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Now, rising sophomore golfer Erynne Lee doesn’t just represent the blue and gold ““ she represents red, white and blue.

On Wednesday, the United States Golf Association announced that Lee would be one of three golfers representing the country at the World Amateur Team Championship next month in Turkey.

Rising LSU junior Austin Ernst and USC graduate Lisa McCloskey complete the squad, who will compete under captain Carol Semple Thompson.

Semple Thompson, a seven-time USGA champion, expressed her excitement over the team in a statement.

“These young women are tremendously talented and are to be congratulated on this honor,” Semple Thompson said.

Dr. Jody Heymann, a pediatrician and researcher on health and social policy, was named the new dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health on Wednesday, according to a university statement.

Heymann will take over for Dr. Linda Rosenstock, who after nearly 12 years in the role decided to step down on July 1.

Police surrounded the University Religious Conference on Hilgard Avenue Thursday morning following a reported sighting of a missing UCLA student that was later proved to be false.

The Los Angeles Police Department received a call about a possible sighting of David Goeser, who was last seen by his roommates on July 22, around 9 a.m., said LAPD Sgt. David Bluestein.

The UCLA football team was dealt a huge blow on Monday when UCLA announced that redshirt senior inside linebacker Patrick Larimore was forced to medically retire because of concussions.

Larimore, who started for the Bruins over the past two seasons, sustained his second concussion in less than five months on Aug. 6.

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the University of California submitted friend-of-the-court briefs to the nation’s highest court on Monday to show support for the University of Texas, which is currently in the midst of a court case about affirmative action policy.

Though submitted separately, the briefs ask the Supreme Court to affirm a race-conscious admissions policy by the University of Texas. The case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, involves a white student who claims she was racially discriminated against because of the university’s consideration of race in its admissions decisions.

The ruling on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin will be the Supreme Court’s first ruling on affirmative action in higher education since 2003, which allows public colleges and universities to consider race in order to ensure diversity on campus. The ruling also determined that public universities cannot use a point system to reward minority applicants.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments, which involve interpretations of the U. S. Constitution or federal law, for the Fisher case in early October.