It’s not every day you come across an Asian research technician who listens to country music, wears Wranglers and shoots guns. Then again, Jeff Ma is from Inglewood “¦ I recently had the privilege of first receiving instruction and then joining Ma, his pals, a friend of mine and a Canadian trauma surgeon for a day of shooting. The event, which took place at a Huntington Beach-area shooting range, was an attempt to combat my previous bad history with firearms. Read more...

The women’s soccer team wants to win the national championship. They think they have a good shot at it, too. “We have the capability and the talent to do it,” sophomore defender Kendal Billingsley said. Read more...

Bruin true freshman quarterback Drew Olson won his second start after leading UCLA (6-3, 3-2 Pac-10) to a 34-24 win over Washington (4-5, 1-4) Saturday. “Drew made a few mistakes, he’s a freshman. Read more...

In the waning moments of Friday night’s loss to No. 6 Stanford, UCLA freshman Haley Jorgensborg fell to the floor after a laser beam off the palm of the Cardinal’s Ashley Ivy hit her square in the neck. Read more...

The UCLA women’s cross country team is planning on coming back strong after an upset at last Saturday’s Pac-10 Championships. The Bruin women, expected to take third, came back with an overall fourth-place finish. Read more...

SEATTLE, Wash. ““ There was silence. Only the rustle of parkas heading for the exits could be heard. Husky Stadium fell as quiet as the bay beside it, except for a giddy Bruin bench. Read more...

SEATTLE ““ UCLA picked a good time to get warm. The Bruins were left for dead after losing their senior starting quarterback and the game to Cal two weeks ago. Read more...