Speaks Out

What is your greatest sports memory from your UCLA
years? Audrey Beck Communications studies
“It would definitely have to be going to my first UCLA-USC
football game during my freshman year. I had never experienced
excitement of that magnitude before. The whole spirit of the event
made me feel like I was part of a really strong athletic
tradition.” Billy White Ethnomusicology
“Wrestling my friend Eric and bodyslamming him. I was very
proud of that. It was good-natured combat.” Caridad
Lezcano English and political science “I went to a
gymnastics meet. Joe and Josephine Bruin rappelled themselves down
from the rafters and danced for the crowd. It was surreal.”
Freya Rensch English “I haven’t been
to a single sporting event at UCLA, because frankly sports
don’t interest me.” Guaree Gupta
Microbiology and political science “I wore a red sweater to
an Arizona basketball game at Pauley because I didn’t know
their colors. I got called on the floor for the Super Shot and
everyone was screaming, “˜Take your shirt off!'”
Jolene Tam Economics “I’m taking the
total conditioning class, and I had to run up the Janss steps five
times. It started to hurt the second time.” Medell
Briggs Microbiology and molecular genetics “My very
first ‘SC game during my freshman year. It was my first time
tailgating with all my friends.” Mario Turza
Political science “I liked when we beat Arizona at Pauley
Pavilion this year because we rushed the court. I’d never
experienced anything that exciting before.” Naomi
Strauss Environmental engineering “I did Wu Shu at
the Wooden Center. It was hard-ass. I didn’t like it. I
suffered the whole time.” Sara Maghedi
English “When the Lakers won the championship. It brought out
our L.A. spirit.” Compiled by Scott Schultz/Daily Bruin
Senior Staff Photos by Chris Backley and Nicole Miller, Daily Bruin
Staff Online adaptation by Rex Lorenzo