Sunday, May 24

Laying the foundation

The year women’s rowing gained varsity status at UCLA, coach Amy Fuller Kearney didn’t go on recruiting trips or make phone calls to prospects. Instead, she would stand out on Bruin Walk, seeking out tall, athletic-looking females to fill out her roster. Read more...



Baseball: Poor hitting keeps Bruins from win against Lions

In the UCLA baseball team’s litany of woes this season, pitching and defense have been the two main culprits. But in the Bruins’ 6-1 defeat at the hands of Loyola Marymount on Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium, it was the Bruins’ ineffectual hitting that proved to be their undoing. Read more...


W. track: UCLA thrower gets personal record in discus at Pac-10s

Kamaiya Warren couldn’t believe it at first. Her throw felt the same as any other this season, but the result was much different. The redshirt sophomore smashed her previous personal record in the discus competition on Sunday afternoon at the Pac-10 Championships, taking first place with a mark of 183 feet, 3 inches. Read more...




Sports serve a skewed life view

Reconciling the lessons learned in team sports with real world experience has been my pet project ever since I was, like, 5. Theoretically, playing American Youth Soccer Organization soccer is supposed to initiate us to functioning within a group, thus preparing us for society. Read more...