Party options for a Thursday night always include a raging house party or a bar crawl, but how about a hip concert with a live band?

The story of the young, aspiring filmmaker dropping out of school and making the trip to Hollywood to break into the entertainment industry is a classic trope.

Listen: A play-through of Poliphony
In Poliphony, the new video game created by Design and Media Arts student Trevor Wilson and his two classmates, the player controls an alien crash landed on an island on a desert planet.

Hidden in an isolated alley between Boelter Hall and Engineering IV, UCLA’s Machine Shop is the destination for students looking to expand their knowledge about industrial machinery. Michael O’Leary, the shop supervisor, QSi Tran, a second year aerospace engineering student, and James Griswold, a third year mechanical engineering student, talk about the goals of the shop, how it helps students learn and create, and the projects they’re working on this year.