This post was updated Dec. 9 at 6:40 p.m. UCLA resumed classes and campus activities Friday, following a fire that burned through Bel-Air on Wednesday and Thursday. The university canceled all classes that began after noon Wednesday and told students, staff and faculty not to come to campus. Classes remained canceled Thursday, following a statement on UCLA’s […]
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LaVar Ball pulls LiAngelo Ball out of UCLA amid indefinite suspension
This post was updated Dec. 4 at 1:21 p.m.. LaVar Ball is pulling his son, freshman forward LiAngelo Ball, out of UCLA, TMZ Sports reported. The site reported that although LiAngelo Ball is not yet officially withdrawn from the university, he is at home in Chino Hills, California and will not return to the university. […]
‘The Visit’ provides comedic yet dark take on relationships, morality
Relationship drama reaches a new high in “The Visit.” The 1956 play by Friedrich Durrenmatt tells the story of Claire Zachanassian, a wealthy woman who returns to her hometown in an unspecified country, promising to donate a billion marks to the financially struggling community on the condition that the townspeople murder her ex-boyfriend, Anton Schill. […]
Graduate students join national protest against taxing waived tuition
More than a hundred graduate and undergraduate students gathered at UCLA Wednesday to protest a tax bill that would eliminate tax exemptions for graduate students’ tuition waivers. Under a Republican bill passed by the House of Representatives earlier this month, in-state and out-of-state graduate students could see their taxes increase by up to 196 percent […]
Theater student casts actors for original screenplay
Ava Lalezarzadeh received 192 applications for eight open roles in her first film. Lalezarzadeh, a second-year theater student, and her casting director Emily Abbott, a third-year English student, turned away more than 150 people during their casting auditions for Lalezarzadeh’s original film “Pool Man.” The short film follows the story of a pool cleaner named […]
Troy Aikman sees promising future with Chip Kelly as football coach
When Jim Mora got fired, Troy Aikman got a call. “Over the years, whenever there’s been a vacancy of the head coaching position here (at UCLA), I’ve generally gotten a call,” said the NFL Hall of Famer and Bruin alumnus. In the past, Athletics Director Dan Guerrero and others within UCLA Athletics have asked Aikman […]
Men’s basketball shoots for free throws, overwhelms UC Irvine 87-63
UCLA struggled to shoot from the field through the first 30 minutes of Sunday’s contest against UC Irvine. So instead of repeatedly clanking jump shots off the rim, the No. 23 Bruins (5-1) drove the ball inside the paint and sought contact to earn their way to the free-throw line. That effort culminated in a […]