For UCLA graduate film student Farzad Nikbakht Sangari and the UCLA Quidditch team, nothing goes according to script. It seems fitting, then, that Sangari’s upcoming UCLA Quidditch documentary, “Mudbloods,” was neither planned nor imagined beforehand, but just fell into place and evolved naturally. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Quidditch founder Tom Marks has worked with Farzad Nikbakht Sangari to develop the upcoming documentary “Mudbloods.”
Upon signing up, fourth-year biochemistry student Emily Gordon wasn’t just thinking about completing the 26.2-mile Nike Women’s Marathon – her first marathon– on Oct. 20. Although completion alone would have been noteworthy for a first-time marathon runner, the UCLA Triathlon member had something far greater in mind. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year biochemistry student Emily Gordon said she felt motivated to compete in the marathon in part because of her teammates already participating in the event.
Section 102.20 of the UCLA Student Conduct Code leaves no room for ambiguity; it wants no part of guns – real or replica – on campus. Read more...
In recent years, rugby has gotten more popular in the United States. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Wilson, a junior fullback, and the UCLA club rugby team will compete at the Collegiate Rugby Championship this weekend.
As a teenage boy in Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Scott Stewart stared intently at his television screen. Read more...
Photo: Coach Scott Stewart came to UCLA’s club rugby team and revitalized it in the mid-2000s, earning players’ respect because of his prior experience playing the sport professionally. He was inspired by his father, who played against UCLA and once thought about becoming the coach of the Bruin rugby team.
Sunny Los Angeles is anything but a competitive skiing hot spot – for Kelsey Wittels, though, the two go together just fine. Read more...
Photo: No Snow, No Problem: Bruin pursues passion for competitive skiing even at UCLA
In the forest of Mount San Jacinto State Park, six friends from UCLA spent a recent Sunday climbing seemingly sheer rock face. Read more...
Photo: On a recent climbing trip, third-year political science student Guillaume Hansel overcame the psychological challenge of climbing without ropes to scramble high up a boulder.
