University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Sangtip Chienpradap Rex Visher, a sophomore, and Rex Roberts, a fifth-year student, sell tickets during the carnival. Tickets were redeemable for a variety of fun and exciting rides. Joe Farid. a fifth-year senior, puts some muscle into destroying the ' SC car. The car was painted red and yellow and received the wrath of many true blue Bruins. 26 EVENTS Nathan Wang

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Courtesy of Campus Events CAMPUS EVENTS COMMISSION Bjorn Berg. Gina Bollcs, Julia Capeloto, Tina Chang, Alice Chen, She-Rene Chen. Joeelyn Chiu, Jason Gaulton, Dormaiin Geyer, Philip Hall, Jon Hansen, Katie Hauck, Jeremy Hoo. Rendi Ho. Jennifer Huen Tammy Lau, Kevin Lenhart. Faithy Leong. Jancy Liu, Jerome Lu, Kris Murakawa, Courtney Nicolaisen. Khe Nguyen. Elana Paladino. Erie Palgon. Andrea Plato. Veronica Rathbourn. Angel Rodriguez, Jared Seltzer, ■ Ryan Seng, Natalie Marin-Sharp, Amy Van Sickle, Monica Sinha, Erin Solis, Colin Sterling. Karin Sung, Jennifer Tolkan, Greg Tse. Kyla Ward. Ryan Wilson. Jennifer Wong. Jenny Wong. Nikki Wong. Interns: Adam Brodya. Michelle Cummings. Donovan Daughtry, Sheila Gallagher, Jessica Gao, Susie Huang. Scot Pipkin, Lavina Shahani, Adam Sorensen. Anh Tran, Megan Troolines, Annie Wang. Caroline Wan«. Amie Wong. • St n U i -. I i Tuning his electric guitar before the performance, this student may be the next big thing. UCLA also invited performers with high profile backgrounds, such as Tiffany Darwish, an eighties popstar. A singer shows off her talent on stage. Along with local bands and performing groups showing their acts. Campus Events also encouraged organizations to take their causes to the microphone and speak up. Nathan Wang CAMPUS EVENTS 25

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beat ' $c we Bruin fans spend an entire week gearing up for the big game I am that we What do you get when you put together a car smash, a bonfire, and a blood drive into one rowdy week? Any Bruin will tell you right away: Beat ' SC Week. The week that traditionally preceded the U$C vs. UCLA game was as usual filled with Trojan bashing enthusiasm as students geared up for the trip across town to the Coliseum. Some students, however, shunned the week ' s activities claiming they, show a lack of confidence. I am convinced we are better, so I don ' t feel the need to prove it, said third year Psychology student Michelle Verkh. Although UCLA entered the week with a three game losing streak, fans were confident that their Bruins could overcome their two-year losing streak in the rivalry game. The kick off to the festivities was the car smash in Westwood Plaza. Bruin fans took out their ha tred of the Trojans on an old car painted in USC ' s colors. Anyone who wished to could have a try with a sledgehammer at the vehicle. Day two was devoted to a more philanthropic cause. The annual Big Game Blood Drive served both as a competition between schools and a means to increase the blood supply in the Los Angeles area, which tends to run low in the winter months. UCLA won convinced are better [than SC]. Michelle Verkh Psychology 3rd year this competition with 894 units of blood compared to USC ' s paltry contribution of 443 units. A competition that had become an annual tradition did not take place this year, however. The Trojans as a result of last year ' s incident at USC, forfeited the Band Bowl flag football game between the two bands this year. Following the game last year, around $30,000 of band equipment was stolen from UCLA trucks. Much of the equipment was recovered, but USC paid for the remainder of the loss. The high point of Beat ' SC Week was certainly the Bonfire and Rally held in front of the Jans Steps because of the construction of the IM field. This event, as usual was attended mostly by freshmen students. This was apparent from the response of a fourth year Psychology student David Cederer. I don ' t even know what Beat ' SC Week is, he claimed. With appearances by players, coaches, the spirit squad, and the band, this was the chance for die- hard Bruin fans to truly prepare for the big game coming a few days later. Despite UCLA ' s record going into the weekend, fans were enthusiastic that the players could overcome them and beat ' SC. The carnival draws huge crowds as UCLA fans visited a variety of booths. Good food, fun games, and smiling faces were all around. Sangtip Chienpradap DO ■ m 73 m m