Author Archives: Angie Wang

Women’s water polo goalkeeper shows Olympic promise

Sami Hill never imagined she would play water polo for a program as prestigious as UCLA’s. Yet Hill – now a redshirt senior – has not only asserted herself as a team leader for UCLA, but also positioned herself as an Olympic hopeful. Hill came from an athletic household – her mother played basketball at […]

UCLA gymnastics defeats Cal 196.800-195.425

Redshirt senior Samantha Peszek, the usual all-around competitor on the UCLA gymnastics team, was conspicuously absent at Pauley Pavilion, competing in only one event, the uneven bars. Peszek was rested because the team wanted to pace her season toward the end, making sure her form will be 100 percent at that time. However, the rest of the […]

UCLA students protest Ferguson grand jury decision

Editor’s note: This gallery contains images that contain strong language. Several hundred students called for university police to institute a sensitivity training course for all its officers during a protest Tuesday, following a grand jury’s non-indictment of Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. “After […]

UCLA community commemorates service on Veterans Day

Years or even decades after they fought in military conflicts for the U.S., UCLA student veterans gathered Monday at the university’s seventh annual Veterans Day ceremony to contemplate their service and the fights that lie ahead. The event in Wilson Plaza, which included a resource fair with Army Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, government agency […]