Three-year-old Alison Elliott sat in her car singing the haunting lines of Ophelia in “Hamlet”. By the time she was 4, Elliott’s parents had to pretend she was a theatrical understudy and create fake five-minute rehearsals to indulge her yearning to be on stage. Elliott, a UCLA alumna, is currently starring in the play “Six […]
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Women’s tennis emerges from road trip with wins over Utah, Colorado
UCLA women’s tennis had their work cut out for them this weekend – it was the team’s longest road trip of the season and the matches against Colorado and Utah were at high elevation. The No. 20 Bruins downed the Buffaloes and Utes in convincing fashion with a 6-1 victory Friday and a 4-2 victory […]
UCLA gymnastics pulls through, advances to NCAA Super Regionals
Fidgeting with her chalky handgrips, Peng-Peng Lee walked up to the uneven bars, the redshirt junior’s first competition since mid-February. The pressure was on. No. 8 UCLA gymnastics (13-5) needed to total just 48.275 – .80 less than its season average – on its last event, the bars, to move past No. 17 Washington at […]
UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen shows growth in season practices
In the third game of last season, Josh Rosen’s youth showed. Facing a BYU defense that used several psycho fronts throughout the game, the quarterback was unsure of who was blitzing. It was really the first time Rosen was flustered all year, and it showed. The freshman finished the first half with three interceptions. After […]
Gymnastics turns to NCAA berth contention following Pac-12 title win
This UCLA gymnastics season has proven to be one of the most watched in recent history. From the New York Times to Ellen Degeneres, audiences across the country watched viral routines and tuned into the Bruins’ journey to Pac-12 Champions. Good thing for UCLA, the gymnasts don’t get nervous. “Our freshmen – all of our […]
Learning how to be a student and a model
Second-year students, Daphne Meyer, world arts and cultures, and Malik Martin, business economics, describe what it’s like to juggle being a model and full-time student. They both learned to develop time management skills and flexibility.
Women’s tennis discusses quality of play on different court surfaces
Imagine an intense match between two equally skilled athletes – perhaps with the second set deadlocked at 6-6 and the tiebreaker at 6-5, one player ready to serve match point. The crowd’s cheers dissipate as the server readies at the baseline, the toss flutters in the air … And it anticlimactically falls to the ground […]