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*While Justin Combs and daddy Diddy were busy celebrating the teen’s graduation, some were bubbling over with anger and frustration since he accepted a full football scholarship to UCLA. Critics are outraged that young Combs, who is the son of one of the wealthiest celebrities in the nation, has accepted the $54,000 merit-based scholarship award [...]
*Los Angeles – The 26th Annual Jazz Reggae Festival was held on the Intramural Field of the spacious campus of UCLA,Memorial Day Weekend.Jam Day,May 27 and Reggae Day, May 28, 2012. The Reggae Festival is the largest student-run festival in the country.The students continue to raise the bar by providing a stellar musical line-up,an art [...]
*Most people are happy for P. Diddy’s son’s acceptance into UCLA. Even P. Diddy was shocked that the boy had already gotten to 18 and is graduating from high school. But plenty of people are trying to rain on their parade with talk of Justin’s full-ride to the university. The controversy started when folks heard [...]
*P.Diddy says he feels blessed that his oldest son, 18-year-old Justin with former girlfriend Misa Hylton-Brim, has graduated high school, but is shocked that the day arrived so quickly. The father-of-five tweeted: ”My son graduates today! Wtf! Justin is graduating High School! Words can’t explain. God is the greatest!! (sic)” In February, Justin will be [...]
*Have you seen those period movies or documentaries on the Jim Crow era and all of the types of discrimination experienced by African Americans? The hotels, the restaurants, the schools, and hospitals all participated in discriminating against African Americans. But that era isn’t that far behind us and one surgeon has taken to YouTube to [...]
*LOS ANGELES, CA – UCLA Extension has invited communications enthusiast DeBorah B. Pryor back to present her popular workshop: Public Speaking for the Private Person during the winter 2012 semester. The one-day, 6-hour class focuses primarily on the daily communication exchanges faced by the public and intricately weaves true-life-experiences into strategic lessons that are applicable to [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE The worst-tempered people I’ve ever met were people [...]
*It was announced today that Diddy’s son Justin Combs has chosen to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, and play for the college’s football team on a full scholarship. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound cornerback currently carries a 3.75 GPA and is the head of the African American Society at his high school Iona Prep, according [...]
(Via LA Times) – Walt Hazzard, a stellar point guard who helped John Wooden win his first national championship at UCLA and became the fifth coach to follow the college basketball legend, died Friday. He was 69. Hazzard, who suffered a stroke in 1996, died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center following a long illness, [...]
*CNS News reports that coed dorm rooms could be a reality for some UCLA students as soon as next year — but don’t expect campus housing to turn into “Real World UCLA” with strangers of different genders being thrown into the same living situation. The move is intended to better accommodate transgender students, as some [...]
*LOS ANGELES, California – Communications specialist DeBorah B. Pryor brings her popular workshop: Public Speaking for the Private Person to UCLA Extension this summer. Since 2005, this unique workshop – which combines training in communication and leadership development – has been presented to working professionals and others who have struggled with a variety of communications [...]
*La Toya Jackson stopped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” earlier this week and recounted events leading up to her brother’s death. She said she was actually on her way to visit Michael and got lost. She phoned home for an update or directions and was told he had died. She says she was so overcome [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge [...]
*LOS ANGELES — The lights have barely dimmed on Alliance Theater’s production of Twist, Debbie Allen’s New Orleans 1928 rendition of the Charles Dickens’ classic, and the director/choreographer has already announced the Premier of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, her hilarious and culturally rich take on the perennial holiday classic. The show will run at UCLA’s [...]
*Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has filed a lawsuit against trading card company Upper Deck claiming they used pictures of him from his college days after he specifically told them they couldn’t. According to TMZ, the lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court claims The Upper Deck Company used six photos of Abdul-Jabbar as a UCLA Bruin [...]
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