Smith, Hughes ready to battle down in the paint Starring centers spotlighted as Bruins face UW By Hye Kwon As the UCLA women’s basketball team enters the second half of the Pacific-10 conference play, one of the things that the Bruins will be taking with them is frustration. The Bruins (7-11 overall, 2-7 in Pac-10) […]
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M. hoops enters Pacific-10 stretch
M. hoops enters Pacific-10 stretch Bruins open second half of conference play with game at Washington By Scott Yamaguchi Daily Bruin Senior Staff The sixth-ranked UCLA men’s basketball team will kick off the second half of the Pacific-10 Conference season tonight with a 7 p.m. matchup against Washington in Seattle, and despite the Huskies’ 10th-place […]
Players of little hops take heart: Dunkball!
Players of little hops take heart: Dunkball! Lurking well below the height of a regulation basketball hoop is the pinnacle of the average man’s jump. No, it’s not a white man, it’s not a black man. It’s just the average guy, who, despite a running start, lightweight shoes and a healthy breakfast, reaches the apex […]
Softball storms past Aztecs in season opener
Softball storms past Aztecs in season opener Bruins get 6-0 win over SDSU despite two-hour rain delay By Rick Pal The road to Oklahoma, the site of this year’s College World Series, began Wednesday afternoon for the UCLA softball team. The Bruins opened up the season with a convincing non-conference victory, defeating the San Diego […]
Spikers nearly embarrassed by UCSB
Spikers nearly embarrassed by UCSB Bruins pull out 3-1 win over Gauchos despite hitting .266 By Lawrence Ma Daily Bruin Senior Staff SANTA BARBARA-With a vicarious 2-1 lead in the enemy’s gym, the UCLA men’s volleyball team found itself down, 3-1, in the fourth game against UC Santa Barbara. Bruin captain Erik Sullivan watched as […]
What happens when ‘alternative’ becomes mainstream?
What happens when ‘alternative’ becomes mainstream? By Ron Bassilian Ah, how things change. And the more things change, the more they sound the same. While in the ’50s beatniks would be getting stoned and listening to Bach, going on aimless road trips only to realize the drudgery of normal life all the more, now they […]
What does the ‘X’ in Generation X stand for?
What does the ‘X’ in Generation X stand for? By Clint Stalker I think I belong to the generation they call X. Sometimes they call us the twentysomethings, but I don’t think that it’s really an age thing. I don’t know how, then, we are classified as such, what brought us together, what it means […]