USAC Facilities Commissioner Carlos Quintanilla resigns

Undergraduate student government officer Carlos Quintanilla stepped down as Facilities commissioner Thursday evening for personal reasons. Quintanilla is the third councilmember to resign citing personal reasons from the 2014-2015 Undergraduate Students Association Council. “I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to finish my term,” Quintanilla said. “It was a great opportunity … (but) I know council […]

Bo Knows: Bruins capable of challenging title contenders with inside-out approach

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When Steve Alford walked off the court at the KFC Yum! Center Saturday, he may have felt the need to pinch himself. Because surely, UCLA’s performance in its 92-75 win over the University of Alabama-Birmingham was the stuff of dreams. Isaac Hamilton’s 36-point explosion against USC in the Pac-12 tournament was nice. […]

Rematch between UCLA, UAB brings back together two changed teams

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When UCLA and the University of Alabama-Birmingham squared off in the consolation game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas on Nov. 28 the ballroom-turned-basketball arena was nearly empty. After the tournament’s championship game – a 69-56 Wisconsin win over Oklahoma – few fans stayed in their seats for the […]

Napolitano, Gov. Brown briefly update regents on their committee

SAN FRANCISCO — The committee of two between University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown has met with the UC constituents but won’t release any recommendations for another several months, Napolitano told the UC Board of Regents Wednesday. “Hopefully in the near future, without putting a date on it, we will be […]

USAC to vote on adding fee increase referendum to election ballot

The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday on whether to add a referendum to the spring election ballot that would raise quarterly student fees by $3 to increase funding for student group activities. If students vote to pass the measure, the funds would be allocated to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Contingency Programming Fund, the […]

UCLA suspends assistant coach Adrian Klemm for alleged NCAA rules violations

UCLA football offensive line coach Adrian Klemm was suspended with pay for alleged NCAA rules violations, UCLA Athletics announced Monday. UCLA has also reported the information to the Pac-12 conference and the NCAA and said in a statement it will cooperate fully with the NCAA. Klemm, a renowned recruiter, hauled in one of the nation’s […]

UCLA braced to face SMU in NCAA tournament despite bid controversy

Forgive UCLA if it forgot to laugh. Scream, shout, hoot and holler: The Bruins are stunningly, shockingly and somehow in the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the South region – much to the delight of UCLA and the dismay of others. “UCLA safely in is a joke to me. It makes no […]