There is a flow about their actions, a sense of regality. Each step filled with equal parts of elegance and precision. They float across the stage, leaping from one side to the other, with quick feet and graceful execution. These are the movements of the ballet, and these are also the movements of fencing. While […]
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Brothers’ passion for freestyle football inspires, trascends norms
There’s white lab coats and long lab hours, then there’s freestyle football. Peter and Daniel Azzam are brothers pursuing their dreams in the medical field as fourth-year physical sciences and third-year neuroscience students, respectively. They are also professional freestyle football athletes. The brothers started Bruin Freestyle Soccer Academy at UCLA in fall 2013, a club […]
UCLA student helps nurture club water ski team with experience, bonds
The veteran water skier slowly drove the boat out and away from the dock into open waters, taking in a huge breath of Ironwood Lake as he did so. He glanced into the rearview mirror at his teammate in the water and grinned. “All right!” he yelled. “Are you ready to rock?” Fourth-year international development […]
UCLA club water ski members find niche at Ironwood Lake
With the sun reflecting off the calm lake and a cool breeze in the blue skies, laughter can be heard in the distance from the smiling faces scattered around the shore. A boat zooms past, rocking up and down on the water of Ironwood Lake with an individual in tow gliding across the top of […]
Bruins hold seventh annual Prom Dress Rugby game
The average girl does not accessorize her prom dress with a mouthpiece. But members of the women’s club rugby team did just that on Monday, sporting flamboyant gowns as they participated in the club’s seventh annual Prom Dress Rugby game, an intra-squad challenge designed to promote the team and the sport. “It gets the people’s […]
UCLA’s Yo-yo Kid has world on a string
The neon green yo-yo swings in front of Ian Johnson, looping left, right and in nearly every direction as his fingers play puppeteer. With a flick of his wrist and a few fingers, the yo-yo flies off the string and high into the air. He whips the string backwards behind his back and then forward […]
Pickup games in Wooden a tradition for UCLA staff
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning on the Wooden Center’s Collins Court, a diverse group of basketball players take the floor. Their styles range from low-top Nikes to stiff high-top ankle braces, their hair from long dreadlocks to white, short mops. Some possess tenure, others sport tattoos. This isn’t a casual pickup game – it’s a […]