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Beach volleyball wins
ncaa championship AUBREY YEO/ DA I LY B R U I N S E N I O R STA F F

UCLA beach volleyball claimed the program’s first national title with a win over Florida State. This marks UCLA’s 116th NCAA championship in school history, which is good for a tie with Stanford for most NCAA championships of any athletic program.

BY JOY HONG
Daily Bruin reporter
In 2007, Stein Metzger and his part-
ner battled through eight straight
matches in the elimination bracket to
win the Association of Volleyball Pro-
fessionals beach volleyball title.
Fast forward 11 years – Metzger has
Beach volleyball than any victory I’ve ever had as a pro,”
Metzger said. “Sure enough, that’s how
No. 1 UCLA 3 it feels right now.”
No. 4 FLORIDA STATE 1 No. 1-seeded UCLA beach volleyball
(40-4) defeated No. 4-seeded Florida
now done it as a coach. State (33-7) 3-1 to claim the program’s
“In fact, coach (Jeff) Alzina and I first NCAA title. The Seminoles fought
were talking about it, and I said that if off three championship points on court
we can do this, it’s going to be sweeter two, but a cross-court kill by sophomore
Lily Justine secured the title for the
Bruins.
Justine and partner junior transfer
Sarah Sponcil won the second set 21-19
to help UCLA become the first team in
NCAA history to ever win the title from
the elimination bracket.
The Bruins fell to the Seminoles in
round two on opening day, needing
to trek their way past LSU, USC and
Hawai’i to get to the championship dual.
“We lost a little bit of fight against
that Florida State team (Friday),”
Metzger said. “They woke us up.”
The championship dual was a two-
flight format where pairs four and five
BEACH | Page 9

Homophobic slur found on door of

Academic Affairs Commission office
BY YUN KYUNG (ANNY)
KIM
Campus politics editor

A homophobic slur was found

on an undergraduate student
government office door Sunday
morning.
The Undergraduate Students GRANT MOONEY/ DA I LY BRUIN

Association Council Academic Claire Fieldman, a Bruins United candidate who was elected undergraduate student
Affairs Commission’s door was government president, won the seat with 2,604 votes, or 53.3 percent.
vandalized with the word “fag,”

said Divya Sharma, Academic
Affairs commissioner.
T h is is the second ti me
Sharma’s office was targeted
in the past few weeks. A pride
flag that was hanging in front
of the office’s door was stolen,
and Sharma installed a new flag
Wednesday.
Sharma said he is angered
and disappointed with the inci-
dent and plans to respond by
holding programs to educate
students about the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer community.
“The reason why this hap-
pens is because of ignorance
and lack of understanding of
the LGBTQ community,” he
said.
Sharma said he plans to work
with the university and other
campus organizations by donat-
ing money to the UCLA LGBT
Campus Resource Center and
creating an allyship training
program.
Sharma added he also wants
to implement a new student
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission’s door was vandalized with a homophobic slur. This is the
second time the office has been targeted in the past few weeks. The UCPD department said it is currently investigating this incident.
orientation course about the
LGBTQ community, similar
to the sexual violence, sexual
health and alcohol and sub-
stance abuse courses incoming
students are currently required
to take during orientation.
N id i r a h St ephen s, nex t
year’s commissioner, said she
thinks hate crimes are happen-
ing because perpetrators feel
they can get away with commit-
ting them. She added she plans
to advocate for cameras to be
installed in Kerckhoff Hall.
Sharma said his office will
keep the slur on the door as an
act of resistance until his term
ends.
“We believe we are far more
ANNA MORENO-TAKEGAMI/ DA I LY
powerful than a word could
ever be,” he said.
Sharma said he has filed
a report with UCPD, and the
department said it is currently
investigating the incident.
Email Kim at
ykim@dailybruin.com or tweet
@db_ykim.
Presidential candidate
from Bruins United
chosen to lead USAC
BY YUN KYUNG (ANNY)
KIM
Campus politics editor
BRUIN A Bruins United candidate
secured the president position
for the fourth year in a row.
This year’s election fea-
tured 39 candidates running
for nine contested positions,
composed of 19 independents,
nine Bruins United candi-
dates and 11 candidates from
three new slates.
Three out of the nine can-
d idates who ran w ith the
Bruins United slate won in
this year’s Undergraduate
Students Association Council
election, securing the posi-
tions of president, general
representative 2 and transfer
representative.
Next year’s council will
consist of three Bruins Unit-
ed members, nine indepen-
dents and two For the People
candidates. No candidates
from the Leaders Influenc-
ing Tomorrow and Candidates
Operating Clearly slates won
positions.
Voter turnout in this year’s
election was 26.5 percent.
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BY JOY HARJANTO
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A new position to repre-
sent international students in
undergraduate student govern-
ment was passed Friday.
The Undergraduate Stu-
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Election Board a n nou nced
Friday the international stu-
dent representative referen-
dum passed by a vote of 5,131
to 1,218. International student
leaders advocated for the posi-
tion, arguing the representa-
tive could meet with adminis-
trators and discuss issues spe-
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celebrate after the international student representative referendum’s victory is announced.
home at UCLA,” she said.
He added she th i nks the
new position will not increase
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finances, as well as the mental and members of other cam- “Sometimes when you are

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stigma many international stu-
The only five-days-per- dents face.
He said she thinks that by
week student newspaper voting to create the new posi-
paigns and the International flyering you see people who
Student Leadership Coalition don’t care, (but) internation-
will help write the bylaws and al students are people who
finalize the terms of the new deserve to find a home,” she

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tion, UCLA students acknowl-
edge international students’
needs.
“ T hey ca n f i na l ly f i nd a
position.
“We are going to ask people
to see what their thoughts are,”
He said. “(The responsibilities)
said.

Email Harjanto at
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Linda Hsu
Linda Hsu passed away in the early
hours of Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
She was a beloved mother,
grandmother, aunt, and daughter,
who spent 50 years working at UCLA
in the Office of the Chancellor. She
was surrounded by family at the time
of her passing with many friends
stopping in to share stories about
Linda in the days leading up to her
death.

Linda was an exceptional person who

could befriend nearly anyone with the
aid of her positivity, easy demeanor and ready smile. Always
putting the needs of others in front of her own, she chose to attend
to her son following his neck surgery and support her family
following the death of her mother last September, despite her ailing
health. While her friends and loved ones suspected she may be ill,
she insisted everything was all right until she fainted and spent the
subsequent six months battling stomach cancer before her passing.

Linda is survived by her father, Kenneth; her daughter, Janice

(Jason), and son, Raymond; grandsons, Mitchell and Everett;
nephew, Bruce, and niece, Terri; as well as several cousins in Hong
Kong. She will be greatly missed by all her family, friends and
colleagues at UCLA.

Posthumously, Linda will receive the Jane B. Semel HCI

Appreciation & Recognition Award at the 2018 UCLA Healthy
Campus Initiative Celebration event on Wednesday, May 9 at
Pauley Pavilion.

Services will be held at Rose Hills Memorial 3888 Workman Mill

Rd, Whittier on Thursday, May 10 at 11:00 AM. Memorial to be
held at the Hollywood American Legion 2035 N Highland Ave, Los
Angeles on Saturday, May 12 between 10 AM - 2 PM. In lieu of
flowers, donations in Linda’s memory may be sent to No Stomach
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Condoleezza Rice talks political risks from foreign affairs at campus event
BY SYDNEY CONEENY
Daily Bruin contributor
A for mer Un it ed St at e s
secretary of state said at an
on-campus event Friday she
thinks the U.S. should double
its efforts to promote democra-
cy abroad in order to increase
economic stability worldwide.
C o n d o l e e z z a R i c e ,w h o
ser ved in former President
George W. Bush’s administra-
tion, talked about the inter-
national development projects
she thinks the U.S. should pur-
sue at a forum hosted by the
Burkle Center for International
Relations in Carnesale Com-
mons. Rice and Amy Zegart, a
professor of political science at
Stanford University, also talked
about their new book “Politi-
cal Risk: How Businesses and
Organizations Can Anticipate
Global Insecurity,” which advis-
es businesses on how to deal
with risks, such as foreign gov-
ernment actions and internet
hacking, from political actors.
Rice and Zegart said there
are unprecedented risks that
successful businesses need to
anticipate, including cyber-
security and public relations
risks.
Zegart said social media can
contribute to political risks,
especially when companies
use it to address problems that
place them in the public spot-
light. For example, Starbucks
Cor p. CEO Kev i n Joh n son
issued a statement claiming
full accountability after the
company received widespread
attention for the arrest of two
African-American men in one
of its coffee shops in Philadel-
phia after they were asked to
leave for not purchasing any-
thing.
“If companies can use social
media to show that they care
when something bad happens,
it can mitigate risk,” Zegart
said. “Companies that can and
know how to use (social media)
can benefit.”
Rice said the geopolitical
landscape is constantly chang-
ing and that online interfer-
ence in businesses and govern-
ments poses a real threat.
“You look around the cor-
ner and it’s the Russian gov-
ernment using a social media
platform to interfere in your
political race, and that’s politi-
cal risk,” she said.
Zegart said changes in the
international political land-
scape i n combi nation w ith
cyber risks can cause both
large and smal l busi nesses
to falter or fail if they do not
anticipate problems. She add-
ed political threats can affect
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businesses that operate on a
global scale if they are unaware
of weak security points in their
supply chains.
“Cyber threats are a risk to
every company in every indus-
try, not just big companies, so
everything from trade security
to (movie) scripts, these things
are vulnerable to an array of
nefarious actors,” Zegart said.
S t udent s w ho at t ende d
the event said they learned
more about the relationships
bet ween gover n ments a nd
businesses.
Sahej Verma, a second-year
global studies student, said
he attended the event to hear
more about why global busi-
nesses invest in countries with
weak infrastructures.
“Some businesses choose to
invest where there’s no rule
of law and fair courts don’t
exist, but they still invest there
because they can make money
off of it,” he said.
Carlos Hernandez, a gradu-
ate student in business admin-
istration, said he learned more
about how international trea-
ties and various global threats
affect the U.S. He added he had
not previously considered the
role certain countries, such as
Mexico, can play in contribut-
ing to business risks.
“ T her e wer e r e a l l y key
3
insights that I hadn’t heard
before, especially our lack of
attention to the neighborhood,
for example, Mexico, which is
right across the border,” he
said. “So it’s not just something
that’s happening in China, Iran
or Russia, it’s also here and
very close to home.”
Kathryn Li, a graduate stu-
dent in business administra-
tion, said she thinks it is impor-
tant for students to understand
political risk and international
affairs because the world is
i ntercon nected a nd g loba l
events affect individuals in the
U.S.
“For us to be in an academic
bubble on campus and not to
know what’s going on around
the world is a deficiency and
we owe it to ourselves to know
what’s going on outside of just
the U.S.,” Li said.
Zegart said it is important
for business leaders not only to
understand political risk, but to
be able to manage it.
“Risk is a cost center that is
often relegated to the risk peo-
ple (in companies),” she said.
“One takeaway from the book
is that risk needs to be taken
seriously, and change needs to
come from the top.”
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Email Coneeny at Condoleezza Rice, who served as U.S. secretary of state in former President George W.
sconeeny@dailybruin.com. Bush’s administration, said at an event Friday businesses face a variety of risks.

ELECTION “I cannot believe I won, (because) inde-

pendent campaigning is hard without a lot
of resources and finance,” the third-year
PRESIDENT
Claire Fieldman
COMMUNITY SERVICE
COMMISSIONER
from page 1 political science and international develop- (Bruins United) Bethanie Atinuke Sonola
ment studies student said. (Independent)
Claire Fieldman, the Bruins United can- Sarena Khasawneh, a For the People
didate for president, said she feels humbled candidate who ran unopposed for Cultural INTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT
by her victory and cannot wait to serve the Affairs commissioner, said she thinks the Robert Blake Watson CULTURAL AFFAIRS
student body. election was very stressful despite her run- (Independent) COMMISSIONER
“I can’t wait to work with all the other new ning uncontested.
council members next year and I can’t wait Khasawneh, a third-year political science Sarena Khasawneh
to make really productive and really positive and an Arabic culture and language student, EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT (For the People)
change,” the third-year English student said. added she thinks the election is like a popu-
Many of the elected candidates surround- larity contest, in which students vote with- Jamie Kennerk
ed themselves with their supporters as they out considering the candidates’ platforms. (Independent) FACILITIES COMMISSIONER
celebrated their victories. “I think the election needs to be restruc- Julia Ho-Gonzalez
Robert Blake Watson, a second-year politi- tured because in the end, it’s the minority
cal science and economics student and an students who don’t have resources that suf- GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE 1 (Independent)
independent candidate who won the internal fer,” she said. “We already don’t have enough Ayesha Haleem
vice president position, said he will work to resources, and we are spending that on the
make the council more inclusive. election instead of other things.” (Independent) FINANCIAL SUPPORTS
“For years now, the IVP’s position hasn’t Candidates who lost said although they COMMISSIONER
done much beyond its roles of setting agen- were not elected, they will continue their GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE 2 Jay Manzano (Independent)
das, if they even do that,” he said. “I want advocacy work.
(the office) to be for students because that’s Helen-Sage Lee, an independent candi- Bella Martin
what the position was designed for – for stu- date for general representative and a third- (Bruins United) STUDENT WELLNESS
dents to interact with administration and to year human rights and technology student,
work with student organizations.” said running in this year’s election gave her COMMISSIONER
Some elected independent candidates a chance to share her own story and she is GENERAL REPRESENTATIVE 3 George Louis Faour
said they are glad their campaigning paid off. excited to see what next year’s council will Eduardo Solis (Independent)
Jamie Kennerk, a third-year political sci- achieve.
ence and communication student and an “This journey never began with USAC (Independent)
independent candidate who won the external and it won’t end with USAC,” she said. TRANSFER STUDENT
vice president position, said the campaigning Ashraf Beshay, a fifth-year biology stu-
was exhausting because of the large number dent who ran for president as an indepen- ACADEMIC AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE
of candidates who ran this year. dent candidate, said that although he is COMMISSIONER Jessica Kim (Bruins United)
“This election was a hard and stressful not sure how he will be involved in campus Nidirah Stephens
experience, but I had a lot of great support- politics in the future, he is glad the interna-
ers,” she said. tional student representative referendum (For the People)
Ayesha Haleem, an independent candi- passed. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
date who was elected to general representa- “I’m hopeful all the candidates will be REPRESENTATIVE AMENDMENT
tive 1, said it is financially harder for inde- working for their communities,” he said. CAMPUS EVENTS
pendents to win in elections, but she hopes COMMISSIONER Passed
this election will encourage more people to Email Kim at ykim@dailybruin.com or tweet
Alley Madison (Independent)
run in the future. @db_ykim.

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USAC Election Board damages integrity

T
Madeleine Pauker, Managing
editor his year’s made one thing clear: The elections tin, the newly elected general repre- mention of the potential illegitimacy
Emily McCormick, Digital would go on, with or without equity. sentative 2, and Victoria Solkovits, the of the election results during the
managing editor Undergraduate And the election board got its defeated Bruins United candidate for announcement.
Rupan Bharanidaran, News election. A candidate who coerced a external vice president, were found Instead, 10 minutes after the mys-
editor Students Asso- student to vote for her was elected, to have coerced a student to vote at terious Facebook post, Election Board
Keshav Tadimeti, Opinion a slate that permitted its candidates the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house. Chair Jack Price walked into Mey-
editor ciation Council to act undemocratically won three And there were other complaints erhoff Park, announced the results
Abhishek Shetty, Assistant positions on the council table and the filed against Bruins United that also and walked away as if nothing had
Opinion editor Election Board promised to mere 26.5 percent of the student body claimed candidates forced students to happened. Students are now left to
Lindsay Weinberg, Prime that cared to vote walked away with vote for them. wonder whether some of their future
content editor stand behind equitable and less faith in the system than it came The board said it could not ascer- elected officials won in a fair fashion.
Catherine Liberty Feliciano, in with. tain whether the events occurred, but The election board can certainly
Staff representative fair elections. This year’s election was unprec- it’s unlikely it conducted a thorough make amends and disqualify candi-
Ryan Leou, Staff edented. But it was also a failure. The enough investigation when it posted dates who broke the rules and compro-
representative All it managed to stand behind, election board didn’t act when given its findings less than an hour before mised the student body’s trust. But it’s
Roberto Luna Jr., Staff though, was the lectern it used to the chance. Consequently, this year’s releasing the election results. already too late at this point. Changing
representative announce results Friday. election results are dubious, but the More egregious, however, was the the results after the fact draws into
Arthur Wang, Staff Each year, USAC elections test the election board’s lack of a backbone board’s callousness for maintaining question the election board’s commit-
representative will of the student body. Amid suspi- isn’t. the sanctity of the election. Just min- ment to electoral integrity.
cious campaign tactics and caustic We’ve seen this in the past. The utes before announcing the results The USAC bylaws don’t require
social media posts, the USAC Elec- 2016 election board failed to disquali- – after already delaying its announce- candidates running for office to have
The issue tion Board is expected to monitor fy a student fee referendum for which ment by an hour – the board posted a moral compass. They do, however,
The Undergraduate Students Association the campaigning process and ensure campaign managers broke numerous on Facebook that it was investigating require the election board to do
Council Election Board left students in
doubt about the finality of Friday’s elec-
every candidate has a fair shot at campaign spending and sanction whether to disqualify unnamed can- what it can to protect the integrity of
tion results. earning a seat on the council table. rules. And the previous board did didates for sinking to new lows to gar- undergraduate student government
But that was too much to expect little to quell concerns about block ner student votes. The board added elections.
of this year’s election board. Despite voting by certain campus organiza- it was seeking student testimonies as This year’s election board fell short
Our stance receiving substantiated complaints tions – or even to determine whether part of its investigation. of that promise.
The USAC Election Board failed in uphold-
ing the integrity of this year’s election.
about candidates breaking election it happened. No one was disqualified. No further
Students have consequently lost faith in bylaws and sullying the integrity of Two years later, the board has updates were given to the student Unsigned editorials represent the
the election process. the democratic process, the board made the same mistakes. Bella Mar- body. There wasn’t even further majority opinion of the editorial board.

Middle East | UCLA should refrain from using Eurocentric terms

BY ANI the department of Near East-
GASPARYAN ern languages and cultures is
part of the College of Letters

T
he
“Middle
East” is
ever-present in the news. We
hear it in mainstream media.
Our elected representatives
toss the phrase around.
Universities even use the
phrase when naming their
academic departments.
There’s just one question:
middle east of what?
The countries that are
included in the region have
alternated throughout history
and continue to change
depending on political affairs,
and even personal opinions.
According to the National
Geographic style manual,
there is no precise definition
that outlines what constitutes
the “Middle East.”
Before the term “Middle
East” became a normal part
of our vocabulary, people
referred to the region as
the “Near East.” Academ-
ics continue to do so when
researching the ancient
history of the region. For
example, UCLA’s department
of Near Eastern languages
and cultures offers a middle
eastern studies major, but
UCLA also has a Center
for Near Eastern Studies
whose mission is to “train
undergraduate, graduate, and
professional specialists on the
Middle East, North Africa and
the Islamic world.”
The wide and mixed usage
of those two terms has made
them historically significant
to how academics study the
history, cultures and societies
of the region. But they fall
short of accurately represent-
ing the geographic area.
The term “Middle East” is
unclear in its definition, and
therefore misinforms how
students study and view the
region. It doesn’t highlight
how Southwest Asia and North
Africa have contributed to and
been influenced by the world.
The term “Middle East” also
perpetuates the colonialist
ideologies that created the
term in the first place, rein-
forcing harmful stereotypes
that the region is uncivilized
and backward by emphasizing
it as a separate geographic
area that isn’t well-connected
with the nations around it or
even the rest of the world.
UCLA should rename the
middle eastern studies major
and Center for Near Eastern
Studies to the Southwest
Asian and North African stud-
ies and Center for Southwest
Asian and North African Stud-
ies, respectively. Academia
plays a key role in how we
understand and engage with
Southwest Asia and North
Africa, and shifting away
from Eurocentric terms like
“Middle East” can help the
university better represent
the geographic significance of
these regions.
The terminology currently
used to describe Southwest
Asia and the North African
regions can be traced to
European colonialist ideolo-
gies. Pouneh Behin, one of
the co-founders and leaders
of Southwest Asian and North
Afrikan in Los Angeles, an
advocacy group for local and
global SWANA communities,
said the term “Middle East” is
used to describe the region’s
geographic relation to Europe.
“Instead of using ...
terminology like ‘Southwest
Asia,’ (colonialists) used
‘Middle East’ because they
were also involved in imperial
campaigns,” Behin said.
The term “Middle East”
also reflects Orientalist ideolo-
gies. Orientalism represents
Southwest Asia and North
Africa as something “other”
than Western countries – radi-
cally different, barbaric and
backwards.
Referencing the region in
Eurocentric terms like “Middle
East” or “Near East” allows
it to seem distanced from
the world stage, said Michael
Cooperson, a professor of
Near Eastern languages and
cultures.
“It makes it seem as if
the region is isolated from
everything around it – that
it’s different and special,”
Cooperson said. “But if you
call it Southwest Asia, then
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you realize it’s part of Asia and
it’s connected to other things.”
The confusion between the
terms “Near East” and “Middle
East” also affects how those
regions are studied in politics
and history.
It’s difficult to understand
what the Middle East and
ancient Near East are, espe-
cially when the term “Middle
East” is used in modern
politics while “Near East” is
used for ancient scholarship,
said Kara Cooney, an associate
professor of Egyptian art and
architecture.
Katherine Alvarado, a
UCLA spokesperson, said in
a statement that UCLA has
two differently named entities
because the Center for Near
Eastern Studies is run by the
International Institute, while
and Science.
But by continuing to use
terms like “Middle East” and
“Near East,” UCLA is repre-
senting the region through
an outdated and Eurocentric
lens.
Using the term “Southwest
Asia and North Africa” would
allow students to have a more
comprehensive understanding
of the region and challenge the
Orientalist and postcolonial
systems that reinforce the
notion of the “barbaric Middle
East.” Renaming the depart-
ments would establish that the
region is a part of Asia, and
therefore, the world. Changing
how we refer to the region
would also aid students from
the regions by challenging
the harmful stereotypes that
exoticize and misappropriate
their cultures.
And some academics in
the field would welcome this
change. Cooney, for example,
said she is open to the idea
of using the term “Southwest
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Asia and North Africa,” and
thinks it may help to redefine
our stereotypical ideas of the
region.
Alvarado said the terms
“Middle East” and “Near East”
are geographic terms. Perhaps
this is the justification for why
UCLA has yet to change the
names of these departments.
But that’s a geography
defined by Europe’s perspec-
tive, not by those who inhabit
or have roots in those regions.
Southwest Asia and North
Africa are not as separate from
the world as the term “Middle
East” has us believe. Academia
needs to acknowledge how
this region plays an important
historical and cultural role,
not distance it from the rest of
the world.
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Marathon Reading adds novel, Ramen with a
communal dimension to reading twist to rebrand
BY OLIVIA MAZZUCATO
Daily Bruin reporter
The 2018 Marathon Read-
ing is part endurance race, part
relay.
Over the course of 24 hours,
readers will take turns read-
ing the entirety of “Jane Eyre”
and “Wide Sargasso Sea,” pass-
ing around books rather than
a baton.
The event will begin Tuesday
at 9 a.m. and will continue until
the two books are complete, with
students, professors and mem-
bers of the Los Angeles com-
munity scheduled to read out
loud in 10 minute shifts until 9
a.m. Wednesday. The marathon’s
design adds new communal
dimensions to the experience
of reading, and aims to redefine
participants’ understanding of
what literature can be through
discussions of current events
that relate to the stories, said
UCLA English department chair
Lowell Gallagher.
“In some ways, it is like a
piece of installation art that
we’re creating – this shared col-
lective reading of a great work of
literature that brings people into
the act of listening to a story
being read aloud over a consid-
erable space of time,” Gallagher
said.
UCLA’s English department
first began hosting marathon
readings in 1996, tackling epic
novels such as “Moby-Dick” and
“Ulysses.” The readings grew
in popularity, attracting guests
that ranged from actor John
Lithgow to Rosa Parks.
However, when the English
department was relocated from
Rolfe Hall to the Humanities
Building following the 2005
Marathon Reading, it stopped
hosting the event, Gallagher
said.
The department revived the
event last year with a reading of
“Beloved” and has since worked
to renew interest in marathon
reading by gradually building
the event back up in promi-
nence and scale. English gradu-
ate student and event co-chair
Cailey Hall said the decrease in
popularity may have occurred
in part because the attention
span of potential participants
has diminished from earlier
marathon readings because of
increased pressures to maxi-
mize one’s personal time.
“I think that people are some-
what less willing to spend time
sitting around listening to works
of literature being read aloud
... and I think people feel like
they have a lot more pressures
on their time,” Hall said. “That
approach to things trickles down
and makes people less willing to
actually sit and be present and
enjoy something.”
This year’s Marathon Reading
will attempt to attract readers
and hold their attention in a vari-
Theater review
“School of Rock”
Directed by Laurence Connor
HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES
BY KATELYN OLSON
Daily Bruin contributor
“School of Rock” opens
like a concert, complete with
smoke, sweeping red lights
and a rock band performing
with guitars and drums.
Then walls of a bedroom,
Marathon Reading 2018
Tuesay, 9 a.m.
Powell Library courtyard
ety of ways, including through
audience activities related to
the books, Hall said. Attendees
will have the chance to color in
pictures of scenes from “Jane
Eyre,” and one graduate stu-
dent will conduct palm read-
ings inspired by a scene in the
book, in which the character
Mr. Rochester disguises himself
as an old woman and reads his
guests’ palms.
The organizers purposefully
chose “Jane Eyre” and “Wide
Sargasso Sea” to foster larger
conversations about feminism
and mental health, said English
graduate student and Reading
Marathon co-chair Bethany
Johnsen. Although the books
were picked by the organizers
of last year’s event, Johnsen said
the pairing contained added
meaning after the resurgence of
the #MeToo movement in Octo-
ber 2017.
“Jane Eyre” explores the
power dy na m ics of a poor
woman who gets involved with
her wea lthy employer, M r.
Rochester, and asks readers
to reconsider whether or not
their relationship is romantic or
exploitative, Johnsen said. On
the other hand, “Wide Sargasso
and later, school maps and
doors slide in, transitioning
the concert opening into a
musical and introducing the
reality of the main character’s
unsuccessful music career.
Throughout the show, Dewey
Finn (Rob Colletti) and four
of his young students play
live, resulting in an engaging
performance with both hit
numbers and intriguing char-
acters. The national tour of
“School of Rock,” the musical
adaption of the 2003 movie
Monday, May 7, 2018
Sea” – written by Jean Rhys as
a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s
novel – reimagines the story of
Mr. Rochester’s wife, Bertha
Mason. In “Jane Eyre,” Bertha
is considered by Mr. Rochester
to be insane and is locked in the
attic, but “Wide Sargasso Sea”
reimagines her as a displaced
and emotionally isolated Creole
heiress, bringing in discussions
of mental health and racism,
Hall said.
Johnsen said the ages of “Jane
Eyre” and “Wide Sargasso Sea”
– first published in the mid-19th
and mid-20th centuries, respec-
tively – were taken into consid-
eration when selecting the books
for this year’s event. Marathon
Reading provides a platform to
celebrate and discuss books that
aren’t necessarily viewed in the
current cultural spotlight, and
connect them to students’ lives,
Johnsen said.
“We actually wanted to bring
attention and appreciation to
things that are a little older and
don’t get press anymore ... and
open people’s eyes to the fact
that something w ritten 150
years ago or in the 1960s can
still speak to the current cul-
tural moment,” Johnsen said.
The event also aims to make
the classical books more accessi-
ble for students, both by refram-
ing the literature in terms of
modern-day relevance and by
of the same name, opened
Thursday and will run up
until May 27 at the Hollywood
Pantages theater.
Dewey, as a substitute
teacher, convinces his stu-
dents to form a rock band by
explaining the importance of
rock with the song “Stick It to
the Man” – a rock jam about
standing up to rule makers.
Dewey riles the kids, building
energy by asking what makes
them angry and leading them
to punch the air with their
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encouraging participants to
drop in throughout the day –
between classes and meetings
– to observe the reading for as
long or as short a time as they
like.
“One of the values of it is that
it also helps to bring the activ-
ity of reading literature into the
rhythm of an ordinary day on
campus,” Gallagher said. “It real-
ly speaks to a public humanities
goal, which is to make literature
much more available in some-
times surprising ways.”
Hall said she hopes the event
will attract students of all majors
and years and help redefine
their perception of so-called
“serious literature:” While many
perceive older stories to be lim-
ited for classroom use only, the
marathon reading aims to create
different forms of engagement
with the text.
“We just hope people will
come together and realize that
literature is something that can
be fun and shared with other
people,” Hall said. “Generally,
we sit around awkwardly and
silently and do our own work by
ourselves, and this is a chance
for us to come and be awkward
and be just slightly less silent
together.”
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fists while stomping their feet
and nodding their heads. The
belted, punchy notes, along
with a few screamed lines and
the electric guitar, created an
atmosphere of rebellion and
intense energy.
Colletti’s Dewey Finn
pulled off the intense
rocker personality with his
arrogantly confident body
language and raspy vocals.
But his character wasn’t one-
dimensional – in other parts
of the show, he expressed his
goofy side, sliding on a roll-
ing speaker on his belly and
physically shaking the kids
to get them to “loosen up.”
The height of Colletti’s per-
formance, however, occurred
when Dewey exchanged his
usual outgoing demeanor for
sincere gratitude. Following
one performance, he group-
hugged his students and told
them – his voice cracking and
nose sniffling – how proud he
was of them.
The children also suc-
ceeded in embodying their
characters through telling
body language and facial
expressions. Cello-player-
turned-bassist Katie (Theo-
dora Silverman) nodded her
two pigtails while pooching
her lips, and lead guitarist
family-run eatery
BY RUHI SHAH
Daily Bruin contributor
Charlie Kim’s ramen-eat-
ing habits in college inspired
him to add a new dish to his
restaurant menu – the bulgo-
gi stir-fry ramen.
The dish is a fan favorite
and will be his first contribu-
tion to the menu at his family-
owned Korean restaurant.
After graduating in 2014,
the UCLA alumnus worked
in the marketing industry for
two years. But when his fam-
ily’s restaurant, Aria, began
experiencing declining sales,
Kim booked a flight from Los
A ngeles to San Francisco
to help his parents rebrand
the Tenderloin district eat-
ery through menu changes,
social media promotion and
merchandising.
The menu features genera-
tions of Korean family cuisine
with a street-style spin, some-
thing Kim said he has focused
on highlighting to rework the
restaurant’s image to reach
a more d iverse customer
base. His ultimate mission is
to make the Korean food he
grew up with accessible to all.
Assistant manager David
Black said the food at Aria
i s g re at bec au se it’s for
ever yone. The restaurant
encourages street-style din-
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ing, and since Black began
posting pictures of ramen,
fried chicken and kimbap
displayed together on metal
trays, those menu items have
garnered attention on Insta-
gram because of their photo-
genic appeal.
“The way that I see it is
that Korean food isn’t just for
Koreans,” Black said.
The menu, originally con-
sisting of more than 40 Kore-
an tapas, now mainly focuses
Alumnus Charlie Kim is rebranding his family’s restaurant Aria by selling streetwear,
posting photos on social media and introducing an instant ramen dish with bulgogi.
Zack (Vincent Molden) bent
his knee and tilted his torso
to the side, transforming the
kids from upright, quiet stu-
dents to confident, hip rock-
ers. The costumes also helped
showcase their transforma-
tion, the burgundy uniforms
altering into band costumes
with added accessories such
as feathered shoulder pads,
neckties for headbands and
colored hair extensions.
Grier Burke as Tomika, the
shy, slouched-girl-turned-
sassy lead singer of the band,
stood out from her middle
school peers. In the second
act, after expressing her
aspiration to be a lead singer
in the band instead of just a
backup singer, she comes cen-
ter stage, closing her eyes and
planting her feet while belting
“Amazing Grace,” scoring her
a spot in their ensemble.
Though the show featured
many strong solo moments,
the most powerful musical
numbers in the show were the
group numbers. The goose
bumps-inducing number
“If Only You Would Listen”
expressed the students’ needs
to be heard after their parents
ignore their individual inter-
ests, particularly in music.
The song is later reprised
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on Korean fried chicken and
kimbap, or Korean rolls, in
a grab-and-go style, Black
said. Kim said he removed
more classic dishes, like the
rice bowl bibimbap, so that
the new menu would feature
more popular dishes, which
are casual and homey.
One of Aria’s most popular
dishes is its rendition of Kore-
an fried chicken, Kim said.
Kim’s grandmother ran a Chi-
nese restaurant in Korea, and
when his family immigrated
to the Un ited States, she
began making fried chicken
at home, incorporating bone-
less and skinless chicken
thighs with special spices.
Soon after, the dish found
its place on Aria’s menu. Kim
recently learned the fried
chicken recipe from his moth-
er, and now, the two begin
marinating the chicken every
day at 5:30 a.m.
A nother popu la r menu
item is the kimbap, which
Aria offers with bulgogi – or
marinated beef – and veg-
etables. The kimbap recipe
comes from Kim’s mother,
and is a childhood-favorite
dish that he ate during mid-
dle school and high school, he
said. At Aria, the family uses
a rib eye roll, which is more
tender than typical ground
beef, for their bulgogi kimbap.
“The kimbap roll is really
street food – it’s not fancy, it’s
very home-style, but at the
same time not many people
offer that in the neighbor-
hood with a reasonable price,”
Kim said.
For their noodle festival
Noods Noods Noods on April
7, food news website Food-
beast reached out to Kim to
create a new ramen dish. Kim
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COURTESY OF CHARLIE KIM
by the four band members,
band manager Summer (Iara
Nemirovsky) and Tomika,
who sing to Dewey about how
he gave them voices, showing
the impact he has on the stu-
dents through teaching them
rock music.
Though “School of Rock” is
a high-energy and joke-filled
show, it weaves in hearty
ballads that comment on the
pressure and expectations
behind student life. The
show’s plethora of jokes and
funny character moments
created a very entertain-
ing experience, but what
made the show more than a
comedy was its message on
the transformative power of
music. The combination of
character development and
high-energy rock songs made
the musical a standout per-
formance, earning a standing
ovation even before curtain
call began.
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kolsen@dailybruin.com.
Ratings
1 – Waste of time 3 – Good
2 – Eh, could 4 – Almost perfect
be better 5 – Life-changing

Album review
“Good Thing”
Leon Bridges
COLUMBIA RECORDS
BY LISA AUBRY
Daily Bruin staff
Leon Bridges’ latest album
is definitely a good thing.
Released Friday, “Good
Thing” represents experi-
mentation within the R&B
genre, immersing listen-
ers with its soulful tunes
into undulating patterns of
emotional restlessness. The
album remains rooted in the
’50s and ’60s soul flair inte-
gral to Bridges’ signature
style, while offering a revi-
talizing contemporary twist
in its seamless incorporation
of synthetic beats.
The 28-year-old soul
singer’s music career hit
the ground running in 2015
with the release of his debut
album “Coming Home,” and
he has kept his momentum
going with his latest album.
His voice takes listeners on a
sentimental journey through
romantic difficulties and tri-
umphs, overcoming personal
obstacles and embracing
influential female forces in
his life.
The album opens up with
“Bet Ain’t Worth the Hand,”
which features tinkling
bells and string instruments
supplemented by Bridges’
striking falsetto. The
singer’s masterful control
of his vocal range invites
listeners to tune into the
clarity of his lyrical message,
which focuses on a breakup
scenario. The lightness and
musical tact of the instru-
mentals counterbalance the
singer’s regretful sorrow so
as to avoid an overbearing
gloominess.
The next track, “Bad
Bad News” follows up with
a jazzy percussion beat,
punctuated by a playful
keyboard solo. The lyrics are
nonchalant yet self-assured
– “I don’t worry, don’t worry,
don’t worry about people in
my face/ I hit ‘em with the
style and grace, and watch
their ankles break” – a mes-
sage that stimulates the
song’s lively rhythmic ener-
gy. The snappy lyrics and
crisp beats mix to create the
ideal song for a trek down
Bruin Walk.
Although “Bad Bad News”
and “Bet Ain’t Worth the
Hand” have quickly gained
acclaim as fan favorites, the
song “Shy” best captures
Bridges’ musical experi-
mentation. The song’s use
of quirky synthetic beats
deviates quite a bit from the
’50s-inspired tunes of “Com-
ing Home.” Bridges sweet-
talks a love interest with a
silky voice, quickly cutting
to a brassy tone for the cho-
rus, “I just want to see you,
you could come over/ I know
you’re shy, you can be shy
with me.”
Bridges’ chants transition
easily from one song to the
next – for example, his sweet
falsetto voice in “Shy” melts
into seductive wavering
tones of “Beyond.” Through-
out the album, strings and
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drums encapsulate a torrent
of emotions, ranging from
excitement to melancholy
to infatuation, which only
amplifies the potency of his
thoughtful lyrics.
The last track, “Georgia
to Texas,” is reminiscent of
his early hit “Lisa Sawyer” in
its mention of his mother’s
strength of character. The
song also nods to his father’s
facial features and brother’s
hand-me-down clothes to
present a heartwarming
account of familial ties.
Although the song fits
thematically with the other
tracks on the album, with its
allusion to the female pres-
ences in his life, the song
lacks the punchy, rhythmic
personality of the rest of the
album. The song, and there-
fore the album, come to an
uncharacteristically abrupt
stop. Yet, the offbeat ending
almost feels purposeful, as if
to indicate an open-ended-
ness that showcases Bridges’
COURTESY COLUMBIA RECORDS
potential for growth.
Throughout the album,
it’s clear that Bridges has
impressive vocal talent; how-
ever, he’s capable of deliver-
ing much more. The album is
a testament to the payoffs of
exercising tactful restraint,
which in turn allows for his
vocals and the music to col-
laborate in a balanced and
innovative way. Although
it incorporates unprec-
edented musical elements
from Bridges, “Good Thing”
is not so much a departure
from his past music as it is
a graceful transition into a
promising new direction.
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laubry@dailybruin.com.
Ratings
1 – Waste of time 3 – Good
2 – Eh, could 4 – Almost perfect
be better 5 – Life-changing
KIM
from page 6
said he was excited about the
challenge, since he grew up eat-
ing ramen, both at home and
in college. He tested many dif-
ferent recipes, but landed on a
recipe featuring ramen noodles
topped with bulgogi, stir fry
kimchi, mozzarella cheese and
a fried egg.
Foodbeast co-founder Elie
Ayrouth said people flooded
Kim’s booth, making his ramen
one of the most popular dish-
es at the event. Ayrouth said
he respected Kim’s ability to
appeal to a younger audience,
particularly through social
media, while maintaining his
family-driven mentality.
“He had one of the most
hy ped items at the event,”
Ayrouth said. “(Seeing) people
who have seen his food online,
whether it was through Food-
beast promo, or the new fans
that he garnered ... I just saw
the smile on his family’s face
and his mom and dad.”
Kim said he decided to add
the dish to Aria’s menu in May
or June after receiving feed-
back from people demanding
it, although it’s not a traditional
Korean dish. He also tried to
diversify the restaurant’s image
by selling streetwear-inspired
merchandise to create a casual
7
dining experience. The tops
they sell in collaboration with
Fade to Black feature a chicken
sporting Nike high-tops on the
front and fried chicken in a
shoe box on the back.
Kim said the graffiti-paint-
ed exterior of the restaurant
and its street-style vibe were
inspired by the skaters and
street artists who frequent
the Tenderloin neighborhood
and Aria. The restaurant often
collaborates w ith local art-
ists to create its merchandise
and storefront artwork, which
includes graffiti-painted chick-
ens resembling Tupac and Big-
gie Smalls.
Kim said his goal with the
restaurant’s rebranding is to
make Americans more familiar
with the Korean food he grew
up with. Everyone grows up
with hamburgers and hotdogs,
but not many people outside of
Los Angeles or New York have
much access to Korean food,
and those who do often don’t
know much about it, he said.
“Our family goal is pretty
much (to demonstrate that
Korean food) is for everyone;
you can eat it at any time, you
can crave it anytime and if you
want it you can have it,” Kim
said. “It’s very ordinary and we
want (people to think) that.”
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BASEBALL BEACH 21-19.

“(Zappia) has just kept us on
track to realize that this was our
ins on the board 1-0.
On court four, however, Zap-
pia and May gave up a 5-2 run
suffered minor injuries all sea-
son.
UCLA led most of each sec-
us all healthy,” Nicole McNama-
ra said. “We are so lucky to have
such a strong support system
from page 12 from page 1 goal this entire year,” May said. after tying the third set at 10-10. ond set on all three courts. On not only helping us but cheer-
“She has worked so hard for The duo fought off two match match point, Simo leaped for ing. … We couldn’t have done it
to 2.37 and taking his first competed before pairs one, two this – harder than I’ve ever seen points, but came up short after a block at the net to win the without them.”
loss of 2018. and three. anyone work for something, Kuhlman’s high line kill, which set 21-9 and put the Bruins up This marks UCLA’s 116th
Sophomore second base- UCLA’s No. 4 and No. 5 pairs and I’m just so glad she’s finally evened the dual up at 1-1. 2-1. Juniors Nicole McNamara national title in school history.
man Chase Strumpf smacked both dropped their first sets, captured what she’s come (to In the second flight of match- and Megan McNamara’s match The Bruins are now tied with
a 2-run home run to center 21-15 and 21-17, respectively. UCLA) for.” es, UCLA snagged close first on court one concluded unfin- the Stanford Cardinal for most
field in the third inning to However, both duos came back In the third set, UCLA’s No. 5 sets on courts one through ished. NCAA championships.
tie the game at 2, his team- in the second to force a third pair of freshman Megan Muret three, winning 22-20, 21-18 and Nicole McNamara said the “It takes a lot to build a cham-
leading 10th home run of the set. and junior Izzy Carey jumped 21-19, respectively. championship wasn’t just the pionship team,” Metzger said.
season. Despite four second-set aces out to a 12-5 lead and never Junior Zana Muno and soph- players, but a collective effort by “We’re blessed to be able to say
“It all comes back to a team by Florida State’s Brooke Kuhl- looked back. The pair’s tips and omore Savvy Simo jumped out the staff as well. that we’re Bruins.”
approach,” Strumpf said. “I man that led to a 6-2 run, senior cut shots all scraped the net in of the gates, surging to a 15-6 “We had our academic advi-
feel pretty comfortable right Elise Zappia and freshman Mac favor of the Bruins. lead in the second set. Their sor here to help girls take mid- Email Hong at
now with the approach. … I’m May were able to force passing Carey’s final tip over the teammates call the pair “team terms on the road, and we had jhong@dailybruin.com or
just trying to ride the wave as errors to come back and win Seminoles’ blocker put the Bru- wounded bear,” as both have our trainer just trying to keep tweet @joy__hong.
long as possible.”
The Wi ldcats h it a solo
shot in the third to retake the
lead, then dropped 2 runs in
the fourth and another in the
sixth to make it a 6-2 game.
The Bruins had an opportu-
nity to come back in the top
of the ninth after freshman
right fielder Garrett Mitchell
hit an infield single with one
out. Sophomore pinch hitter
Jack Stronach drove Mitchell
in with a single up the middle
to make it a 3-run game, but
sophomore left fielder Jeremy
Ydens struck out to end the
game.
UCLA out-hit Arizona 8-5
in the series finale, but were
unable to capitalize, going
1-for-9 w ith two outs and
leaving the bases loaded in
the first.
“We didn’t swing the bats
well at all this weekend,” Sav-
age said. “We can use it as
a teaching tool and reboot
it and get after it again (in
practice) on Monday.”
Savage said he was satis-
fied with the way his team
pitched this weekend, only
allowing 11 runs in the three-
ga me ser ies. However, he
also said that he only wants
to look at games as a whole,
team effort.
“We win as a team, we lose
as a team,” Savage said. “It
doesn’t really matter how you
lose.”
UCLA will have a chance
to end their three-game los-
ing streak Tuesday against
Long Beach State, which beat
them 5-2 on April 10. First
pitch will be at 6 p.m. at Jack-
ie Robinson Stadium.

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Strong throws propel athlete in heptathlon
BY MATTHEW KENNEY
Daily Bruin contributor
Two UCLA track and field
athletes took center stage at
the first postseason meet of the
year – seven times each.
Senior Kendall Gustafson
and redshirt sophomore Chris-
tina Chenault both competed
at the Pac-12 multis this week-
end in the heptathlon, a com-
petition that consists of seven
events. Gustafson f i n ished
second overall and booked a
ticket to the NCAA champion-
ship with a personal best score
of 5,886 points, while Chenault
f i n ished ei g hth w ith 5,072
points, not enough to make the
cut.
Competing in her second full
heptathlon since the beginning
of the outdoor season, Gus-
tafson won three individual
events and set two new per-
sonal bests on her way to the
sixth-highest women’s heptath-
lon score in the nation.
Gustafson dominated the
throwing events, taking first
in both the shot put and javelin
throw. Her mark in the javelin
beat the next highest finisher
by nearly five meters.
Gustafson said the throwing
events have always been among
her strongest.
“Throws are something that
come a bit more naturally to me
than some of the other girls,”
Gustafson said. “I consider
myself pretty strong, and now
that I know that throws are my
strength, I just want to keep
working on them.”
Gustafson added another
win in the high jump, where
she cleared 1.80 meters for the
first time in her career.
“I was real ly happy w ith
where my high jump ended
up,“ Gustafson said. “That was
probably the most exciting
event for me.”
Out of the three running
events, Gu st a fson’s stron-
gest performance came in the
100-meter hurdles, where she
took third overall and ran to a
personal best of 14.08 seconds.
In total, Gustafson beat her
prev ious heptathlon record
from earlier this season by 195
points. She also improved her
marks from that performance
in six of seven events.
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Chenault took home three
top-five finishes, in the high
jump, shot put and 800 meter,
on her way to eighth place
overall, a drop from her fourth-
place finish at last year’s Pac-12
multis.
However, Chenault said that
her return to the track was a
bit overwhelming at times, and
it showed in her performance.
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The rest of the Bruins will
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pionship this weekend, which
will determine who joins Gus-
tafson mov ing for ward and
whose season is over.
Gustafson and Chenault also
both plan to compete again this
weekend. However, according
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UCLA has had 10 differ-
ent batters drive in a game-
winning run and 12 different
players score the game-win-
ning run this season accord-
ing to Inouye-Perez.
O n Sat u rd ay, w it h t he
score tied 1-1, two outs and
a runner on third in the top
of the seventh, Jelenicki sin-
gled in the series-clinching
run. The next day, with the
score tied 4-4 in the top of the
fourth, she belted what would
be the game-winning run, hit-
ting a solo shot over the left
field wall.
Jelenicki began the year
outside the starting lineup,
making her first start halfway
through the season. Injuries
to her teammates saw her
playing time increase; Jele-
nicki has now made herself
a v ital component for the
Bruins defensively and offen-
sively.
Although she is batting
.250 at the moment, Jelenicki
has seen her average steadily
increase throughout the past
few weeks. Over the last two
games of the series she went a
combined 4-for-7 with 5 RBIs
and two home runs. In the 18
games she has played, Jele-
nicki has yet to commit an
error while playing a number
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to bat as well as the people
on the bench; they can get it
done as well.”
On Friday, freshman pitch-
er Holly Azevedo pitched a
complete game, giving up five
hits, one walk and striking out
four in a 5-0 shutout victory
over the Golden Bears.
Sophomore center fielder
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shortstop Briana Perez and
Jordan all singled in runs for
UCLA.
Garcia followed Azevedo’s
pitching performance with
a complete game of her own
Saturday. In seven innings
of work, Garcia gave up four
hits and struck out 12 batters
without giving up a walk or an
earned run.
Cal scored on a throwing
error by Perez. The freshman
leads the team in errors with
11.
The Bruins closed out the
series Sunday with the help of
the long ball as Jelenicki, Jor-
dan and junior third baseman
Brianna Tautalafua all took
turns rounding the bases.
Next up for UCLA is a visit
from No. 8 Arizona State with
the conference title up for
grabs on the final weekend of
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blocks, and I don’t know what he
hit on the day, but he still hit at a
really high clip.”
49er scoring leaders, outside
hitters Ensing and TJ DeFal-
co, finished the championship
match with a combined 38 kills
and hitting percentages of .326
and .419, respectively.
UCLA took the second set
25-23 with a team hitting per-
centage of .480. Gyimah logged
a team-high eight kills through
the middle in the set and boost-
ed his hitting percentage to .471.
Gyimah finished the match with
a team- and career-high 21 kills
on a .375 clip.
With the score tied at 17-17 in
the third set, the Bruins scored
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UCLA’s latest victory over
Sta n ford del ivered them a
Pac-12 championship. Vu and
freshman Patty Tavatanakit
tied for the individual lead, and
Tavatanakit claimed the title
after a one-hole playoff.
Tav at a n a k it s a id she i s
excited to participate in her
first regional tournament.
“I’ve been watching Golf
Channel region (coverage),”
Tavatanakit said. “It’s a pretty
big deal. It’s regionals. Your
season could end.”
Forsyth, Vu and the other
returning Bruins know all too
well how quickly a season can
end. But they’re confident this
year’s team has the strength
to do what UCLA couldn’t last
spring.
“We’re a stronger team this
year. We have two of the best
players in the country,” For-
syth said. “I’m cautiously opti-
mistic. I feel like if we just go
and do what we know how to
do, we’re going to be just fine.”
A national championship
would be UCLA’s third under
Forsyth, who coached the Bru-
ins to titles in 2004 and 2011.
Should UCLA advance from
the San Francisco regional, the
Bruins would tee off in Stillwa-
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5 straight points past the 49ers,
their longest scoring run of the
match. Junior outside hitter
Dylan Missry put two service
aces past the Long Beach State
back row. Missry would finish
the match with a career-best
six aces.
UCL A won the th i rd set
25-20, hitting for .208 as a team
while holding Long Beach State
to .091 attacking. The 49ers’
side-out percentage dropped
to 43 percent in the set, as the
Bruins had four service aces.
The Bruins had eight blocks
to the 49ers’ three through three
sets and finished the match with
nine. UCLA also out-dug Long
Beach State over the course of
the match, with 41 digs to 35.
Entering a potentially match-
winning fourth set, UCLA took
an 11-9 lead in the first 20 points
scored. The 49ers came back to
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take the fourth set 26-24 after
the Bruins failed to stay consis-
tent from the service line.
The 49ers held an 8-7 lead
at the halfway point of the
deciding fifth set. UCLA missed
another four serves and Long
Beach State extended their lead
to 14-10. 49er middle blocker
Nick Amado clinched the title
at 15-12 with a kill through the
middle of the the Bruins’ front
three.
Gyimah and junior setter
Micah Ma’a were named to the
All-Tournament Team. Long
Beach setter Josh Tuaniga was
named Most Outstanding Player
of the NCAA tournament.
UCLA will lose four starters
that were graduating seniors
this year: opposite Christian
Hessenauer, middle blocker
Oliver Martin, libero JT Hatch
and outside hitter Jake Arnitz.
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Missry said the Bruins will suf-
fer because of their absence, but
will need to get others acclimat-
ed to starting.
“I mean, it’s going to be tough
losing all the seniors. I think it’s
going to take a lot of work in the
offseason and being on guys to
really try and play as much vol-
leyball as possible because there
is a large discrepancy being
play in practice and play in the
game,” Missry said. “I think we
can get some guys on the court,
and win some games, and once
you make playoffs you really
never know what is going to hap-
pen, as we proved this year.”
The Bruins are now 11-2 all-
time in championship matches
played at Pauley Pavilion, and
19-7 overall.
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Arizona ruins win streak for UCLA baseball
Freshman pitcher Zach Pettway struck out a career-high 10 batters Friday night but suffered the loss after allowing 2 runs. The Bruins lost the game 3-1.
UCLA baseball was swept for the first time all season by Arizona. The Bruins had recently cracked the top 10 in the rankings before the series.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Men’s volleyball defeated in NCAA final
No. 3 seed UCLA men’s volleyball fell to No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the NCAA championship Saturday. This was the third time this season that the 49ers took down the Bruins.
BY GABRIEL MCCARTHY
Daily Bruin reporter
UCLA men’s volleyball was
5 points away from its 116th
school championship in the
fourth set, but then missed four
consecutive serves and allowed
Long Beach State to force a
decisive fifth set.
Coach John Speraw said the
team needed the service pres-
sure to have a chance at the
victory.
“In the fourth set, I feel like
we were doing exactly what
we needed to do all the way
through there,” Speraw said.
“I wanted to go out there and
NCAA REGIONALS
Women’s golf looks for redemption in upcoming championship
Junior Lilia Vu and UCLA women’s golf will enter regional play as the No. 1-ranked team in their respective region for the second straight sea-
son. Last season, however, the Bruins finished eighth at regionals and ended their season without an appearance at nationals.
Men’s volleyball
No. 1 LONG BEACH STATE
No. 3 UCLA
bomb (serves); that was the
only way we were going to win.
We had a run at the end of that
fourth set when we had all of
our best servers go back and
error, and I think it was a lot
about fatigue.”
No. 3 UCLA men’s volleyball
(26-8, 9-3 MPSF) fell in five
sets to No. 1 seed Long Beach
State (28-1, 9-1 Big West) in the
NCAA championship final.
This was the 49ers’ first time
claiming the national title since
Monday, May 7, 2018
ALICE NALAND/ DA I LY
1991 and their second title in
program history. The champi-
3 onship drought continues for
2 the Bruins, who have not won
the title since 2006.
UCLA lost the first set 25-19.
The 49ers hit for .478 as a team
compared to the Bruins’ .250.
Opposite/outside hitter Kyle
Ensing led the 49ers with six
kills on a .364 clip. Long Beach
State also had a side-out per-
centage of 85.
Sophomore middle blocker
Daenan Gyimah entered the
postseason with the highest
hitting percentage in the coun-
try, at .541. Gyimah hit for .750
in the semifinal against BYU,
UCLA ATHLETICS
BY SAM CONNON Baseball
Daily Bruin reporter
No. 7 UCLA
No team had been able to ARIZONA
sweep the Bruins this sea- No. 7 UCLA
son, but the Wildcats did ARIZONA
just that.
No. 7 UCLA baseball (30-
13, 14-7 Pac-12) dropped had a pinch hit RBI single
a l l th ree ga mes aga i nst in the fifth.
Arizona (28-17, 10-11), los- The Bruins went down
ing 3-1 on Friday and 6-3 2-0 in the first Friday, but
on Saturday, and sacrific- those wou ld be the on ly
ing its share of first place in runs freshman right-hand-
the conference. The Bruins er Z a ch Pet t w ay wou ld
had completed three week- a l low. T he r i g ht y went
end sweeps in a row going seven innings, racking up
into the matches, but found a career-high 10 strikeouts.
themselves on the other “Once coach (John) Sav-
side of the equation in Tuc- age came out and talked to
son, Arizona. me, I kind of just calmed
UCLA scored a total of down,” Pettway said. “After
4 runs in the series after that, it was just making sure
a v e r a g i n g 10 r u n s p e r I was breathing and keeping
game in the month of April. calm for each pitch. Then, I
BRUIN The Bruins’ lone run Fri- was good to go.”
day came from sophomore Cuellar’s RBI made it a
catcher Kyle Cuellar, who one-run game, but another
Senior utility Madeline Jelenicki came alive this weekend, batting in the winning run
in two of the three games No. 1 UCLA played against No. 24 California.
Softball wins
with strong
utility player
BY OBED ARDON
Daily Bruin reporter
ISABELLE ROY/ DA I LY B R U I N S E N I O R STA F F After their second-to-last
conference series, No. 1 UCLA
softball remains atop the Pac-
but was held to a .000 hitting 12.
percentage in the first set of the The Br u i ns (48-3, 18 -3
championship final. Pac-12) defeated the No. 24
Junior setter Micah Ma’a Golden Bears (34-16, 7-13)
said his decision to continue by scores of 5-0, 2-1 and 10-5
setting to Gyimah instead of over the weekend in Berkeley.
distributing the ball elsewhere Following their tilt with
was based on his current run California, UCLA and No. 2
of form. Oregon (44-7, 18-3) remain
“It was pretty obvious that tied in the standings, with
ever yone i n the g y m k new a Pac-12 title w ithin their
where I was going and we’ve reach.
been okay with that all year,” So far th is season, the
Ma’a said. “He’s one of the sole Bruins have been able to win
reasons we are even here in games thanks to the contri-
the first place. … He went up butions of a number of play-
against double blocks, triple ers within their lineup, with
players like redshirt fresh-
M. VBALL | Page 11 man left fielder Aaliyah Jor-
BY NICK VERSACI year’s early exit was disap-
Daily Bruin contributor pointing, but she said it moti-
vates this year’s team.
UCL A women’s gol f has “I think we took it really
been here before. hard last year after regionals,
The Pac-12 champion Bru- because we kind of slacked
ins snagged a No. 1 seed in off after our Pac-12 win,” Vu
their 18-team regional, and said. “But I think we know
will begin their pursuit of a that we can’t slack off right
fourth national champion- now. I think we’re in a good
ship Monday in San Francis- position.”
co. After three days and 54 UCLA’s regional features
holes of stroke play, the top four Pac-12 teams, including
six teams and top three indi- No. 2 seed Stanford and No.
viduals not on those teams 11 seed California, both of
w ill advance to the NCA A which have tied or beaten the
championship in Stillwater, Bruins this year.
Oklahoma. Pac-12 teams have either
Last year, too, UCLA won won or finished as runner-up
the Pac-12 tournament and in 26 of the 28 national cham-
held a No. 1 seed in its region- pionships since 1990.
al. Then the Bruins finished A r i zona St ate won la st
eighth. year’s title and will chase a
“It was extremely disap- second consecutive victory
pointing last year,” said coach as the No. 3 seed out of the
Carrie Forsyth. “It had been Madison regional.
18 years since our team hadn’t St a n ford w i l l host t h i s
made it through a regional, so year’s San Francisco regional
that was pretty tough.” at TPC Harding Park. Despite
Junior Lilia Vu agreed last the Cardinal’s hosting privi-
dailybruin.com/sports
Arizona run in the eighth
made it 3-1. Down 2 runs,
1 UCLA went down in order in
3 the ninth to end the game.
3 Pettway had a career-high
6 game, but he still ended up
taking the loss, just his sec-
ond of the year.
“It’s a good lesson for a lot
of our guys – that a fresh-
man can go out there and do
that in a pretty hostile envi-
ronment,” Savage said. “It
was great to see him pitch,
he’s fun to watch.”
The Bruins had a chance
to avoid the sweep Satur-
day a f ter noon, but they
fel l i n a 2- 0 hole i n the
first yet again. Sophomore
right-hander Ryan Garcia
came into the game w ith
a 1.77 ERA and a perfect
5-0 record. He pitched 3 2/3
innings and allowed 5 runs
Saturday, inflating his ERA
BASEBALL | Page 9
LIZ KETCHAM/ DA I LY BRUIN
Softball
No. 1 UCLA 5
No. 24 CALIFORNIA 0
No. 1 UCLA 2
No. 24 CALIFORNIA 1
No. 1 UCLA 10
No. 24 CALIFORNIA 5
dan and redshirt sophomore
pitcher Rachel Garcia leading
the team in the batter’s box
and in the circle, respectively.
This week, however, it was
senior utility player Madeline
Jelenicki who lifted the team.
“Jelenicki came alive,” said
coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.
“She did an outstanding job
coming through in those situ-
ations where we needed to
punch back.”
SOFTBALL | Page 10
leges, Vu said she is excited
for the Bruins to stay in their
home state and avoid issues
like jet lag.
“Just the fact that it’s in
California, I think we all feel
like we’re at home,” Vu said.
T he Br u i n s h ave never
played at TPC Harding Park,
but For s y t h s a id it’s not
unusual for UCLA to have to
learn a new course.
“It’ll really be just our prac-
tice round (Sunday),” Forsyth
said. “We’ll have to formulate
our strategy pretty quickly.
But that’s not abnormal. We
go to tournaments where we
don’t know the golf course,
and that very first time you’ve
got to scout it out, and figure
it out.”
The Bruins have faced and
beaten 12 of their 17 regional
opponents in tournaments
this year, including Stanford,
No. 3 seed South Carolina and
No. 5 seed Oklahoma State.
W. GOLF | Page 11