In hosting the Gold Medal Invitational, UCLA Quidditch players invited teams not only to their own turf, but to their own homes as well. Fourth-year neuroscience student Brennan Ross, president of UCLA Quidditch, said that in order to minimize visiting teams’ expenses, the L.A. teams, including UCLA’s teams and the independent Lost Boys, hosted all […]
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Finding Waldo: Brian Pritchard cultivates teamwork between UCLA athletes
If you’re looking for Brian Pritchard, don’t ask for him by name. Simply navigate your way to the northwest corner of the John Wooden Center and look for Waldo. Pritchard – whose nickname was given to him by a coworker years ago – can be found in his office, denoted “Waldo’s World” by a sign […]
UCLA boxing club looks forward after LA Collegiate Boxing Invitational
A rowdy crowd alternated chants of “U-C-L-A Fight Fight Fight” and “U-S-C.” UCLA’s Yell Crew led several eight-claps. Cheerleaders did backflips. Many fans in the crowd were dressed in tuxedos for the black-tie optional event, This was not any UCLA-USC rivalry match. It was the last of twelve bouts at the annual Rivals in the […]
Recently formed club golf team goes to national championships
Just a year and half after fourth-year chemical engineering student Victoria Leon and third-year chemical engineering student Matthew Yoshino founded the UCLA club golf team, they found themselves at Barefoot Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, playing in the National Collegiate Club Golf Association National Championship. According to NCCGA public relations director Tim Beck, the […]
UCLA women’s rugby players dress up and take down stereotypes
Seeing a group of women walking down Bruin Walk in dresses isn’t necessarily a rare occurrence. Watching that same group arrive at the Intramural Field in dresses ready to play rugby, however, probably is. That was the case when the UCLA women’s rugby team held its annual Prom Dress Rugby event on Thursday at the […]
UCLA student seeks to capture true spirit of Quidditch in film
For UCLA graduate film student Farzad Nikbakht Sangari and the UCLA Quidditch team, nothing goes according to script. It seems fitting, then, that Sangari’s upcoming UCLA Quidditch documentary, “Mudbloods,” was neither planned nor imagined beforehand, but just fell into place and evolved naturally. “I think (Farzad) somewhat got lucky with us and our team. We […]
UCLA triathlete places first in Nike Women’s Marathon
Upon signing up, fourth-year biochemistry student Emily Gordon wasn’t just thinking about completing the 26.2-mile Nike Women’s Marathon – her first marathon– on Oct. 20. Although completion alone would have been noteworthy for a first-time marathon runner, the UCLA Triathlon member had something far greater in mind. Gordon was in part motivated by several of […]