Men’s soccer’s depth in goal spurs healthy competition

If redshirt junior goalkeeper Earl Edwards is the brick wall anchoring down the defense, the UCLA men’s soccer team has three quality backup goalkeepers behind the wall ready to provide support in case of any damage to the brick and mortar. After starting 15 games and earning four shutouts last season, Edwards is the unquestioned […]

Men’s tennis finds unexpected success at championships

After fighting his way out of the qualifying rounds, it only took UCLA men’s tennis senior Clay Thompson one game to realize he would go his entire collegiate tennis career without ever making it past the first round of the main draw in the ITA Men’s All-American Championships. He was so discouraged by his early […]

UCLA alumnus Randy Schekman wins 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. UCLA alumnus and University of California Berkeley professor Randy Schekman, was awarded awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,  the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today. Schekman, James Rothman from Yale […]

Inventathon challenges students to find health care solutions

The clock struck 2 a.m. as groups of students raced through their twelfth straight hour of drawing on windows, crumpling up pieces of scrap paper and brainstorming new healthcare technologies. They hadn’t even made it halfway through the UCLA Inventathon. “We’re discovering that we can’t realistically know every possible detail about what can go wrong. […]

Love | Hate: Columnists compare top female pop stars

The female musicians of 2013 are doing an extraordinary job. From the toe-tapping jams of Janelle Monáe and Lady Gaga to the diverse rocking styles of Haim and Savages, the experimental ambiance of Julianna Barwick and Julia Holter to the emotional guitar tunes of Kacey Musgraves and Laura Marling, the girls have got it this […]

Football scouting report: Utah

Offense: Dres Anderson, WR, Junior At 6-foot-7, sophomore quarterback Travis Wilson undoubtedly has the height to see over defenses, and one player he’s seen wide open plenty through his team’s first four games is Dres Anderson, Utah’s top wide receiver thus far. Of the four individual 100-yard receiving performances for the Utes this season, Anderson […]