Daily Bruin’s Sports editor David Gottlieb and senior staffer Matt Cummings recently caught up with Los Angeles Lakers rookie and ex-Bruin point guard Lonzo Ball about the beginning of his NBA career and the start of his family’s new reality TV show, “Ball in the Family.” Daily Bruin: Just want to start out by asking […]
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First-year student posts weekly podcast geared to young audience
Riley Grant went to a high school party during his senior year not to dance or drink, but to conduct field research for his podcast. In the first episode of his podcast, Pique, the first-year pre-business economics student investigated why young people consume alcohol. By interviewing different people at varying levels of intoxication after getting […]
Criteria for UCLA’s top university rank may rely on exclusionary factors
Several students said that while they appreciate UCLA’s improvement in college rankings this year, they are skeptical of the rankings’ criteria. Times Higher Education recognized UCLA as the best public university in the nation earlier this month, while UCLA tied with UC Berkeley on Monday for the No.1 spot in the 2018 U.S. News & […]
UCLA lecturer harmonizes Armenian, American cultures through song
Karenn Chutjian Presti began translating nursery rhymes and American folk tunes into Armenian about 6 1/2 years ago, when her first daughter was born. “A lot of people talk about having a baby and your brain turning to mush and it wasn’t like that at all,” she said. “I was learning new words, I was […]
Gameday predictions: UCLA vs. Hawai’i
Matt Cummings Football beat writer Prediction: UCLA 41, Hawai’i 20 Yes, Hawai’i has won five straight games, but those wins have come against programs like Massachusetts, Middle Tennessee and West Carolina. Whatever the Bruins’ shortcomings, UCLA is in another tier as far as opponents go. The Rainbow Warriors do boast a few threats that could […]
Alumna pursues acting dream after moving from Canada
Chantalle Williams’ first stop after arriving in Los Angeles was the Hollywood sign. “It’s very cliche, but for me it was such an iconic moment,” Williams said. “Hollywood is the city of stars – where people go for their dreams to come true, and that’s why I came.” Moving to Los Angeles from Ontario, Canada, […]
Defense adjusts after woeful first half to help spur comeback
It didn’t take a genius to know it was time for a change. The UCLA defense had been gashed for 38 points and 286 rushing yards in the first half of Sunday’s season-opener against Texas A&M. So defensive coordinator Tom Bradley and the Bruins decided to go back to the basics. They rolled out their […]