The transition to college is often difficult for first-year athletes. Even the most highly regarded freshmen struggle to adapt to living away from home for the first time, all the while, playing against championship-caliber teams. Read more...

Jerry Yu and Nick Corpuz had it all planned out. Yu, a recent UCLA graduate, was going to catch a flight from New York to Los Angeles on Thursday night. Read more...

Prior to the season, UCLA tight end Marcedes Lewis’ stated goal for his senior year was 1,000 receiving yards. When the comment was made, people gasped. Read more...

It wasn’t midnight, and it wasn’t mad, but it was a start. Approximately 800 students showed up yesterday to support the UCLA men’s and women’s basketball teams at the UCLA Basketball Tipoff Party, organized by the Den, featuring scrimmages, a dunk contest, a 3-point contest, and speeches by coaches Ben Howland and Kathy Olivier. Read more...

As a member of the UCLA marching band, I get two tickets to give away to each UCLA football home game. Usually, no one is allowed to sit in front of the band at halftime. Read more...

Perfect to compliment the most successful football season as of late, UCLA’s official student fan club, the Den, is working in conjunction with the men’s and women’s UCLA basketball teams to kick off a highly anticipated 2005-2006 season with an event called Basketball Madness. Read more...

The play is blown dead, and yet Maurice Drew continues to rumble down the field until he crosses the end zone. The junior running back never loafs or dawdles. Read more...