The first catcher on the depth chart wasn’t going to be able to play. The second catcher on the depth chart quit. That left UCLA baseball with options three and four. Redshirt junior Darrell Miller Jr. – the team’s projected starting catcher – had his collegiate career cut short by a labrum tear just two […]
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Graduating film student doubles as ROTC midshipman, hip-hop dancer
Shawn Semana barely had enough time to shower the morning of May 25. Samahang Modern dance rehearsal ended at 5 a.m., and he had to leave for ROTC 30 minutes later. The fourth-year film student’s schedule often looks similar on Wednesday mornings. He said although his commitments of film, dance and ROTC allow for little […]
Campus dogs leave impact on hearts of UCLA community
Students and professors often bring their dogs to UCLA, whether to help serve as an icebreaker in large classes or just for socializing around campus. Get to know some of these dogs and their owners. Thomas Bradbury, professor of clinical psychology: Clinical psychology professor Thomas Bradbury frequently finds himself at the center of a swarm […]
Year in review: Memorable moments of UCLA Athletics 2015-2016
Football – Nov. 28, 2015 The crosstown rivals were headed in seemingly opposite directions. Starting the season 3-2, USC fired their second coach in three years, Steve Sarkisian. UCLA, led by freshman phenom quarterback Josh Rosen and coach Jim Mora, were ready to challenge powerhouses Stanford and Oregon for the Pac-12 title. But by their […]
For their final trick, senior members of MIST will graduate from UCLA
A student magician walked onto the Northwest Campus Auditorium stage with a bag full of newspaper clippings. He shook 10 clippings and the audience gasped as the pieces took the form of an unscathed issue of the Daily Bruin. The trick launched the 2015 annual show for UCLA’s Magic and Illusion Student Team, a student […]
UCLA to convert doubles into triples to house additional students
UCLA will convert double dorm rooms to triples to prepare for an increased enrollment of students in the 2016-2017 academic year. In 2015, the University of California received state funding to enroll an additional 5,000 students across the UC for the 2016-2017 academic year, said UC spokeswoman Kate Moser in a written statement. UCLA agreed […]
Hollywood Bowl the next stage for graduate performing in ‘A Chorus Line’
Maggie Darago exhaled deeply with a timid smile as she rattled off her upcoming 10-day routine for “A Chorus Line” – a 10-hour dance and voice rehearsal, a drive home and a personal practice in her room before turning in for the night. Darago, a fourth-year theater student graduating in June, will perform in the […]