On Thursday night, UCLA men’s soccer finally caught a glimpse of its full potential, and saw the opposing team – the No. 1 Washington Huskies – crumble in the Bruins’ wake. With a starting lineup featuring their three highly-touted freshman forwards – Seyi Adekoya, Christian Chavez and Abu Danladi – together for the first time […]
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Animals visit campus for Pet Advocacy Day
A brown-and-white pitbull named Apple greeted passersby on Bruin Walk Wednesday with slobbery smiles and sloppy kisses as a part of Pet Advocacy Day. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission organized the event in collaboration with animal shelters in Los Angeles, such as Karma Rescue and No-Kill Los Angeles. The commission plans to […]
UCLA Renewable Energy Club promotes sustainability initiatives
From apartments near UCLA and the sidewalks in Westwood, students can see a large industrial building that emits high volumes of vapor from its roof. Inside the facility, the UCLA cogeneration plant, a source of clean, renewable energy, has been supplying low-cost electricity and thermal energy to the campus since 1994. The plant and other […]
UCLA football under heavy pressure after back-to-back losses
UCLA football has thrust itself into a tight situation, prickling at the Bruins from all sides. Off back-to-back losses, the pressure is on the Bruins to win the rest of their games, to salvage some of the fallen rubble of preseason expectations, to capture at the very least a Pac-12 South title. “Now we have […]
UCLA women’s soccer hopes to finish perfect series with win over Cal
No. 1 UCLA women’s soccer faced a test last week against No. 3 Stanford. Despite going down by a goal, the Bruins were able to pass the test against the Cardinal with flying colors and eventually take the contest 2-1. “It was a huge win for us and a huge confidence boost,” said senior defender […]
Sisters strive to realize lifelong dreams after leaving Egypt behind
At 10 years old, Youstina and Marina Salama said they were frustrated when they got lower grades than other students for the same answers, which they believed happened because of their Christian faith. Their feelings about being a religious minority in Egypt turned into fear when their cousin’s Christian church was burned down on Christmas […]
UCLA defense seeks to stop high-power Oregon offense
It’s somewhat of a schematic oddity football-wise. Often on offense, No. 12 Oregon spreads its receivers out along the line of scrimmage, with redshirt junior Marcus Mariota lining up in shotgun and a running back or two alongside him. Then they run the ball. With a spread offense, passing is the conventional play call. But […]