Author Archives: Elizabeth Newman

The elimination of wild-card entrant Jeff Morrison in Saturday’s semifinal match against Nicolas Kiefer set the stage for an all-German final. But Morrison, an American, put up a worthy fight in three sets that kept the crowd guessing until the last point. "I didn’t know what to expect," said Kiefer. "I had to find my […]

It’s been said his career has come to a close. But Andre Agassi put up a fight Friday night to convince any spectator otherwise. He still fell to Germany’s Tommy Haas ““ 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 6-3 ““ but was clearly the crowd’s favorite at the quarterfinals of the Mercedes-Benz Cup, receiving multiple standing ovations, […]

Wednesday night found the Bryan brothers one step closer to their goal of winning the Mercedes-Benz Cup. The doubles team ““ of twins ““ defeated the team of Alex Bogomolov-Taylor Dent, 6-2, 7-6 in a match that, despite a small comeback from Bogomolov-Dent in the second set, went to the Bryans easily. “I think we […]

Identical twins Bob and Mike Bryan have always been known as a pair. And for them, that’s just fine. The duo, ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s doubles, enjoy being known as “the Bryans.” “It’s not frustrating; I’m so used to being a twin,” Bob said. “Even when I was in college, I was always […]

Change is in the air for Pauley Pavilion, UCLA sources announced recently. The arena, completed in 1965, has had no major structural changes since its construction. The university has retained local architectural firm Turner Meis to review the building’s current capacity for home basketball and volleyball games as well as gymnastics competition, intramural sports use […]

I survey the room. On my left, Bored Girl is shuffling her papers. Up the two stairs to my right, Polo Boy is turning his laptop off. Where to go? I place my bets with Bored Girl. “Hey, are you leaving?” I ask her politely. “No,” she says. I swear there was a glint of […]

Life’s a beach. The phrase hardly describes life at UCLA, but for many Southern California natives like myself, summers of past years meant one thing, and one thing only: days dictated by sand, waves and surfboards. From Zuma to Huntington, the ecstatic cries of delight emanating from children spring from a singular source ““ the […]