The UCLA Academic Advancement Program (AAP), the largest university-based student diversity program in the nation, will celebrate its 35th anniversary by honoring five corporate, civic and community leaders who have championed education access and excellence with its first AAP Leadership Award. The AAP will also recognize 35 UCLA graduates who participated in the program with its first Distinguished Alumni Award.

Brad is one of the honorees:
* Ignatius Bau, program director for the California Endowment; Bau directs the foundation’s program on cultural competency, language access and health workforce diversity.

* Brad Delson, UCLA alumnus, philanthropist, community activist and founding member of the Grammy-winning band Linkin Park.

* Antonia Hernandez, two-time UCLA alumna and president and chief executive officer of the California Community Foundation.
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W. Brian Maillian, two-time UCLA alumnus; founder, chair and chief executive officer of Whitestone Capital Group; and an advocate for African American educational opportunities.
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Arnold Mitchem, president of the Council for Opportunity in Education, activist for low-income and disabled Americans, and proponent of access to higher education.
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35 recipients of the AAP's Distinguished Alumni Award, including state Sen. Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), noted Los Angeles attorney and community leader Rickey Ivie, UCLA world arts and cultures professor and Center for Intercultural Performance director Judith Mitoma, and UCLA law professor Devon Carbado.

7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28 at UCLA's Royce Hall auditorium. More info HERE.

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The night before they were set to play for thousands of people at one of the world's most famous venues, Linkin Park performed a midnight show for a small group of fans in an unlikely venue - an Apple computers store.

The rock-rap group did a short but energetic set, including hits such as "Bleed It Out," for about 200 fans early Thursday, just hours before their show that evening at Madison Square Garden.

"We're actually in the middle of our first U.S. arena tour in years," guitarist Brad Delson told The Associated Press. "So this stands in stark contrast to those and it's nice to be able to switch to a really intimate environment here at the Mac store in SoHo and to do a really special performance for some of our biggest fans."

The concert, which ran about 30 minutes, will be available on iTunes next month. While that is quick compared with the months it takes for an album release, it is relatively slow given Linkin Park's recent musical output. Fans who buy tickets to their shows can opt to get a digital release of the entire concert a few hours later.

"The special thing about this, the thing that we were really excited about is that it's mixed by our official mixer," said keyboardist and guitarist Mike Shinoda. "It's not your cell phone recording. . . . It's the kind of mix that we (would) put out if we put out a live CD."

The band decided to release the live recordings after becoming frustrated by the poor-quality videos of their shows that were popping up on the Internet.

"What we said is, 'Let's be proactive and actually do great mixes of every show so that the fans that are there have access to a stellar version of what they heard,' " Delson said.

Linkin Park is known for having a close connection with fans. After the show at the Apple store, the audience screamed out for more music. Shinoda said: "I got a deal - we can play one more song or we can sign for you."

The answer was fast and easy: The crowd responded, "Sign!" Band members scribbled autographs and mingled with fans for at least 15 minutes afterward.

Canadian Press

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At about 9:26 p.m., the auditorium was filled back to back with people pushing for a front row view of the stage. For the third time that night, the lights went down, and the audience began screaming, knowing that their well awaited heroes were making it to the stage.
If the pyrotechnics had been incredible earlier, it was absolutely amazing at this point. Along with the blinking club lights were light screens that narrated each song and at times gave a clearer image of the band from Agoura Hills, Calif., as they rocked out.
Lead singer, Chester Bennington, made the crowd go wild throughout the night as he got off stage and headed into the throngs of awaiting fans.
The band performed recent hits like "Bleed it Out" and "Shadow of the Day" and after about an hour of straight playing, headed off stage to call it a night. Nevertheless, their fans were not quite satisfied, rioting for an encore.
Impressed by this tremendous admiration for their music, Linkin Park came back and performed old classics like "Papercut," "Faint" and a few other songs. Then, with a kiss goodbye, the band put down their instruments and said farewell.

Credit: link & Rob Bourdon Fansite

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Linkin Park will be touring in the U.S. in February and March 2008 with Coheed & Cambria and Chiodos. Here's your chance to get closer to the stage and win cool prizes for U.S. Tour Dates taking place during February 15 - March 10, 2008!

To Enter the Contest:
1) Go to Linkin Park's page on iLike: http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/Linkin+Park
2) Click on the 'Click to iLike' button to become a fan of Linkin Park
3) Click on "I'm Going" on the appropriate concert between February 15 - March 10

You may be prompted to register an account with Facebook, and/or to add the iLike application if you have not done so already. If you're already a fan of Linkin Park on iLike, then simply click "I'm Going" on the appropriate event page to register to win.
Winners will be randomly selected for each of the upcoming U.S. shows to win one of the following: a ticket upgrade or a pair of tickets for the winner and their guest, a CD or Poster from Linkin Park, Coheed & Cambria or Chiodos, OR a Digital Souvenir Package which includes a live audio download of the entire show, exclusive concert photos and a digital tour program.

If you win, we will also invite you to share a review of your concert experience with other Linkin Park fans on iLike's iCast.

Linkin Park iLike Ticket Sweepstakes ends March 9, 2008. Subject to Official Rules.


-From Linkin Park newsletter

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You can now easily embed the Linkin Park widget onto your profiles on Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Blogger, and many other sites through the new LaunchPad. Also, check out the new LP Underground section on the widget to watch the LPU video and to find out what's going on with the Linkin Park fan club! Visit the Linkin Park Widget now at http://www.linkinpark.com/lpnwidget.

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Linkin Park are nominated for Favorite Group at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice awards. Kids can vote starting March 3rd. The show will be telecast on Nickelodeon on Saturday, March 29 at 8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT.

source: Lptimes

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According to Chester, the next Linkin Park cd should be out quicker than Minutes to Midnight. He also talked about touring...read here.

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Hope everyone likes the new layout. :) Jenna made the header.

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Exclusive LPU Chat with Brad Delson

Brad Delson will be chatting with LPU members exclusively on Wednesday, February 13 at 8:00pm CST / 6:00pm PST. He'll be checking in right before Linkin Park takes the stage in St. Paul, MN that night, to talk about the tour and anything else you may want to ask him. Don't miss it!

To join the LPU and chat with Brad, visit www.lpunderground.com.

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Congradulations to Linkin Park for winning two of the three Bandit Rock Awards they were nominated for. They won Best International Artist/Group and Best International Album.

source: lptimes.com

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