UCLA hosted its annual PIE, or Proto-Indo-European linguistics conference from Friday, Nov. 9 to Nov. 10. I attended the conference on the 10th, and I found all of the presentations thoroughly engaging. I had time to stay for three and a half of them, and they all...
The Young Artists Ensemble performed the musical “Once Upon A Mattress” in Thousand Oaks from Nov. 2 to Nov. 18. I saw the performance on the 16th, and I was thoroughly entertained the entire time. It was funny and happy at the right times, and serious when it needed...
Plenty of holidays celebrated in America are incredibly commercialized, and Christmas is no exception. For Christians, celebrating Christmas is an important part of their religion, but for those that aren’t, Christmas can still be a fun thing to celebrate. This is a...
This story was co-written by Stephanie Kiang and Sara Haleblian. Paragraphs written by Sara are italicized. Last year in one of my classes, I was introduced to throat singing in the most hilarious way possible. A couple of students discovered this wonderful form of...
Often times, movie sequels, especially the third ones, thoroughly disappoint. “Johnny English Strikes Again,” however, is an exception. The movie is entertaining, not only because it will make you laugh quite a few times, but also because a couple characters are...
In Butte County, Ca., a dangerous fire spread. The Camp Fire got its name from beginning along Camp Creek Road at 6:33 a.m. on Nov. 8. Since then, the fire has burned through 153,336 acres, and it is now fully contained. As of Nov. 25, it had burned down thousands of...
Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite understandable why some people would consider English to be a tonal...
If you were to ask me two years ago what my favorite language family was, I would have said that I couldn’t pick one. I would say that because I believe that every language family is interesting in its own way. Last year, I learned about the Australian Aboriginal and...
Ami Polonsky’s debut book “Gracefully Grayson” is beautifully written, and is worthy of all readers. The book tells the story of sixth grader Grayson Sender. Grayson isn’t just any sixth grader, however. Grayson feels like a girl. On the inside, Grayson is a girl....
Lauren: Learning a new language seems like a big challenge in the beginning, and that’s because it is. Many of us started our language learning in the classroom, where we’re taught through memorization, written exercises and oral presentations. Others grew up speaking...
