a gold medal in good behavior, but Eve Ensler maintains
that she has always tried to be good.

What was once sympathy for the well-Westwood-traveled WAC
student may turn into envy. The World Arts and Cultures department
has moved from its temporary Kinross Avenue address to its home at
Glorya Kaufman Hall, the newly reopened building on campus.

Most people watched the aftermath of the tsunami from the
comfort of their homes. Some even donated money to aid victims
through various philanthropic organizations.
But fourth-year communication studies and Design | Media Arts
student Joshua To went a step further.

This year’s Indian Student Union culture show,
“Sambhaavna,” meaning “choices,” addresses
the choices Indian American youth face between their Indian
heritage and the culture of their American home.

Many people do not know much about Chinese dance. It’s a
perception the Chinese Cultural Dance Club doesn’t like.
It’s also the very problem the club will address in its
sixth annual show, “Lotus Steps 2005: A New Chapter,”
on May 7 in Royce Hall at 7 p.m.

Don’t let the title of the show deter you.
True, the name may be equally suitable for a demolition derby or
a bloody boxing match, but WAC Smash 2005 is better known as the
fifth annual dance show put on by the World Arts and Cultures
Undergraduate Society, showing at 8 p.m.

While many UCLA students are in woe over the sixth week stresses
of midterms and papers, others are dealing with the anxiety of
putting on their own show.