It’s been the same story for two weeks now. After a strong start to the season by UCLA’s run defense, allowing no more than 164 rushing yards through the first four games, the Bruins have been showing some holes in their defense during the past few weeks. Or rather, some gaps. Having surrendered 242 and […]
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Women’s volleyball shifts focus from unfamiliar courts to upcoming games
For a UCLA women’s volleyball player, the moment she steps onto the wood at Pauley Pavilion for a home match, she finds herself surrounded by her own team’s colors on the walls and stands filled with cheering fans.
Fife: Fraternities need discussion about their purpose
There have been many times throughout the last two years when I’ve questioned why I’m in a fraternity. It’s not that I’ve gotten tired of it, but rather, it seems every week there’s a news story that makes me question the purpose of fraternity life. Recently, following multiple instances of fraternity-related sexual violence, Wesleyan University […]
UCLA women’s volleyball follows first home win with loss to Colorado
Late in the second set of its Sunday match against Colorado, the UCLA women’s volleyball team found itself down 17-24, a single point away from losing the set. Undaunted, the Bruins rattled off seven consecutive points to force a deuce at 24 points and shift much of the game’s momentum onto their side. But with […]
Scott Quessenberry dedicates season to brother with cancer
It started with a troubling phone conversation. On June 6, UCLA’s sophomore starting right guard Scott Quessenberry picked up his father’s call. Scott’s eldest brother, David Lee Quessenberry, at 24 years old and in his second year as a Houston Texans offensive lineman, had been diagnosed with T-lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare and severe form of […]
UCLA cross country looks to defeat USC, Cal Poly Pomona at Rose Bowl
Having a nationally ranked UCLA team compete at the Rose Bowl is common. For that team to be men’s cross country is rare. Thursday evening, UCLA cross country will host crosstown rival USC and Cal Poly Pomona on the Brookside Golf Course, located on the grounds of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. It is the […]
Undefeated men’s water polo team tempered by coach
Toward the end of Tuesday night’s practice in Spieker Aquatics Center, UCLA men’s water polo coach Adam Wright gathered his team and gave it a passionate and stern chalk talk. From the pool deck, the attentive group of men did not look like the nation’s undefeated top-ranked team as the group accepted its coach’s constructive […]