Bruin Bites: Aikman Profile, History for Jocks, Non-Revenue Updates, and Boost for Spartans
by Bellerophon on Sep 8, 2011 2:30 PM PDT
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PrintWith all of the excitement surrounding the opening weekend of college football, the return of our Bruins to the gridiron,and the following disappointment following the let-down in Houston, Bruin Bites took a brief sabbatical.
It's been a busy week as we transitioned from the Houston loss to looking at this week's opponent, the SJSU Spartans, starting with AHMB's preview of the Spartan offense and coaching staff. We've also taken note of some disappointing news coming from Spaulding during practices here and here. DCBruins lightened the mood by giving us some encouraging news on the men's basketball team, and BN discussed the increasing possibility that the Pac-12 will soon be the Pac-16 with Oklahoma and Texas here and here. Finally, after Ryan ripped Dan Guerrero for sitting pat and letting the Pac-12 run a commercial that blatantly disrespected UCLA, the Pac-12, feeling the heat from BN, did the right thing and removed the offensive ad. Dan asleep at the switch in Morgan Center? What a big shock </sarcasm>.
With that, let's turn to your bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse:
- Starting off with some positive football coverage, Barry Horn of the Dallas Mornings News (HT to the Kansas City Star) has a profile of former UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman and his transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth. As one would expect from the former Bruin, Aikman's preparation, even off the field, is legendary, leading him to the same kind of success that fans in Westwood and Dallas became accustomed to with Aikman at the helm.
- Speaking of football, as most North Campus majors know, life north of Ackerman Union and Kerckhoff Hall can be, well, relaxing. Which, as an AP survey recently showed, is well known to UCLA's student-athletes, as the majority of the upperclassmen on the football roster are history majors. Apparently, many football players concentrating in one major is a common occurrence at other universities, but for now, this means keep your eyes peeled for the big uglies roaming in your history classes.
Fire away with your thoughts, comments, or additions.
GO BRUINS
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We went from stripes on Troy's jersey
to a hash mark. Lame.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
I hate the current jerseys too
but they did make one change, possibly based on critcism from last season. The pathetically small numbers on the sleeves have been removed. Still, why can’t we just go back to the old ones?
The names on the back...
it just looks like they sewed on or glued on a patch with the player’s name on it. What. The. Fridge.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
History Majors
I remember my Orientation Counselor friends telling me that there aren’t actually enough units in the History major to earn a UCLA degree – you need to supplement them with other classes. I imagine that plays a big part in why many of the football players pursue History degrees; there’s more flexibility for them, since they can afford to take whatever non-major classes fit their schedules the best during the season.
I was a math major, and I still can’t fathom how ATV managed to make it work, even with priority enrollment.
I love Bruin Bites
Thanks for putting bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse together in one, convenient piece.
Just wondering, is there a place to send news to be included in the “Bruin Bites,” (besides adding a Fanshot)?
I’d like to contribute the following pieces:
UCLA doctors are experimenting with a device that keeps the heart warm and beating with oxygen and nutrient-rich blood during its journey. This is very cool technology, once again showing UCLA as a trailblazer in medical research.
One more contribution
Young Research Library (YRL) underwent a $17 million facelift – its first in almost 50 years. It is projected that at least some of the new spaces will be open for use on Sept. 19, the first day of Fall Quarter. They added Café 451, named after Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451” which was written in the basement of Powell. The renovation was almost entirely paid for by an “anonymous, $15 million gift that was donated in 1998 in conjunction with the building’s renaming in honor of former Chancellor Charles E. Young.”
I think that what you did is a good way to do it
Just add it to the comment section of the Bruin Bite, although I guess not everyone reads the comments
by Bruin2011 on Sep 8, 2011 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
on Bruin Bites, and nice idea BruinsRUs. Bruin Bites is fun—a nice combination of Bruin-flavored sports, academia, and whatever.
But, while I’m appreciative of Bruin Bites and all of the front pagers’ tireless and uncompensated contributions, I’m loathe to say “You should also do such and such” to any one of them.
While a Bruin Bites Inbox is a nice idea, it adds work for Bellerophon—culling through the entries, following the links, researching the topics, etc. So, B, whether this suggestion is worthwhile for you or not, thumbs up either way.
I agree
I didn’t mean to add work for Bellerophon or for any of the other front pagers. It’ll be merely a contribution and of course to B’s discretion whether to add it or not.
I mainly did the work and I think that should be the rule – all contributions should be summarized, not just linked. However, this will most likely add work for B, since he will edit the post and the formatting.
I guess one can always include it in an OT Fanshot.
Actually
If you want to send me suggestions for Bruin Bites, I’d welcome them!
I can’t promise they’ll make it in. I basically go through a whole bunch of stuff that is UCLA related and pull together the tidbits I think are the most interesting to the community. I try to mix sports and non-sports stuff in, just so people remember that UCLA does a lot of great things in lots of different ways. So sometimes, something you send may not make it, but I’d love to take suggestions or tips to pass along to the community.
My suggestion would be to post the links here in the comment section, but if you want to send it in advance, shoot me the info at bellerophon.bruinsnation(at)gmail.com.
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