KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff First-year psychology student Jennifer Du prepares to whack the ball across court during her racquetball match. By Colin Yuhl Daily Bruin Contributor The last four weeks of every quarter are painful ones for many UCLA students. Read more...

  DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Senior linebacker Robert Thomas chases a tackle against Cal earlier this season. Thomas tackles two awards UCLA middle linebacker Robert Thomas earned his first two awards of the season when he was named both a first team All-American and the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in the last week. Read more...

Can’t miss In an 89-77 victory over defenseless South Carolina in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational last Wednesday, the UCLA basketball team shot 72.9 percent from the field (no, this isn’t a misprint), partly because it shot well and partly because the Gamecocks were too lazy to contest its shots. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART Quarterback Cory Paus drops back to pass against USC earlier this season. By Joshua Mason Daily Bruin Staff On Monday, UCLA quarterback Cory Paus was given the chance to get a headstart in reflecting upon his past mistakes. Read more...

  Adam Karon This year marked Karon’s first Thanksgiving without Jell-O. E-mail him thoughts, ideas and condolences to [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Adam Karon Welcome back, Bruins. Read more...

  MIKE CHIEN The UCLA women’s cross country team runs in a meet at Fullerton earlier this season. By Michael Sneag Daily Bruin Contributor Meeting expectations is never an easy achievement. Read more...

By Adam Titcher Daily Bruin Contributor When the UCLA men’s water polo team took third place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, the truth about the at-large bid for the NCAA tournament was kept from a third of the players by UCLA head coach Adam Krikorian. Read more...