Nervous, anxious, excited. If the UCLA women’s water polo players had to put it into words, those three nicely sum up the emotion heading to the NCAA tournament. But the feeling underscored in every pass and shot leading into this weekend is predominantly the positive one – and redshirt junior goalkeeper Sami Hill still has […]
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Baseball loses to CSU Fullerton, postseason hopes dwindle
Needing to win at least 10 out of its last 11 games to have any shot at making the postseason, UCLA baseball made its life much more difficult on Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. By dropping its last midweek home game of the season 1-0 to Cal State Fullerton (24-20, 7-8 Big West), UCLA […]
Out of Focus: Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ a beautiful take on ‘King Lear’
Blood stains the rolling hills of the Japanese countryside. Arrows fly through the air as warriors in phalanx formations march across the plains. In Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran,” these images are beautified – we see poetry in the bloodshed, poetry in war. The film will be screening Sunday at The Cinefamily on Fairfax Avenue with lead […]
Baseball loses Stanford series as postseason approaches
After a 7-2 win in the first game its series against Stanford, UCLA baseball lost the series, with a 5-0 shutout loss on Saturday and a 5-2 loss on Sunday. “To win a Friday night game of Pac-12 and not be able to finish the series is disappointing,” said coach John Savage. “But I think […]
UCLA softball’s Stephany LaRosa hits stride going into Stanford series
Sometimes, a break from the game can be the best remedy for a slump. For the first month of the 2014 season, junior catcher Stephany LaRosa was stuck in one of the toughest hitting droughts of her career. But since being injured for two weeks in the beginning of March, she has turned her season […]
UCLA baseball needs wins to stay in contention for playoffs
Having fallen out of the four major NCAA baseball polls and accumulated a low RPI with its recent play, UCLA baseball’s playoff chances are very much in question with 14 games left to play in the regular season. That’s why, for coach John Savage, it’s all hands on deck in terms of using his pitching […]
‘Art in the Union’ contest winners honored at reception
A white, plaster bust of a man juts out from a surface covered in newspaper headlines. His face appears to be in agony, a small nail is drilled through his eye and a collar encases his neck. His fist clutches a $20 bill, his neck is held back by a newspaper headline that reads “Budget […]