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UCLA ranks second in nation Device creates
BY ISABELLA GAGO
Daily Bruin contributor
A magazine that reports on
higher education ranked UCLA
the second-best public university
in the United States.
The Times Higher Education
published their World Reputation
Rankings for 2018 on Wednes-
day, which ranked UCLA ninth
in the world among 100 universi-
ties, an increase from 13th last
year. Harvard University ranked
first for the eighth consecutive
year.
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some of the scenes in the one-act play. “Houses Without Walls” will premiere Sunday at Hollywood Fringe festival. Read more on page 5.
Nonprofit expands clothing drive to include hygiene products
BY WENDY LI
Daily Bruin contributor
Student organizations are
expanding a clothing donation
initiative to collect hygiene
products and create a basic-
needs redistribution center on
campus.
Good Clothes Good People,
a nonprofit organization that
redistributes donated clothes
locally, collaborated with stu-
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selected academics worldwide,
who voted for what they thought
were the top 15 universities for
research and teaching. Profes-
sors and researchers must be
invited to vote.
Eight U.S. universities ranked
in the top 10, three of which are
in California. Stanford University
and UC Berkeley rank third and
sixth worldwide, respectively.
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dent groups, such as Bruin
Visual Arts Club, Hunger Proj-
ect at UCLA and the LGBT
Campus Resource Center, to
expand its clothing donation
bin program this year.
Robert Watson, a second-
year political science student
and head director of GCGP, said
the organization now operates
six clothing bins on campus.
Three of the six bins are per-
manently located in the LGBT
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Kerckhoff Hall and the James
West Alumni Center.
The other three bins are
used by several student orga-
nizations, such as MEChA de
UCLA, the Stamps Scholars
Society and the Undergraduate
Students Association Council
general representative 1 office,
to collect donations for their
clothing drives.
Watson sa id t he project
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has received more than 1,000
pounds of clothing donations
since it started in January.
“Our bins, especially the one
in Kerckhoff, fill on a biweekly
basis,” Watson said.
Watson said GCGP is also
working to place bins on the
Hill, but it has been unable to
do so because UCLA Residen-
tial Life has concerns regarding
how the donated clothes would
be processed.
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transplantable
muscle tissues
BY QIAOZHEN WU er has two main components.
Daily Bruin contributor The first component is a flat
platform that distributes the
UCLA bioengineers devel- the materials through small
oped a device that uses 3D tubes into a chamber.
printing technology to create The second component, an
artificial tissue that could be array of millions of mirrors,
used during transplants. rotates to project light onto
A team of researchers led the chamber in the shape
by Ali Khademhosseini, an of the tissue and causes the
engineering professor at the light-sensitive printing mate-
UCLA Henry Samueli School rial to solidify into that shape,
of Engineering and Applied he said.
Sciences, discovered a tech- “(The mirror system) is the
nology that can print tissue
usi n g mu ltiple mater ia ls.
same technique used by a pro-
jector ... in a home theater,”
The study was published in Miri said.
Advanced Materials earlier Miri said while creating the
this month. device, researchers consid-
The artificial tissue cre- ered the optimal ratios of inks,
ates a protective layer around what types of wavelengths of
human cells and transports light to use and how to build
nutrients and oxygen to them. a machine that will distribute
This allows cells to survive multiple materials.
when implanted back into the Miri said that wh i le he
body. hopes this technology can be
“One of our main goals used to print artificial organs,
is to create an environment he does not expect it to be a
that makes the cells happy,” reality in the near future.
Khademhosseini said. Song Li, chancellor profes-
Researchers were previ- sor and bioengineering chair
ously unable to recreate the at UCLA, said that while 3D
complexity of human tissue printing the physical structure
because they were limited to of the tissue is not difficult,
using one material. Khadem- more research is needed to fig-
hosseini said that his new ure out how to create a healthy
technology is able to replicate environment for the cells.
complex cellular patterns Miri said that in the mean-
because it uses many types of time, he is interested in using
printing materials. this technology for other appli-
A mir Miri, an assistant cations, such as printing medi-
professor of mechanical engi- cations.
neering at Rowan University
in New Jersey and author of Email Wu at
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implants and may be used to print artificial organs in the future.
“Because we d id n’t have their program.
a space established for the “ We n e v e r d e n i e d n o r
clothes to go, they said, ‘Nope, approved (placing bins on the
we are not going to collabo- Hill), but it can be up to future
rate,’” Watson said. considerations,” O’Connor said.
J o s h O ’ C o n n o r, a s s i s - The clothing drive initiative
tant d irector of leadersh ip also expanded to provide other
and involvement for ResLife, basic-needs products. GCGP
said GCGP must first receive began collaborating with Hun-
approval from UCLA Housing ger Project at UCLA on May
and the fire marshal before 21 to attach collection bins
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Students claim Board of Regents misrepresents college population
BY SYDNEY CONEENY
Daily Bruin contributor
Student representatives of
the University of California said
that while the Board of Regents
has improved in diversity in
recent years, it still falls short in
accessibility to students.
The Council of University of
California Faculty Associations
sent a letter in protest last sum-
mer stating that the Board of
Regents is mainly composed of
wealthier, white males and does
not accurately represent the
demographics and interests of
the UC student body.
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tasked with governing the UC,
which includes making major
financial and administrative
decisions such as increasing
tuition or appropriating funds
across the UC.
The board comprises 26 vot-
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for hygiene products onto the
clothing donation bins, Watson
said.
K ienna Qin, a first-year
statistics student a nd the
advocacy director of Hunger
Project at UCLA for 2018-2019,
said the project will collect the
donated hygiene products dur-
ing week 10 to donate to orga-
nizations dedicated to helping
homeless individuals, such as
The Shower of Hope, which
provides mobile showers.
“In the future, I’d like to see
(hygiene services) extend to
on-campus resources, such as
Bruin Shelter,” she said.
Watson said GCGP is work-
ing to secure a permanent
space at the Student Activities
Center to give students access
to donated clothing and basic-
needs products.
“There’s no place like this
that provides clothes for stu-
dents, hygiene products and
menstrual products all in the
sa me place,” Watson sa id.
“We’ve been working to secure
a space at the Student Activi-
ties Center for the past year.
Speakers promote nonviolent movements
BY DINA STUMPF
Daily Bruin contributor
Civil rights activists said at
an event Wednesday evening
nonviolent advocacy can suc-
cessfully create social change.
The teach-in event, hosted
by the UCLA Labor Center,
ai med to demonstrate the
i mpor t a nce of nonv iolent
movements today and featured
speakers from the Holy Faith
Episcopa l Chu rch, Un ited
Teachers of Los Angeles and
Los Angeles Black Workers
Center.
James Lawson Jr., a nonvio-
lent activist who worked with
Martin Luther King Jr., said
he thinks injustice has been
common throughout U.S. his-
tory. He said some examples
include the impoverishment of
Native Americans on their land
and the unequal distribution of
wealth that resulted from the
industrial revolution.
“As our industrial revolu-
tion began to take place in (the
1700s and 1800s), we have nev-
er decided that workers have
the right to share in the pro-
duction of wealth and so forth,”
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state Assembly. Members of the
Board are nominated by the
governor and confirmed by the
California Senate.
The California State Consti-
tution states that regents should
reflect the social, economic and
cultural diversity of the state,
which includes ethnic minori-
ties and women.
The current demographics
of the UC Regents include 58.9
percent white, 6 percent Asian,
6 percent black and 29 percent
Latino members. The demo-
graphics of the UC student body
is 37 percent white, 34 percent
Asian, 3 percent black and 19
percent Latino. Four regents out
of the 26 regents – or about 15
percent – are women.
Paul Monge, the student
regent, said he thinks that
although more women and peo-
ple of color have been appointed
to the board in recent years,
there should be a push to select
more regents that represent the
geographical diversity of Cali-
fornia. Monge said that since
former Regent Bonnie Reiss
died in April, there have been no
GOOD CLOTHES GOOD PEOPLE BIN LOCATIONS
Good Clothes Good People, a nonprofit organization that gives donations to students, set up
bins around campus for students to donate clothes. Here's where permanent bins are located:
Student Activities
James West Alumni Center
SOURCE: Robert Watson, Good Clothes Good People head director. Graphic reporting by Wendy Li, Daily Bruin contributor. Graphic by Kathy Daniels, Daily Bruin contributor.
It’s been going well and we are
still working it out with the
SCUBA club, (which occupies
the room).”
The new redistribution cen-
ter will have mirrors, clothing
racks and changing rooms, so
students can walk in and try
on clothes, Watson said.
GCGP has been donating
their clothes to other organi-
zations on campus, such as
Bruin Shelter, an organization
he said.
Lawson added a recent
example of a successful nonvio-
lent movement was a protest in
Armenia against the country’s
dictatorship. He said people
were able to create change by
protesting nonviolently.
“Ordinary people rose up in
rebellion, did not shoot weap-
ons or throw stones, and orga-
nized a nonviolent campaign,”
Lawson added. “(They inter-
rupted) traffic and ordinary
agenda of the day in such siz-
able numbers that they forced
the reigning president to go
ahead and discontinue his term
and not ask for a totalitarian
permanent tenure.”
Lawson said he thinks vio-
lent tactics cannot produce
progressive change.
“However, much of an inner
drive we may get from a violent
episode, the violence is a failure
because it cannot achieve what
it promises,” Lawson said. “It
cannot achieve the stability of
families, it cannot feed the hun-
gry, it cannot create a society
where there is a fair economy.”
Lawson said change occurs
within society when an indi-
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regents residing permanently in to select more diverse regents
the Central Valley of California. to fill the board’s current five
“(Diversity) can be gender vacancies.
identity and ethnic background, “A ny t i me st udents c a n
but also geographical represen- engage the governor and folks in
tation,” Monge said. “I think the Senate, they should be, and
that is important because it is students should reiterate why
translate(s) into access cam- there should be a diverse Board
puses have to regents.” of Regents and regents selected
Devon Graves, the student from all over California,” Graves
regent-designate, said that said.
while he thinks the Board of Parshan Khosravi, Gradu-
Regents should represent Cali- ate Students Association vice
fornia’s geographical diversity, president of external affairs, AMY DIXON/ A S S I STA N T P H OTO E D I TO R
it is also essential for Gov. Jerry said he thinks the current pro- The University of California Board of Regents meets bimonthly to make financial and
Brown to bring expertise and cess for selecting regents favors administrative decisions across the nine campuses in the UC system.
experience to the board’s posi- those who have prior experience
tions, which can be found in working with the governor. sity well sit on the board for a dents in meetings and informal
regents with finance, invest- “There has been a very dis- long period of time. lunches.
ment, higher education or legis- turbing trend where the regents “If you’re there for 12 years, “If you want to see what’s
lative backgrounds. have been selected too often you are going through entire going on, come to a cafeteria or
Monge said he thinks that from government old buddies generations of students,” Khos- have lunch with me,” Khosravi
experience in higher education or donors to the UC. Oftentimes ravi said. “(The regents) are not said. “You will see more about
should be an important factor also they are acting indepen- coming to the campuses. We how a student is living today by
in the selection of new regents. dent of the needs of the UC,” have to go around and get them just coming to a cafeteria than
“One thing that for many Khosravi said. “They don’t actu- to come here, and they aren’t you will ever do in your meet-
years felt like was lacking was ally have a history in higher edu- aware of the issues that are hap- ings.”
regents with substantive expe- cation.” pening on their own campuses.”
rience in higher education,” Khosravi said he thinks the He added he thinks regents Contributing reports from
Monge said. 12-year term of regents is prob- could learn more about student Julia Shapero, Daily Bruin
Graves added he thinks stu- lematic because regents who lives by coming to campus and contributor. Email Coneeny at
dents should encourage Brown may not represent the Univer- interacting directly with stu- sconeeny@dailybruin.com.
Conservative speaker
discusses perspectives
on concept of diversity
Center BY MADDIE OSTERGAARD tion of the event.
Daily Bruin contributor “We don’t want there to be
an echo chamber of the same
Andrew Klavan said he felt ideas,” Popovic said.
proud to be an American when Ashtin Brooks, a first-year
he saw people of diverse cultur- political science and psychol-
Kerckhoff Hall al backgrounds, sexual orienta- ogy student, said that he was
tions and political affiliations at happy that Young Americans for
an airport in San Francisco. Freedom invited Klavan even
Klavan, a novelist and host though he does not represent
of a daily podcast on the Daily the views of most people on
Wire, spoke about a conserva- campus.
tive perspective on diversity in “I’m happy we were able to
that houses about nine home- Campus Resource Center to the United States at an event bring this speaker so we could
less students, and MEChA, give students clothing that hosted by Young Americans for provide more viewpoints on
an organization that supports matches their identities. Freedom on Tuesday. Young campus,” Brooks said.
Ch ica n x students, Watson “We are in collaboration Americans for Freedom is a T hea Du n lev ie, cha i r of
said. with LGBT center’s Gender conservative student organiza- Young Americans for Freedom
“(MEChA) collected a ton Gap Clothing Drive, which is tion that focuses on youth activ- and a third-year political sci-
of our clothes to give to the for students undergoing tran- ism and is a chapter affiliate of ence student, said the group
care vans that were coming sition who are trying to get the Young America’s Founda- had to go through regulations,
up for Mexican immigrants clothes to match their gender tion, a nationwide conservative such as approving the speak-
seeking sanctuary in United identity,” Watson said. youth organization. er and finding where to posi-
States,” Watson said. Klavan said he thinks over- tion cameras for livestream-
Watson added that GCGP is Email Li at emphasizing the word “diversi- ing, while planning the event
also working with the LGBT wli@dailybruin.com. ty” in the U.S. hurts a multicul- because university administra-
tural society because it stresses tion deemed it would pose a
the differences between people security threat. Dunlevie said
rather than highlighting what she believes possible security
brings them together. He said threats could be a result of the
instead, diversity stems from stigma surrounding conserva-
individual freedoms, and that tism on campus.
championing freedom will in “The final question to probe
vidual recognizes an issue and Jacqueline Antillon, a third- turn support diversity in the whether there was a security
stands up for it. He added that year political science and pub- U.S. threat is, ‘Well, is he right-
society can improve as a whole lic policy student, said she “This airport was not con- w i n g ? ’ a nd t h at ba sic a l ly
when people use nonviolent thought the recent American structed by people who were assumed that he was going to
methods collectively. Federation of State, County committed to diversity. It was be a provocateur and that he
“The back of western civi- a nd Mu n icipa l Employees constructed by people who were was going to cause problems,”
lization (and) our culture of Local 3299 campaign earlier committed to a bigger idea: the Dunlevie said. “(We) should be
violence must be broken and this month and the workers’ idea of freedom,” Klavan said. expecting this because this is
(it can be) changed,” Lawson resiliency was one example of “Our diversity is a byproduct of inflammatory.”
said. “Only when human beings a successful nonviolent move- the idea of freedom.” Klavan said he thinks college
learn the way of truth and love ment. Workers in the AFSCME Klavan said he prefers to campuses can be intolerant of
and beauty and wonder, can we Local 3299 strike participated focus on the ideas that politi- conservative ideas and perspec-
create the society that lives up in a three-day picket line to cians stand for, such as freedom tives.
to our best aspirations.” protest what they considered and diversity, rather than the “What really bothers me is
Francisco Garcia, a UCLA to be low wages and inadequate politicians themselves when not just the close-mindedness
alumnus and reverend at the benefits from the University of talking about political issues of it,” Klavan said. “It deprives
Holy Faith Episcopal Church California. with people who have differing students of their intellectual
in Inglewood, said violence is Diana Robles, a fourth-year viewpoints. heritage.”
embedded within the U.S. in political science student, said “You don’t tell me about what Dunlevie said that Young
various forms. she thinks that a nonviolent (President Donald) Tru mp Americans for Freedom wanted
“Whether it’s violence of gun approach has become ubiqui- did and I won’t tell you about to host an event that respected
violence or violence of mass tous in movements today, such what (former President Barack) all political parties rather than
deportation or mass incarcera- as those that advocate for the Obama did. I will stipulate that offended students or caused an
tion, this is violence,” Garcia rights of women, immigrants they suck, I will stipulate that uproar.
said. “We have to find a way and ethnic minorities. they are cheap politicians say- “I hope that we can see that
to train ourselves in mind, “Nonviolence is a form and ing lies so they can get power,” not all right-winged people are
body and spirit to resist that way of existence, way of being Klavan said. “Let’s talk about out to be provocateurs, but
violence, to opt out of that vio- and way of living,” Lawson said. what they’re about; let’s talk (rather) a lot of conservative
lence, to challenge that vio- “(And that) is the most impor- about what they stand for.” intellectuals who are interest-
lence in every possible way.” tant understanding that I have Alexander Popovic, a first- ed in a conversation,” Dunlevie
Some students said they had my whole life.” year business economics stu- said.
felt nonviolent methods have dent, said he hoped there would
already been effectively used Email Stumpf at be more people with opposing Email Ostergaard at
in recent local advocacy efforts. dstumpf@dailybruin.com. viewpoints during the Q&A sec- mostergaard@dailybruin.com.
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‘Hamilton’ costume designer to speak at event
BY OLIVIA MAZZUCATO
Daily Bruin reporter
C o s t u me de s i g ner Pau l
Tazewell was mostly designing
contemporary and naturalistic
productions at the beginning
of his career, rather than the
more theatrical beaded dress-
es and extravagant hats he
dreamed of creating.
However, as ti me passed
and the theater and telev i-
sion industry changed to value
more diverse and interesting
productions, Tazewell felt he
was able to express himself
more fully. Now a Tony- and
Emmy-award winning design-
er, Tazewell has designed for
shows including “Hamilton”
and “The Wiz Live! on NBC.”
Tazewell will share his produc-
tion-specific approach as a cos-
tume designer with aspiring
design students Saturday as
the keynote speaker at UCLA’s
upcoming Design Showcase
West.
Ta zewel l’s body of work
ranges from period pieces to
contemporary musicals. But
no matter the genre, he aims
to contextualize his work in
terms of the story he’s working
to tell.
He often begins by develop-
ing a vocabulary for the pro-
duction – an idea of what the
production will look like and
a conceptual definition of his
stylistic approach. For exam-
ple, the vocabulary of “Hamil-
ton” focused on the visuals of
the story being told with 18th
century silhouettes through
the lens of a contemporary eye,
he said.
“(‘Hamilton’ is) the reduc-
tion of kind of a more fussy,
frivolous or decorative 18th
century – losing that because
having more of a clean, neu-
tralized version feels more con-
temporary,” Tazewell said.
Ta zewel l’s proce s s a l so
focuses on collaborating heavi-
ly with the director – and occa-
sionally the choreographer.
Finding a balance between
intricacy and functionality,
particularly for period pieces,
is essential in order to ensure
that the costumes are adding
to the narrative rather than
overshadowing it, he said.
“It’s all about hav ing the
audience identify with these
characters and being consis-
tent and not creating a situ-
ation where they’re throw n
Therapy | ‘Upgrade’ hints at AI-based physical rehab possibilities
BY ETHAN PAK
“U
pgrade”
brings
the once
novel idea of a Robocop up-to-
date with today’s technologies.
Coming out Friday, the
film shows mechanic Grey
Trace (Logan Marshall-Green)
surviving a horrendous car
crash and witnessing his wife’s
murder. After waking up in
a hospital as a quadriplegic,
Trace is offered a chance to
walk again through artificial
intelligence technology offered
by enigmatic CEO Eron Ves-
sel (Harrison Gilbertson). The
technology enhances his body
strength, and Trace utilizes
his new power to hunt down
his wife’s killer.
Whether AI technol-
ogy should even be used for
vigilante justice is an ethical
debate best saved for later, but
technology in “Upgrade” is not
far off from scientific reality.
Researchers have recently
started using AI technology to
alleviate different kinds of dis-
abilities, including paralysis.
In 2017, researchers demon-
strated the use of AI in helping
patients recover from strokes
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or they’re look i n g more at
the costumes than they are
immersed in the story,” Taze-
well said. “You want for it to all
mesh together and feel like it’s
absolutely perfect for whatever
you’re saying.”
or spinal cord injuries. Typi-
cal therapy treatments involve
hours of supported walking
and usually don’t take into
account individual charac-
teristics such as gait. In con-
trast, Stem, the AI implant in
“Upgrade,” somehow allowed
Trace to bypass physical
therapy and immediately jump
into ninjalike motion to fight
off combatants, rendering the
film unrealistic.
With the AI-assisted treat-
ment, patients use a robotic
harness to practice walking.
The harness uses AI to adjust
numerous variables, includ-
ing how much downward or
upward force is needed for
each patient. In “Upgrade,”
Trace doesn’t have a harness
and utilizes AI, an idea scien-
tists have considered but not
yet attempted.
Because AI technology
is nowhere near the level of
Stem’s complexity, another
potential technology to assist
recovery in paralyzed patients
is brain-computer interfaces.
The interface requires patients
to wear a cap that detects
electrical signals in the brain,
which are transmitted to a
computer via wires for pro-
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Tazewell said he also focus-
es on making sure the cos-
tume blends not just with the
show itself, but the individual
character he’s costuming – tai-
loring the individual design
choices to explore and define
the personality and nature of
that character. His distinct,
character-centric approach
sets him apart as a designer,
sa id second-ye a r cost u me
design student Tess McLeod.
cessing. The computer then
sends the information to an
electrode attached to patient’s
knee, for instance, which
transfers the information to
the nearby muscles, causing
muscle contractions. Trace
from “Upgrade” seemingly
possesses brain-computer
interfaces with the addition
of AI embedded in his entire
body. Stem reads Trace’s brain
signals and sends the com-
mands to appropriate muscles,
completely bypassing the spi-
nal cord. Surprisingly, the feat
may possibly be around the
corner.
In 2016, researchers created
an implant device in para-
lyzed monkeys that restored
movement. In the experiment,
monkeys were intentionally
paralyzed in their hind legs,
but after inserting the implant,
the monkeys were able to keep
up pace with normal monkeys.
The implant recorded electri-
cal signals in the brain and
wirelessly transmitted the
information to a computer that
sent back movement instruc-
tions to another part of the
implant, causing target mus-
cles to contract.
A more feasible technology
“It’s very tailored and pays
a lot of attention to the fabric
that goes into it and it’s very
suited for the person’s body
shape,” McLeod said. “A lot
of costumers or stylists, they
somet i mes don’t t a ke i nto
account the certain body forms
that their characters or actors
have, but he’s really interested
in showcasing what fits their
body.”
Ta zewel l w a s quoted i n
to assist people with disabili-
ties is probably exoskeleton
suits, which is seen in the
“Iron Man” series and “Aliens.”
Increasingly more common,
exoskeletons enhance the
wearer’s strength, allowing
people who are paralyzed or
infirm to perform tasks like
getting up or walking in a cir-
cle. A downside of the suits is
the cost, with the more afford-
able options retailing around
$30,000. While the suits do
look cool in an action or sci-
ence fiction film, the lack of
affordability means most peo-
ple will not be able to appreci-
ate or utilize the technology.
With their current under-
standing of AI and the brain,
researchers have made signifi-
cant headway into incorporat-
ing AI to relay brain informa-
tion to legs or arms, bypassing
injuries that may have affected
the spinal cord or brain-limb
communication. However, the
likes of an implant in a human,
as seen in “Upgrade,” have not
moved beyond mere concep-
tion.
Email Pak at
epak@dailybruin.com or tweet
@pak_ethan.
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multiple interviews as creat-
ing a rule for the relationship
between the actor and cos-
tumes in “Hamilton,” saying
“period from the neck down,
modern from the neck up.” In
“Hamilton,” the cast members
wear their natural hair rath-
er than wearing wigs. How-
ever, the approach is much
more than simply an aesthetic
choice, Tazewell said.
“It’s acknowledging who the
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actor is and what their look is
and how the appropriateness
of that actor playing this spe-
cific character allows a blend,
and I think that’s really impor-
tant, that the person playing
the character really becomes
the character,” Tazewell said.
“Because of how the show is
written and the sound of the
music, it was very important
to have it feel contemporary
as well as representing this
period story about this historic
man.”
Although Tazewell is often
tapped to design elaborate
productions on large budgets,
it’s his minimalistic work on
tighter budgets that students
ca n especia l ly lea r n f rom,
said costume design professor
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko.
For example, although “Ham-
ilton” is now a hit musical, it
first started off as a small,
off-Broadway musical with a
smaller budget. Tazewell was
able to use streamlined silhou-
ettes to evoke the time period
in a simple, yet beautiful way,
she said.
“(Tazewell) will find ways
and solutions for how to create
costumes for a project that is
timeless and simple and yet
still highly sophisticated and
it tells the story,” Karvonides-
Dushenko said. “A nd many,
many theaters are looking for
solutions with that aesthetic
sensibility, which (Tazewell)
has mastered and that would
be a n i ncred ible sou rce of
inspiration for our students.”
T a z ew e l l s a id s t u de nt s
will work with many people
throughout their careers and
that hearing the experiences
of many different people will
help them discover their path
through design. He said he
hopes that he can help stu-
dents figure out how to create
a place for themselves within
the industry, he said.
D I R ECTO R “Know why you’re doing it,
really come to terms with why
you love to design for theater
or film because until you do
that, I don’t know that you can
do your best work,” Tazewell
said. “I have to have a passion
for the work I do or I’m not able
to deliver the best that I can do
... and that passion helps you
get through rocky times.”
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or tweet @omariamazzucato.
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Alumna’s play explores mother-daughter relationships, political turmoil

BY DEIRDRE KLENA
Daily Bruin contributor

A b a r r ie r b et w e e n t w o
neighbors will be torn down in
“Houses Without Walls.”
Susannah Rodríguez Dris-
si, an alumna and lecturer in
UCLA’s Writing Program, wrote
and directed the play set dur-
ing the tumultuous years of the
Mariel boatlift in Cuba. The
show will premiere Sunday at
Hollywood Fringe, an annual
performing arts festival.
In the context of the Cuban
Revolution, Rodríguez Drissi
said the one-act play focuses
on the trials of motherhood
and womanhood in an effort to
leave the audience with a better
understanding of the complex
ways in which political turmoil
impacts women.
“It’s this conversation that
takes place over the wall in
much the sa me w ay as we
would have a conversation with
ourselves where you reveal
things that you wouldn’t share
w ith others, the fears, and
those dark moments in your
life that you don’t dare speak
about, they speak to each oth-
er,” Rodríguez Drissi said.
I n the play, two women,
who each had daughters who
joi ned the mass exodus of ISA SAALABI/ DA I LY BRUIN

Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro’s
regime, speak with one another
through the wall dividing their
apartments. The women dis-
cuss their daughters’ poten-
tial fates, at times believing
they are alive and well, and
at other times believing they
perished en route to America.
The dialogue between the two
women is reminiscent of inter-
nal dialogue people often have
with themselves, making the
distinction between the two
women less clear, said actress
Maria Hojas, who performs as
the narrator in the play.
“All the characters are just
one character, and it’s this sort
of multiple personalities that
a woman can have especially
under these circumstances,”
Hojas said.
Much of the play was
inspired by Rodríguez Dris-
si’s experiences as a child in
Cuba, when her own family was
unable to leave the country.
Rodríguez Drissi particularly
Narrator Maria Hojas and comparative literature alumna Susannah Rodríguez Drissi (left to right), will join forces in the one-act play “Houses Without Walls” for its Sunday premiere at Hollywood Fringe.
“Houses Without
Walls”
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June 3 - 24
$15
remembers the fear she felt
after her family was unable to
leave. Groups of students and
workers, contracted under the
state-sanctioned acts of repudi-
ation, were bussed to the homes
of Cubans who had intended to
leave, Rodríguez Drissi said.
They were instructed to yell
insults and threats, destroy the
houses and brandish chains
and metal rods.
Rodríguez Drissi’s family
members were victims of the
brutality about seven times,
and the lasti ng i mpression
prompted Rodríguez Drissi to
include the experience in the
play, she said.
“Very violent, very ugly, very
traumatic, and I never forgot it
… and so it was important to
me to include this in the play,”
Rodríguez Drissi said. “To me
it was important to say these
things, and for the characters
to speak the insults and to
write them on the wall, and to
say exactly what’s going on.”
With the historical back-
ground of the Cuban Revolu-
tion as the play’s context, the
narrative primarily focuses on
what it means to a woman and
a mother. The two women dis-
cuss how they are dealing with
problems such as the separa-
tion from their daughters. They
often draw on their deepest
thoughts and emotions, such as
fears of inadequacy and loneli-
ness, which can be a difficult
task, said Magdalena Edwards,
who portrays one of the mother
and daughter duos and also
serves as producer. She said
she hopes the audience is able
to relate to these women and
feel connected to their story.
“I hope that they can enter
into the space of these women’s
lives. These are women who
don’t have material comfort or
security and who are living in
a very difficult political time,”
Edwards said. “I hope they
really have an emotional con-
nection with them and to go
along that emotional ride with
them.”
The theme of mother-daugh-
ter relationships is expressed
through the evolution of wom-
en, said UCLA alumna Yelyna
De Leon, who plays one of the
mothers, Candela, and one of
the daughters.
The play h igh l ights how
women often don’t appreciate
or understand what their moth-
ers taught them until much lat-
er in life, a phenomenon sym-
bolized in the play by the fact
that the daughters themselves
are not introduced until the
end of the play, De Leon said.
The play presents a counter-
narrative to what many expect
motherhood to be like: Rath-
er than portraying a simple
mother-daughter relationship,
the play shows the nuance of
the dynamics between women
and their children, as well as
between women in general.
“That’s really what women
want to be, they want to be the
best mother they can be, but
then life happens,” De Leon
said. “This story feels like a
very raw and real portrayal
of what women go through,
through being a daughter to
becoming a mother, and how
that impacts a woman’s iden-
tity,”
Rodríguez Drissi said she
hopes that the audience mem-
bers, and particularly women,
gain insight not only into the
history of the Cuban Revolu-
tion but also into the emotional
and psychological state of those
involved in such highly dramat-
ic events, including feelings of
abandonment and anxiousness.
“Houses Without Walls” pro-
vides an in-depth look into how
women, and in particular moth-
ers, dealt with trauma during
times of intense political con-
flict, a scenario that has often
repeated itself in history and is
likely to continue to do so in the
future, Rodríguez Drissi said.
“I hope the play sort of frees
women – mothers in particular
– from the kind of conversa-
tion that takes place in indoor
playgrounds and parks where
everything’s rosy,” Rodríguez
Drissi said. “No one told us it
could be this beautiful, but also
no one told us it could be this
hard.”.
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FIRE
FOLLOWERS
Fire followers are plants that can lie dormant for years underneath the dense foliage of other plant life, never
exposed the sun. But following the extreme clearance caused by a large fire, they suddenly find themselves
with access to sunlight, allowing them to bloom after destruction. In fall and winter 2017, fires ravaged the
state of California, eating through homes, trees and brush, ranging from Northern California to UCLA’s
own doorstep. The effects were and continue to be debilitating for the victims. But like fire followers, UCLA
community members impacted by the fires have begun to rise from the ashes, learning to operate under new
light. This package explores the effects of the California wildfires in Sonoma County and Los Angeles on UCLA
community members, as well as possible methods for fire preparation in the future.

PHOTOS BY MACKENZIE POSSEE

Fountain grass among largest fire risks

Fire ecologist and UCLA adjunct professor Jon Keeley said an invasive plant species called fountain grass has taken over areas such as the Sepulveda Pass, where the Skirball fire took place.
BY NATE NICKOLAI
Daily Bruin senior staff
One of the biggest risks for fire in
Southern California is a single type
of plant.
Fire ecologist and UCLA adjunct
professor in ecology and evolutionary
biology Jon Keeley said an invasive
species of fountain grass poses sig-
nificant fire risk in Southern California.
When the Skirball fire swept through
the hills surrounding Bel-Air in Decem-
ber, the large, bushy plant was almost
certainly a major factor in its spread to
the residential neighborhood, he said.
“If there’s anything that could have
been done, it would have been con-
trolling the invasion of fountain grass,”
Keeley said.
The Skirball fire destroyed six
homes and damaged a dozen oth-
ers after spreading through the hills
alongside Interstate 405. The fire also
resulted in the cancelation of classes
at UCLA.
And while some experts have point-
ed to climate change as the impetus
for the rash of fires like the Skirball
fire in California this past year, it may
not be the most accurate explana-
tion. Given the large size of California,
Keeley said different areas of the state
experience varying climates, making
it difficult to address the issue of cli-
mate change holistically at a statewide
level.
In his research, Keeley said he
found that climate does have a signifi-
cant effect in Northern California, in
forested areas like the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, but in Southern California,
he couldn’t find a strong relationship
between climate and fire.
Marti Witter, a fire ecologist with the
Santa Monica Mountains National Rec-
reation Area, said you don’t see a rela-
tionship with increasing temperature
because Southern California already
sees a large fluctuation in tempera-
ture every year. By the fall, tempera-
tures are warm enough, fuels are dry
Sepulveda Pass for the past 20 years
and don’t know of anything being done
to curb the growth.
“(Fountain grass) is really a terrible
plant,” she said. “It’s been establish-
ing for a long period of time now, and
it’s sort of expanding exponentially
– sort of a classic invasive species.”
With so much dry fuel growing in
the surrounding areas, Keeley said
one possible solution to the fire risks it
poses is the establishment of a com-
munity fire watch group, since most
Southern California fires are started
by humans during high-wind events.
The recent Skirball fire started from
the spark of a homeless encampment
cooking fire, according to Los Angeles
officials who investigated the fire.
Fire watch groups go out on days
with high winds and monitor uninhab-
ited areas next to at-risk areas. In fact,
community groups do exist in Orange
County and the more northern parts of
Los Angeles such as Malibu, Topanga,
Agoura Hills and Calabasas.
Arson Watch, the group that moni-
tors the Santa Monica Mountains, has
more than 70 volunteers who go out
on red-flag days – days when the Unit-
ed States National Weather Service
alerts areas that they are experiencing
conditions ideal for wildfire ignition
and spread – and watch for people
participating in fire-risk behaviors
such as smoking a cigarette or start-
ing a campfire.
Will Carey, the Topanga leader of
Arson Watch, said the members of the
organization often stop people from
engaging in fire-risk activities simply
by approaching them. The members
work under the Los Angeles Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Department and are all
issued an official ID, a two-way radio,
a safety vest, a shirt, a hat and vehicle
identification signs.
“If you’re polite and tactful and
explain to them the situation … they’re
very good about putting out the ciga-
rette and being careful,” Carey said.

“”
enough, winds are strong enough and
enough people are present to create
the potential for fire, she said.
“Basically, we always have the con-
“The invasion of ditions … to have a large fire occur in
Southern California,” she said.
the fountain grass However, even with Southern Cali-
almost certainly fornia’s ever-present conditions for
fire, several precautions can be taken
made (the Skirball to curb some of the risk, starting with
fire) much more fountain grass. Witter said the rea-
son the plant poses such a fire risk
dangerous than is due to its large biomass and sheer
it would have number. The plant, which can grow
been if that several feet high, creates a significant
amount of fine shrubbery, allowing
invasion had been it to ignite and carry fire much more
prevented.” easily than native vegetation such as
mature chaparral shrubs like manza-
nita and ceanothus.
courtesy of DINesH VALKe —Jon Keeley Both Witter and Keeley said they
The invasive species of fountain grass burns more easily than other native vegetation, said have watched the fountain grass take
Marti Witter, a fire ecologist with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. over the coastal canyons like the
However, students at UCLA don’t
necessarily have to worry about fires
spreading to campus. Keeley said the
university campus is not significantly
at risk for the spread of fire: Large
grass fields, which do not burn, take
up much of the land, and most of the
roofs are tile, which is less at risk for
the spread of embers.
The real threat of fire is in the sur-
rounding areas of Los Angeles that
are close to heavy foliage, such as the
Sepulveda Pass, Keeley said. There,
fountain grass continues to persists as
a large fire risk.
“The invasion of the fountain grass
almost certainly made (the Skirball
fire) much more dangerous than it
would have been if that invasion had
been prevented,” Keeley said.
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Student fights fire to protect family home

BY CHRISTI CARRAS and her grandmother – every-
Daily Bruin senior staff one who lived in her Sunland
home. No one picked up.
Celina Baumann trudged “I called several times, so
against winds that seemed I’m thinking they could be
determined to knock her down dead,” Baumann said. “The fire
as she made her way home. was so big, I couldn’t see the
The smoke from the f ire other side of it.”
spreading across the nearby Unable to view her house
Los Ange les R iver le f t h er among the flames and smoke,
unable to breathe, let alone see Baumann assumed Wentworth
the road ahead. There were Street was already engulfed
only about 10 houses on Sha- in fire, but she had to see for
ron Avenue, but the walk to her herself. She continued to drive
house at the end of the block down the backstreets of her
seemed never-ending. neighborhood, ignoring police
For three hours, Baumann, who told her to turn back .
a third-year anthropology stu- When she finally arrived, she
dent, her family and her neigh- was relieved to see her street
bors risked their lives to pro- so far untouched.
tect their picturesque subur-
ban cul-de-sac in Sunland, Los Under fire
Angeles, from the ash, smoke After checking on her family
and embers of a brush fire that members, Baumann star ted
broke out Dec. 5. Baumann’s packing her valuables. The first
f amil y is o n e o f hun dre ds items to reach the safety of the
across California whose com- car were the urns containing
munities were threatened or her dogs’ ashes, followed by
destroyed by fires in late 2017. irreplaceable photos of fam-
ily members, her high school
An unexpected detour letterman jacket and her prom
Baumann was in her apart- dress.
m e nt n ear th e U CL A c am - But as Baumann began
pus preparing to leave for an packing, she realized half of
afternoon tutoring job in Bev- her family wasn’t. Her aunt,
erly Hills when she received grandmother and uncle had not
a phone call from her cousin, made a single move to leave.
Isaac Hernandez, telling her a Her grandmother repeated Third-year anthropology student Celina Baumann was leaving her apartment near UCLA when her cousin called saying a fire had sparked near her house.
large fire had broken out near over and over, “I’m staying. It
their house. won’t come this way. I’m not was going on. I really couldn’t “I know when there’s a situ-
“I don’t know how you’re leaving my house.” care less about myself.” ation of emergency you have to
going to do it, but you need to Baumann was ready to Baumann was right to worry trust people, but I didn’t really
get home now,” he said. abandon the endangered about the threat of the embers, feel comfortable having some-
She cancelled her tutoring house at the earliest chance, said David Ackerly, associate one else drive the car,” Bau-
plans and immediately drove to but her family had owned their dean of biological sciences at mann said.
the freeway that would take her home for more than four years. UC Berkeley. Embers can fly B aumann ha d reas o n to
home. A Los Angeles native, They weren’t leaving. miles ahead of burning fires hesitate to dep end on her
Baumann is accustomed to “I was getting really frus- and spark new ones, signifi- neighbors. In the past, she and
heavy rush-hour traffic, but the trated because I could tell the cantly heightening the risk of Hernandez said some of them
congestion she met en route situation was getting bad,” spreading, he said – especially h av e h a r a s s e d B a u m a n n ’s
to a burning Sunland was at Baumann said. “I’m all for not on windier days. family, kicking their cars and
a different kind of standstill. overreacting and letting things As Baumann worked, the hurling racial slurs, calling
Eventually, authorities closed happen and acting from there, embers became more numer- them “Mexicans” and telling
the Inter s tate 210 f re eway but in this case, based off what ous and the fire crossed the them to “go back to Tijuana.”
altogether. I’d seen, I just wanted my fam- riverbed. Standing outside “I’ve never even been to
Meanwhile, Hernandez and ily out of here.” among the smoke and ash, all Tijuana,” Hernandez said.
his mother had a shorter drive she could hear were the deaf- The white neighbors are
back from their office and had She found her uncle in the ening crackles of burning trees close, often gathering in the
begun to round the corner to backyard, leaning over the con- and the propellers of helicop- cul-de-sac for friendly chats.
the cul-de-sac. As they inched crete wall separating the house ters circling in the orange-gray Meanwhile, Baumann’s family
down the road, the smoke pre- from the brush and the river sky. But it soon became clear can’t set off fireworks on the
vented them from seeing more and hosing down the surround- none of those helicopters were Fourth of July without some-
than a couple of feet ahead of ing ground. Despite Baumann’s there for them – they were on one calling the police. The only
them. Until the ashy clouds protests, her grandmother con- their own. Hispanic household on the
c l e a r e d f a r t h e r d o w n t h e tinued stepping outside to view “It just seemed like with block – and the only two-story
stretch, Hernandez was sure the oncoming blaze. Worried all the fires that were occur- home – Hernandez and Bau-
his house was gone. that her elderly lungs were at ring, all the resources were mann can’t help but wonder
“Ever play (Call of Dut y:) risk, Baumann did something exhausted and everyone just if the resentment stems from

“”
Black Ops? she never had to fend for themselves,” racist jealousy.
I t ’s a w a r does – she Baumann said. “‘How can these Hispanic
game,” yelled at After hosing the brush, suf- people afford this big house,
Hernan- her grand- focating embers and relocat- and especially with all these
dez said. “I have no doubt mother. ing valuables for three hours, cars?’ They think that we’re
“That’s “Mamá, the situation finally started to part of the cartel, but we’re
what it that our house m e t ate al calm. Baumann reduced her not,” Hernandez said. “We’re
looked like would have dentro, duties to assessing the area hard workers.”
from the ahorita!” periodically. Back inside, she The past incidents informed
smoke. burned alongside ( “ G e t assessed herself, counting the Baumann’s wariness when, on
It looked all the other inside right damages: a burn on her face the day of the fire, her neigh-
like it was now!”) she from the flying ember, a bloody bors suddenly decided to be
World War houses, so in a shouted gash on her leg, and a layer neighborly. Normally, Bau-
III.” way, we saved our as the of soot, mud and dirt covering mann tries to keep her interac-
B a u - neighbors her body. tions with them to a tolerant
m a n n ,
whole block.” looked on. “I’ve gone camping before, minimum.
h o w e v e r, “When but I’ve never seen my face “Maybe it’s just the tense
had not —Celina Baumann i t c o m e s like that,” Baumann said. “It tone that’s already been set
yet arrived to serious was pretty much black from all between all of us,” Baumann
– not by matters, the dirt.” said. “I try my best to be a good
choice, but because other cars, and I need to say something, The fires had calmed, but person and smile, but even
fire trucks and authorities had I don’t care who listens or the landscape, like Baumann, that’s hard sometimes.”
blocked every avenue home. watches,” Baumann said. was visibly altered. Everything But as the f lames threat-
Even side streets that typically Her aunt, meanwhile, was that was once green was now ened their shared community,
saw little activity were bus- set on staying put. black. the Sunland residents had no
tling in an emergency-induced “You’re not in our position,” choice but to depend on the
frenzy. Eventually, Baumann she explained to her niece. Common ground Hispanic family fighting the
decided to embrace the anar- “We own this home, and we’re The most grueling part of embers at the end of the street.
chy, dodging every barrier she going to do whatever we can to the experience for Baumann Their house would be the first
encountered by driving down save it in time. We’re going to was driving her uncle’s cars to burn.
middle lanes and through shop be here until the last second.” down the street through the “I have no doubt that our
parking lots and backroads. Accepting she couldn’t opaque, smoky air. Her uncle h o us e wo ul d have b ur n e d Baumann planned to bring her valuable items with her when evacuating,
“I just thought, I need to change their minds, Baumann sells cars, and she worried alongside all the other houses,” until she realized the rest of her family had no plans of leaving their home.
get home,” B aumann s aid. grabbed a hose and joined her their proximity to the riverbed Baumann said. “So in a way, we
“There’s no way I’m not going uncle on the frontlines, dodg- would leave them susceptible saved our whole block.” to disregard their differences people and to what matters
to get home.” ing embers and inhaling smoke to fire damage. Baumann was surprised to to survive disaster. A Facebook and what’s important,” Bau-
As she neared her home, while watering any potentially But with each car she see her aunt overlooking the group circulated messages mann said.
Baumann witnessed multiple flammable brush in the area. maneuvered, the walk back fiery riverbed, conversing civ- from Sunland residents offer- While Sharon Avenue came
scenes that made her fear for Baumann attempted to squash down the street became more illy with the same man who ing to take in people and their out unscathed, communit y
her family’s safety. Through the embers hurtling toward the and more unbearable as she had once kicked their car and pets for the night or donating members are continuing to
her car window, she watched house with a shovel. One flew felt herself suffocating in the told them to go back to Tijuana. clothes and food. Some of the offer aid to those who weren’t
f l a m e s s e v e r a l f e e t h i g h up and scorched her eye, but smog. While distributing water to her Baumanns’ historically kinder as lucky. Baumann has even
approach from the river and she remained focused on pro- “I just had to completely f amily memb er s, Baumann neighbors helped Baumann seen a change in her neigh-
children evacuating from local tecting her home. cover my eyes and my mouth found herself of fering him and her uncle hose the area bors, who she said haven’t
elementary schools. A couple “I never took the time to and just keep moving through water, too. around their house, while Bau- bothered them since the fire
cried on the side of the road, change from my sandals to it,” Baumann said. “It felt like “You put aside the past and mann donated supplies to a occurred.
looking on as a fire neared their tennis shoes, from shorts to forever.” you focus on that day because complete stranger on a mission “I think that they can tell
house and the trailers holding j e a n s , ” B a u m a n n s a i d . “ I t Watching her struggle, Bau- you have to – because it’s the to cross the river to get to his we’re normal people, and we
their horses. didn’t seem worth it to me. To mann said a few of her neigh- only thing that makes sense to father on the other side. live here, too,” Baumann said.
At this point, Baumann was me, it was worth it making sure bors offered to help her move do,” Baumann said. “After having been through
crying, too. She had called her that I kept assessing ever y- the vehicles. She declined their Throughout the night, the this whole day is when you feel Email Carras at
cousins, her aunt, her uncle thing, kept being aware of what assistance. Sunland community continued more connected to helping ccarras@dailybruin.com.

COURTESY OF CELINA BAUMANN

As the flames began to burn parts of Baumann’s neighborhood, everything that was once green turned to black. While fighting the fire, Baumann’s ears flooded with the loud crackle of burning trees and the whir of circling helicopters.
Opinion
FAM program | Decision to replace lecturers will hurt students
BY RUSHABH
NAGORI
I
magine you
pay thou-
sands of dollars
to attend one of the world’s
best public universities. You
come in with the reasonable
expectation that the univer-
sity will do everything in its
power to make you employable
once you graduate – including
hiring faculty who understand
the industry you’re about to
enter and can prepare you for
the professional world.
If you are a student study-
ing finance, though, UCLA
might be a risky investment.
UCLA’s math department
recently announced it will not
retain any current lecturers
in the financial actuarial math-
ematics program to improve
the curriculum and reflect the
growing role of data science in
the field. The department will
replace these lecturers with
professors who are tenured or
on track to be tenured.
Actuaries compile and
analyze statistics to calculate
insurance risks and premiums.
All current lecturers in this
program are distinguished
professionals who work as
actuaries, while none of the
ladder faculty are actuarial-
certified.
This move is bound to make
it much more difficult for
students pursuing actuarial
careers to get jobs and intern-
ships. The current lecturers
bring their variety of experi-
ences from the industry into
the classroom, which helps
students understand the
responsibilities of a profes-
sional actuary. Replacing
these professionals will sever
contact with people who work
in the industry.
Students in the FAM
program attest to lecturers’
help outside of class in prepar-
ing for the job market.
“I think they definitely
helped bring a sense of real-
world applications of concepts,
especially with their projects,”
SUBMISSION
Debunking common misconceptions about Ramadan and iftar
AALI AKMAL
S
o one of your friends is
Muslim and is fasting for
the month of Ramadan.
You probably have several
questions on your mind
about it. What is Ramadan?
What exactly is an iftar? It’s
tempting to answer these
questions based on your expe-
riences, thoughts and insight.
However, as your fellow
Muslim classmate, I am going
to debunk some common
thoughts that you probably
have regarding Ramadan and
iftar.
When you hear the words
Ramadan and fasting, the first
word that probably comes to
your head is “commendable.”
It’s easy to imagine yourself
trying not to drink or eat
for 16 to 18 hours straight
despite the constant human
temptation to eat and drink.
Therefore, the usual response
I get for telling others about
Ramadan is, “Wow, I commend
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The financial actuarial mathematics program offered an industry-focused, preprofessional education to students. The math department’s changes to the program tarnish those qualities.
said Sanjay Pitchai, a fourth-
year FAM student.
These projects were partic-
ularly helpful to students
because they challenged them
to apply in-class concepts.
“The projects were quite
sandboxlike, in the sense that
you were given topics that
were very wide and open to
interpretation, which allowed
students to think and act as
professionals in the real world
would,” Pitchai said.
Taking away this valuable
real-world exposure and
replacing it with more theo-
retical knowledge does little to
help students. What matters
most when applying for jobs
is your previous experience in
the field. Since current lectur-
ers work at renowned firms or
you for the amount of sacrifice
you put in; I certainly would
never last.” While this compli-
ment is genuinely flattering,
it misses the point about why
Muslims fast in the first place.
Ramadan is the holiest
month of the Islamic calendar,
and it is a time when Muslims
fast in order to come closer
to Allah, and thus reflect
on our blessings. When we
experience hunger and thirst
all day, we are encouraged
to be grateful for all of our
blessings.
The experience also
encourages us to give to the
needy and extend kindness to
those around us. It also allows
us to practice forgiveness
toward others in hopes of
gaining Allah’s mercy. Despite
a small sacrifice of hunger and
thirst, there is a huge spiritual
gain out of the month. We use
those feelings to gain a higher
spiritual standing with Allah
in hopes of atoning for our
sins and being a better person.
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for the government, they are
poised to help students obtain
jobs by putting in a good word
for them and providing them
with networking tips.
Pitchai said he is still in
contact with a few of the
professors who have taught
him in the past, but added
younger students will miss out
altogether on the invaluable
opportunity to interact with
them.
Saumya Ananthanarayan,
a second-year FAM student,
has not yet taken any upper
division FAM classes. She
said she is anxious about how
different her experience will
be compared to those of previ-
ous students.
“These lecturers had
decades of experience working
There is also the assump-
tion that Muslims fast for 30
days straight. First of all,
Muslims fast from sunrise
to sunset. Not only is fast-
ing for 30 full days a mental
marathon, but humans can
typically only go without food
for 21 days and without water
for four days.
More importantly, if
Ramadan were just a mighty
starvation test, it’s hard to
see how that would bring
Muslims closer to each other
and to Allah. The temptation
to eat and drink would be so
high it would essentially be
counterproductive. Fasting is
not a test of grit, but rather a
chance to be closer to Allah.
Another common miscon-
ception is that Ramadan falls
at the same time every year.
It does fall at the same time
every year, but by a different
calendar system. Ramadan
is actually part of the Islamic
calendar, which is 10 days
shorter than the Gregorian
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The Daily Bruin
has a practice of
publishing submis-
sions and letters to
the editor from the
public. These tend
to cover a variety
of topics pertinent
to the campus com-
munity. This week,
we throw back to a
letter to the editor
from a fraternity
president about his
dysfunctional type-
writer. Seem odd?
You bet it was.
as actuaries and could help
students understand this field
well beyond the scope of typi-
cal professors,” she said.
Sadly, the math depart-
ment’s decision comes at a
time when students in other
finance-oriented departments
– economics, accounting or
statistics – already lack profes-
sional help. Many students
who want to pursue careers
in finance find a discern-
ible knowledge gap between
class materials and what they
are expected to know in job
and internship interviews.
On-campus clubs are forced
to fill in the gaps for students.
Ideally, such clubs should work
hand in hand with depart-
ments, but are instead forced
to take on the combined role
calendar and has no leap days,
and thus varies annually. If
you wanted to mark this date
on your calendar to be consid-
erate to your Muslim friend,
simply do a Google search for
the exact starts and finishing
dates for Ramadan.
Now for the iftar: the meal
with which Muslims end their
fast at sunset. A lot of people
don’t know what exactly
happens when Muslims break
their fasts, but let’s start
with what doesn’t happen.
You would assume that once
iftar time rolls around after a
daylong fast, Muslims would
just pig out on a dinner table.
But not only is that not right;
it is actually against many of
Islam’s teachings.
There is an etiquette in
Islam to eating a meal, and
that especially holds true in
the month of Ramadan. Part
of the practice is moderation
in eating and not filling the
stomach. In fact, according
to Hadith, the words, actions
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said holding a meeting wouldn’t be transparent to students, despite the fact some were in attendance.
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The FAM program was
looked to as a model for an
effective pre-professional
finance program. It was the
only industry-specific finance
course at UCLA taught by
members of the private sector
or government – a stark
contrast to the general-
ized and largely theoretical
economics and statistics
courses that other students
interested in finance take.
At a time when the other
departments should have
been learning from the FAM
program, the FAM program is
instead moving in the opposite
direction.
UCLA certainly provides
career readiness programs for
students interested in finance.
A case in point is the Sharpe
Fellows Internship Program,
which allows students to
network with investment
bankers.
However, most investment
banks now recruit for junior
year internships in the spring
of sophomore year, and the
Sharpe Fellows Internship
Program starts in the fall of
students’ junior year. Getting
a good junior year internship
often results in a job offer
DA I LY B R U I N F I L E P H OTO
from the same firm, and since
the program starts after the
recruiting cycle for most
of club, class and networking investment banks, it is not
coach. very useful to students.
Shatakshi Mohan, a Making students employ-
second-year statistics major, able involves more than
is the president of one such just teaching them course
club called Bruin Investment material. It means adjusting
and Trading, which teaches programs based on changing
its members about financial industry needs and allowing
analysis. Mohan feels that more experienced professors
concepts taught in classes are to tinker with class curricula
not enough to make students based on their understanding
employable. of the professional landscape.
“The pace of UCLA’s The FAM program offered
academics is far too slow that sort of pre-professional
compared to that of the education. After the math
investment banking industry,” department’s decision, though,
Mohan said. “There are a lot of it’ll become just another theo-
things that I’ve had to teach retical program that churns
myself or learn with the guid- out thousands of underpre-
ance of external resources pared finance graduates.
that I would not have stumbled
upon if I stuck to concepts Email Nagori at
taught in class.” rnagori@dailybruin.com.
and mannerisms of the Islamic world are done in a family
prophet Muhammad, Muslims setting during which scarfing
should divide their stomach down food would not just be
into three parts: one-third impolite, but would also be
for food, one-third for drink impractical. Sharing is natural
and one-third for air. The key when it comes to eating in
word is moderation: It would moderation. Everyone in the
be counter-productive for family would gather around
a Muslim to have a bloated the dinner table, with food
stomach because Ramadan is and beverages in the center,
still going on, even after they to exchange conversation,
break their fast. and have a more beautiful and
Additionally, one of the relatable experience.
five pillars of Islam is salat, or Finally, feel free to partici-
prayer. Devout Muslims try pate in iftar even if you are
their best to pray five times a not Muslim. Chances are your
day – you may have seen your Muslim classmates would be
fellow students do this behind excited to bring you along.
Kerckhoff Hall. The prayer at If you need help on how to
the time of breaking the fast behave and what to expect
is the Maghrib prayer, and it in an iftar, take a look at “An
would be hard to pray with a Iftar Guide for Non-Muslims”
bloated stomach because it on Al-Talib’s website or just
would be difficult to focus and ask that classmate of yours
be closer to Allah. who is taking part in Rama-
Moreover, practitioners are dan.
advised by Islam to eat with a
group and not keep one partic- Akmal is a third-year molecular,
ular food to oneself. In fact, a cell and developmental biology
lot of iftars around the Muslim student and a staff writer for Al
“This is not the student body.
This is a group of students who
are by no means repre-
sentative of the amount
of students here.”
ARIELLE YAEL
MOKHTARZADEH
USAC PRESIDENT
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FRAZIER and Field and Cross Country Mike Maynard

from page 12
Both records weren’t pushed out of the top 10
until the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Frazier graduated with a degree in politi-
cal science in 1986 and said that, for a time,
he considered following a path set out by his
degree.
“I had a roommate who was an attorney,
but I was like, ‘Ah, that looks boring,’” Frazier
said. “Then I thought about local govern-
ment. USC had a good program in public
administration, and I was offered a (graduate
assistant) position to go there and work on
that degree.”
A fter his time at UCLA, Frazier was
offered a choice between a master’s degree
at USC and the chance to get his feet wet as a
coach at UC Irvine.
With a little bit of coaxing from Venegas,
he chose the latter.
In his first year as a coach at UC Irvine,
Frazier had an All-American under his tute-
lage, and he said it still felt as though he was
competing despite his coaching position. He
said he never wanted to be a coach before
taking the position at Irvine and that ulti-
mately it was his love for the sport that drove
him to pursue it further.
“Track and field being a nonrevenue sport,
not only do you do it as an athlete because
you love it, but you also don’t go into coaching
thinking, ‘I’m going to make a lot of money
here,’” Frazier said. “You do it because you
genuinely love the sport.”
After his first year at UC Irvine, he was
offered a job at Humboldt State, where he
coached for one year. Since then, Frazier has
been a throws coach at universities all across
the country.
After his time at UC Irvine and Humboldt
State, the former Bruin coached at CSUN, Los
Angeles City College, Cal State Los Angeles,
Florida, Arizona and Tennessee, and, after
putting thousands of miles between himself
and Westwood, Frazier returned to UCLA.
was promoted from throws coach at UCLA to
director, and he needed someone to fill the
vacant spot.
“I needed somebody who was capable and
somebody who I could trust with taking over
some of the coaching that I had been respon-
sible for,” Maynard said. “In (Frazier), I was
really looking for somebody ... who had dem-
onstrated his friendship and loyalty, and that
was a really key thing for me.”
Frazier’s first season back at his alma
mater as a coach was in 2013, and he’s been
at UCLA ever since. 2018 will mark more than
30 years of coaching for Frazier.
In his return to Drake Stadium, Frazier
has coached more than 10 All-Americans,
and his team of throwers has been the most
consistent group UCLA track and field has
had over the last five years.
This past year, when the UCLA track and
field staff was gutted, all but one member of
the coaching staff either left or was fired.
The sole remaining member of the old staff
is Frazier.
“No one told me I was fired so I just kept
working,” Frazier said. “Normally when a
director comes in, he or she cleans house to
get the people that they want. ... But (cur-
rent Director of Track and Field and Cross
Country Avery Anderson knew) I had the
program’s best interest in mind.”
Now, nearly a year after the track and field
staff changes, Frazier has coached four Bru-
ins to the 2018 NCAA championship. These
four athletes make up the majority of track
and field athletes that will go to Eugene,
Oregon, this year for UCLA.
And though Frazier’s been at it for more
than three decades, there seems to be no end
in sight for one of UCLA track and field’s most
accomplished coaches.
“Everybody knows (that when they’re with
Frazier), they’re with somebody who’s going
to enrich their lives,” Venegas said. “He is
more than the sum of his parts.”
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and pitched pretty well.”
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lack of experience in the bull-
pen will come back to haunt
them in the playoffs, which start
Friday. So far, it’s as if three of
their best guys never left.
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THE RUNDOWN
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week.

Men’s basketball | Gabriel McCarthy, Daily Bruin reporter Softball | Angie Forburger, assistant Sports editor

UCLA softball’s Rachel Gar-

cia was named the USA Softball
Collegiate Player of the Year
at the Women’s College World
Series banquet in Oklahoma
City on Tuesday.
The redshirt sophomore is
only the second Bruin to earn
the award, the first being Sta-
cey Nuveman, who received the
honor in 2002.
Garcia led UCLA with a 1.02
ERA this year. She has posted a
27-3 overall record so far, with
273 strikeouts in 185 innings
pitched.
Garcia has also contributed
at the plate this season with a
batting average of .356, includ-
ing 11 home runs and 53 RBIs.
Last week, the pitcher took
home the espnW national play-
er of the year award, adding to
her series of accolades earned
this year. Garcia was also rec-
ognized as National Fastpitch
Coaches Association all-region
first team, all-Pac-12 first team
and Pac-12 conference player
of the year, along with a pleth-
ora of weekly honors.
Garcia has pitched in all the
games so far for the Bruins in
the NCAA tournament. She has GRANT MOONEY/ DA I LY BRUIN

gone 6-1 across the seven-game

stretch, recording a .83 ERA
and 55 total strikeouts. Offen-
sively, the redshirt sophomore
has a .364 batting average and
two home runs in the NCAAs.
Garcia will lead No. 3-seed- Florida State.
ed UCLA (56-5, 20-4 Pac-12)
as it begins play in the Wom- Email Forburger at
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Thursday against No. 6-seeded tweet @angiefdb.

Women’s water polo | Joy Hong, Daily Bruin staff

Former UCLA men’s basket-
ball’s point guard Lonzo Ball
was named to the NBA All-
Rookie second team for the
2017-2018 season.
Ball played in 52 out of the 82
regular season games and start-
ed 50. He averaged 10.2 points,
7.2 assists and 6.9 rebounds in
34.2 minutes played per game.
The Chino Hills, California,
native finished the season tied
for first in steals among rook-
ies and second in assists. Ball
also recorded 13 double-doubles
and two triple-doubles. At 20
years and 15 days old, he passed
LeBron James as the youngest
player in NBA history to record
a triple-double.
Ball had a 36 percent field-
goal percentage, including a
30.5 percent clip on 3-point
attempts. He shot the lowest
percentage of all NBA players,
averaging just over 10 points per
game and missed 30 games of
his rookie season due to injury.
Ball was named a consensus
All-American his freshman year
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at UCLA, starting all 36 of the
Bruins’ games. He averaged 14.6
points, recording a 55.1 percent
field-goal percentage and a 41.2
percent 3-point shooting per-
centage.
Ball was selected by the
NBA’s assistant coaches to rep-
resent Team USA at the Moun-
tain Dew Kickstart Rising Stars
game during this season’s All-
Star weekend.
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Four Bruins were named
All-Americans by the Associa-
tion of Collegiate Water Polo
Coaches on Monday.
UCLA women’s water polo’s
rising junior attacker Maddie
Musselman, graduating senior
attacker Devin Grab, rising
junior attacker Bronte Halligan
and rising senior goalkeeper
Carlee Kapana were the hon-
orees.
Mussel man ear ned first-
team recognition for a second
consecutive season. After lead-
ing UCLA in goals scored as a
rookie, Musselman led the Bru-
ins again this season with 53
goals. She averaged 1.83 goals
per game, logged eight hat
tricks and notched 19 games
in which she scored at least 2
goals.
Halligan and Kapana earned
All-American honors as first-
timers.
After sitting out for the most
of last season due to injury,
Grab registered 27 goals and
22 assists, earning her second-
team honors. Halligan earned
third-team honors after lead-
ing UCLA in both steals and
assists, with 58 and 34 of each,
respectively.
In the cage, Kapana aver-
aged 9.21 saves per ga me,
totaling 180 over the course
of the season, which earned
her recognition as honorable
mention.
UCLA finished the season
with a loss in the semifinals at
the NCAA tournament, but the
Bruins will return with three of
their four All-Americans next
season.
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M. BBALL points on 4-of-7 shooting, as

from page 12
ence play started in January,
but he averaged 10.4 points per
game on 39.2 percent 3-point
shooti n g i n noncon ference
play.
R i ley w a s su spended i n
November following the inci-
dent in China during the team’s
trip to Shanghai for the annual
Pac-12 China Game. He was a
four-star recruit out of Sierra
Canyon high school and ranked
No. 48 on 247Sports’ top pros-
pects list.
Hands was a participant in
the NBA Draft Combine ear-
lier this month. In his scrim-
mage, Hands recorded eight
well as three assists and four
turnovers in his 19 minutes of
playing time. Hands had just
one private workout after the
combine, traveling to Sacra-
mento to workout for the Kings
last week.
Wilkes and Hands were the
Bruins’ two five-star recruits
from last year, and their return
further cements coach Steve
Alford’s roster heading into
next season. Of the six play-
ers UCLA signed last year, five
are coming back, with the one
exception being forward LiAn-
gelo Ball, who left the team in
December.
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SOFTBALL play is double elimination, and

from page 12
We’re drinking a lot of water.
We’ll be fine.”
UCLA and Florida State are
in the second bracket of the
world series along with No. 2
seed Florida and No. 7 seed
Georgia.
The WCWS is divided into
two brackets. UCLA, Florida
State, Georgia and Flor ida
populate bracket two. Bracket
the teams that make it out of
each bracket will face off in
a three-game series to deter-
mine the champion.
If UCLA wins Thursday, it
will play the winner of Florida
and Georgia. If UCLA loses, it
will play the loser of the that
game.
Thursday’s game will be at
6:30 p.m. and will be nationally
televised on ESPN2.
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The Bruins have made it to the Women’s College World Series for the 28th time in the pro-
gram’s history. No. 3 seed UCLA will take on the No. 6-seed Florida State on Thursday night.
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Hands, Riley pull out of draft,
to return to UCLA basketball
With combo guard Jaylen Hands’ and forward Cody Riley’s announcements to withdraw from the NBA Draft, the Bruins will bring back
five of their six 2017 recruits for next season. The deadline to withdraw was at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night.
Throws coach brings passion, expertise
BY NICHOLAS YEKIKIAN
Assistant Sports editor
The 1972 Munich Olympics
is one of the most infamous
sporting events in history – but
in throws coach John Frazier’s
case, the legacy it left wasn’t
all bad.
He recalls being in his home
in Lancaster, California, watch-
ing Brian Oldfield throw the
shot put for the Americans in
West Germany. Then just 8
years old, he said it was the first
time he was exposed to track
and, more specifically, field.
“Then, when I was in the sev-
enth grade, my brother kind of
encouraged me to do (the shot
put), and my junior high school
coach actually got me into it,”
Frazier said with a chuckle.
“There was a big guy named Jim
Bakewell who probably threw
10 feet farther than everyone,
but I was second behind him.”
From that moment forward,
shot put defined what would be
a lifelong journey for Frazier,
and one that would bring him
to UCLA – twice.
His first trip to Westwood
came as an athlete in 1982. The
shot-putter was former coach
Art Venegas’ first recruit for
UCLA.
“When I first saw (Frazier),
I was instantly attracted to the
fact that he was a good athlete.
He was one of the best throw-
ers in the country,” Venegas
said. “He was lightning quick,
too. I used to tell people that
this 270-pound guy could run
a 4.6 (second) 40-yard dash.
One day, the (Oakland) Raiders
tested him and clocked him at
4.55.”
Frazier garnered All-Amer-
ican honors three times and
secured a spot on the UCLA
all-time top-10 list in both the
shot put and the hammer throw.
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Baseball finds promise in bullpen after losing starters to injuries
BY JACK KEARNS
Daily Bruin reporter
The Bruins’ pitching staff was
plagued with injuries all season,
forcing inexperienced pitchers
into major roles from the bull-
pen.
No. 19 UCLA baseball (36-19,
19-11 Pac-12) lost three poten-
tial starting pitchers over the
course of the season, leading
coach John Savage to reach
into his bullpen to find three
new starters in freshman Zach
Pettway, sophomore Ryan Gar-
cia and redshirt sophomore Jack
Ralston.
Boasting just one pitcher
with ample experience over 30
innings pitched at UCLA – soph-
omore Nick Scheidler – the bull-
pen has allowed just 15 runs in
the month of May, with less than
a third of the total runs scored
by the Bruins’ opponents during
a 15-game span. The bullpen has
Coach John Frazier has been the throws coach for track and field since 2013, but his life as a Bruin has been longer than these past five
years. He was an All-American shot-putter at UCLA, and after coaching stints at eight different schools, he returned to Westwood.
helped carry the Bruins to the
fifth-best ERA and eighth-best
WHIP in the nation.
“Whether it’s a reliever or a
Friday-night guy, we believe that
they’re going to get outs, and
they have to believe in us that
we’re going to get outs for them,”
said sophomore second base-
man Chase Strumpf. “So I think
the biggest part is the relation-
ship and the trust between the
two, and it doesn’t really matter
who’s on the mound then.”
Two pitchers weren’t expect-
ed to have significant roles out
of the bullpen before the season,
but they stepped up to lead the
Bruins in ERA.
Sophomore Kyle Mora made
four appearances his freshman
year and boosted that total to 32
this season, posting a 1.69 ERA
with 39 strikeouts. He started
one game April 3 against Loyola
Mar y mou nt, pitch i n g 5 2 / 3
frames with 1 run allowed and
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eight strikeouts.
Redshirt junior left-hander
Garrett Barker pitched a com-
bined 1 1/3 innings before this
year, but this season he has
appeared in 30 games, posting a
team-best 1.23 ERA.
“Mora and Barker have been
huge,” Strumpf said. “Seeing
these guys that haven’t pitched
at all last year or even the year
before (playing) like they’ve
been pitching for the last three
years is pretty amazing to see.”
Fresh man Holden Powel l
began the year fighting for the
closer spot with junior Brian
Gadsby. The right-handed fresh-
man claimed the role, recording
a 4.03 ERA in 27 games with six
saves and doesn’t think his role
changes with the injuries to the
mound.
“I think everyone just has to
stay ready, (and) I don’t think
BASEBALL | Page 10
BY SAM CONNON
Daily Bruin reporter
It’s all hands on deck for the
Bruins next season.
One day after rising soph-
omore g u a rd K r i s W i l kes
announced his return to UCLA
men’s basketball, rising sopho-
mores guard Jaylen Hands and
forward Cody Riley followed
suit and withdrew from the
2018 NBA Draft. The two did
not sign agents when they
entered the draft in April, so
they were eligible to return to
school if they pulled out before
11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
Hands averaged 9.9 points
per ga me i n h is f resh ma n
season, along with one steal
and almost 3 assists per game.
Hands was one of the team’s
starting guards at the begin-
ning of the season, but he only
ended up starting 15 of the
Bruins’ 31 games.
The combo guard’s produc-
tion slowed down once confer-
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Sophomore reliever Kyle Mora has stepped up for the Bruins in 2018. The right-hander had just four appearances as a freshman last
year, but this season, he came out of the bullpen and appeared in 32 games, recording a 1.69 ERA with a .157 batting average against.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
Junior infielder Brianna Tautalafua has eight home runs and 35 RBIs this season. She will
make her third consecutive appearance in the Women’s College World Series on Thursday.
UCLA softball
gears up to face
Florida State
BY MARCUS VEAL
Daily Bruin reporter
For the 28th time in pro-
gram history, the Bruins have
made it to the Women’s College
World Series.
The first opponent for No. 3
seed UCLA softball (56-5) will
be No. 6 seed Florida State (52-
11) in the tournament opener
Thursday.
Florida State finished the
regular season with the best
record in the Atlantic Coast
Conference at 21-3 and com-
peted in its sixth consecutive
con fer ence c h a mpion s h ip
ga me. I n t he ACC tou r n a-
ment, the Seminoles were the
last team standing and were
crowned conference champi-
ons for the fifth year in a row.
To get to the world series,
Florida State outlasted No. 11
seed LSU in a full three-game
series.
Offensively, the Seminoles
were led by Sydney Sherrill,
Carsyn Gordon and Jessie War-
ren. All three were named to
the 2018 National Fastpitch
Coaches Association all-South-
east region teams.
Florida State posted the sec-
ond-best batting average in the
ACC at .293 and led the con-
ference with 361 runs scored,
62 home runs and 133 stolen
bases.
“They are a team that likes
to be aggressive early, but we
are prepared for that,” said
coach Kel ly I nouye -Perez.
“They’re fast and like to run
and we know that, so our job
is to be able to just play catch.”
The Seminoles also had two
pitchers make the all-South-
east region teams: Meghan
King and Kylee Hanson. Their
BRUIN batting average against is .173,
the team ERA stands at 1.43
and it has 20 shutouts – all the
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best in the ACC. Hanson led
the conference with 28 wins
and an ERA of 1.05.
This marks the second time
in three years when the Bruins
and Seminoles have faced off in
the opening game of the tour-
nament. In 2016, the Seminoles
beat the Bruins in an elimina-
tion game 8-4.
“We’re really excited to play
against them,” said junior third
baseman Brianna Tautalafua.
“We still have a lot of players on
the team from (the 2016 sea-
son) and hopefully we’ll give
them the loss this time.”
The Bruins landed in Okla-
homa City on Monday. Redshirt
sophomore and USA Softball
Collegiate Player of the Year
Rachel Garcia said the team is
keeping the mood light while
keeping the same focus all sea-
son.
“This team has a lot of expe-
r ience bei n g (i n the world
series) and we’re trying to stay
loose as a team and showing
the freshmen around,” Garcia
said. “But at the same time,
we all have the same mindset
and know that we are playing
for something bigger than our-
selves.”
I nouye -Perez sa id the
team will continue to become
acquainted with the weather
and time difference during
practices leading up to Thurs-
day. The weather at game time
is supposed to be in the 90s
with a humidity of 62 percent.
“ T h at’s w hy we got out
here early, because it’s a lot
different than what we’re use
to playing in, but I’d always
rather play in hot than in cold,”
Inouye-Perez said. “The girls
will continue to get stronger
and more acclimated with it.
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