Today, crowds giddily cheer on Joe Bruin’s flexing biceps and the unmistakable hip waggle of Josephine Bruin, but UCLA’s mascots have been defined by an evolution of animals, monikers and sweaty costumes.
Author Archives: Teresa Jue
UCLA alumna’s pole dancing company defies gravity and expectations
For UCLA alumna Jessica Anderson-Gwin, the pole is another form of the ballet bar.
Anderson-Gwin began taking pole dancing classes while simultaneously enrolled in the world arts and cultures program at UCLA and saw the moves on the bar as a form of balletic expression and, most notably, as an art.
Fashion or Whatever: Meat trend will spoil soon
I knew the meat dress became passe when Bruce Willis decides to pay homage to Lady Gaga by wearing a hat made out of beef on “Late Show with David Letterman.”
The same man who took out terrorists with his bare hands as detective John McClane in the explosion-happy film “Die Hard” is now resorting to marinating his head with the beefy and bloody token shock value of the present, all the while making lukewarm jokes.
Hipster culture not confined to a definition
If one wears non-prescription glasses, one is labeled a hipster.
Fashion or Whatever: “Wearing a sign of true Bruin unity”
Part of the reason why I bought a Den season pass last year was so I could get a Den T-shirt.
I love college football, but I love free T-shirts with equal passion and zeal.
Reality Sass: "America's Next Top Model" looks to live up to its name
I’ve had a long relationship with “America’s Next Top Model,” since way back when Tyra Banks was still on cordial terms with the first season winner, Adrianne Curry. I’ve watched the show for so long that I know the pattern that goes along with being the winner of the show: They are never really top models but more like America’s Next Mediocre Model who does wig modeling on the side.
Leggings as pants: an unforgivable trend
For my high school newspaper, I wrote an opinion piece titled, “Leggings as pants: why?”