In high school, they’re a senior’s punching bag or a joke’s punch line. Whether it’s because they haven’t hit puberty yet or can’t find their way to class, freshmen are subject to endless ridicule with every blunder they make. In college, freshmen aren’t hassled when their cell phone rings in class or when they trip […]
Author Archives: Andrew Finley
Wooden Center addition to carry weight of student fitness popularity
Mustering up the willpower to just walk into the gym can seem like half the battle. At UCLA, waiting once you get there has all too frequently been the other half. But with Wooden West, the Wooden Recreation Center’s 10,000 square foot addition set to open by Labor Day, the workout itself should be the […]
Ames makes big marks
Inside of the track that earned the fans’ adoration, Dan Ames unassumingly played in the field with his three favorite toys. When he heaved them into the air as though he never wanted to see them again, the relatively few onlookers never accused him of temper tantrums. They only wished that they could throw their […]
Gauntlet scoring should be redrawn
USC captured the Lexus Gauntlet last week. Want to know what the clincher was? It came when their men’s tennis team lost in the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Seems kind of fraudulent, doesn’t it? It was really just a fitting end to a race where a kinder, big brother spots his younger sibling a […]
W. tennis: Women’s tennis team falls again to Cardinal
ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; For almost an entire weekend, the UCLA women’s tennis team had exorcised its demons. But on the biggest stage with the biggest prize at stake, the Bruins could not shake the demon that has haunted them the most. At this year’s NCAA Tournament, the ninth-seeded Bruins dispatched a USC team that swept […]
W. tennis: Notebook
Bruins overcome humid weather to defeat Clemson 4-0 ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; After two straight months of matches in the sunshine state, there were questions about how the UCLA women’s tennis team would handle Athens’ humid conditions. It didn’t take them long to answer. Despite playing two teams in Miami and Clemson that were far more […]
W. tennis: Freshman’s performance helps tennis clinch first spot in finals since 1991
ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; Heading into the tournament, the UCLA women’s tennis team knew its strongpoint was its depth. But had the Bruins relied solely on this, they would have been home by Saturday. Because as strong as the bottom of UCLA’s lineup proved to be, the story that emerged from the tournament came from the […]