DA ILY BRUIN
HOSPITALITY AT A COST
BY MELISSA MORRIS
Campus politics editor
Students involved with Hill
administration said they could
be fired at any time for any-
thing they say or do. If they
were to get fired, they would
have a few days to move out of
on-campus housing.
They said this fear is one
reason why they were afraid
to speak up when administra-
tors rewrote the Hill’s student
government constitution over
the summer without consulting
students.
Administrators violated the
On-Campus Housing Council
Resident Government Constitu-
tion, eliminating roughly seven
positions per Resident Govern-
ment Council and reducing
student representation from
roughly 10 elected, stipended
representatives per building
Rep. Sherman, Gene Block on SJP
BY MEGANA SEKAR
National and higher
education editor
Chancellor Gene Block said
in a letter addressed to U.S.
Rep. Brad Sherman that the
university would not cancel a
national conference the con-
gressman finds exclusionary
and anti-Semitic.
Sherman, who represents
the eastern San Fernando Val-
ley and Western Simi Hills,
wrote a letter to Block urg-
ing him to cancel a national
conference for Students for
Justice in Palestine branches
from universities across the
country. Sherman said he was
worried SJP members would
promote discrimination and
harassment at the conference,
which will be hosted at UCLA.
Block said i n a letter
addressed to Sherman on Oct.
15 that UCLA will continue to
support free speech and dem-
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Opinion
The UC isn’t willing to make
institutional changes to
improve the quality of its
mental health services,
argues Emily Merz. p. 4
UCLA student employees reveal the undermining of democracy on the Hill.
to three. The seven positions
were replaced with three new
hourly paid programming assis-
tant positions. Unlike the for-
mer positions, programming
assistants are not elected but
are appointed by Residential
Life, the administrative entity
responsible for advising and
programming on the Hill.
Josh O’Connor, Residential
Life assistant director of leader-
ship and involvement, said in an
emailed statement the OCHC
constitution has not changed
this year. He contradicted this
statement, however, and added
that constitutional changes
were made with student input.
“Changes to the constitution
were made in consultation with
presidents, treasurers, other
resident government council
members and pro staff over the
past few years,” O’Connor said
in the email. He did not respond
Students for Justice in Palestine has held various protests on campus, including one in May that resulted in accusations of physical
intimidation. Chancellor Gene Block defended UCLA’s decision to allow SJP to host its national convention on campus in November.
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to a request to disclose their
names.
He d id not respond to a
request to detail why these
changes were made.
Students involved with Resi-
dential Life said they were not
consulted about the change.
Resident i a l L i fe st udent
employees and officers who
spoke to the Daily Bruin asked
to remain anonymous because
they were concerned for their
job security. They have been
given false first names to pre-
serve their anonymity and for
clarity.
A NEW SYSTEM
Ben, a resident assistant,
said he found out about the
changes early August at Resi-
dent Assistant training.
“It kind of seemed like it
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not only the RA staff but also input from prior years. “They’ll load you up with
the association, the resident “They’re using that input the ‘It’s for the students, by the
government council,” Ben said. as validation for making these students,’” Alex said. “But in
“They were kind of blindsided.” changes, even though these all honesty, if you actually try
Ben added he believed no changes are so drastic and out to implement something ... it’s
students were consulted in the of the question if you look at always repeatedly blocked by
changes. what input they actually got,” admin.”
“We were pretty much told George said. A lex a dded he st ron g ly
‘This is the new system,’ and Alex said he thinks Residen- believes administrators made
not ‘Hey, this a proposal that tial Life is resistant to change, t he ch a n ges bec au se t hey
we’re thinking of doing, do you despite what professional staff believe no student would elimi-
have any comments or sug- nate positions or change pay
gests?’” Ben said. structure, but also because no
Alex, a student involved with
Residential Life, added he also
had no idea how the new posi-
“ No student would
do that and get
one else could make the change
so anonymously.
“No student would do that
tions were developed. away with it. Only and get away with it,” Alex said.
“The (RGC) applications “Only admin could get away
come out and I’m like, ‘Well this admin could get with that.”
is nothing like what it was last
year,’” Alex said. “It’s complete-
ly revamped.”
away with that.
”
ALEX
Betsy, a student involved
with Residential Life, said she
also believed the change came
George, a student involved STUDENT INVOLVED WITH
from administrators.
w ith Residentia l Li fe, sa id RESIDENTIAL LIFE
administrators told students OCHC | Page 3
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Lindsey Goldstein, acting director of fraternity and sorority life at UCLA, said her office
requires every member of fraternaties and sororities to attend a workshop.
During Greek life
Title IX trainings,
questions of efficacy
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The North Westwood Neigh-
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“It’s certainly been a suc-
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at least one person running
and there are a few seats that
are contested as well,” Baum
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Baum added that groups
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dent and general residential
candidate for the Westwood
Forward slate, said Westwood
Forward plans to use a person-
focused strategy for outreach.
“We have 19 people run-
ning ... and the hope is that
we have people excited about
these people, and these people
are going to be able to go to
their respective communities
and get people excited about
the various changes that West-
wood Forward hopes to bring,”
Skiles said.
Zahra Hajee, selection chair
for the committee, said the
committee used multiple ave-
nues to reach out to stakehold-
ers for the selection, including
social media and email. Baum
also subm itted an opi n ion
piece to the Daily Bruin urging
stakeholders to vote.
Baum said that he would
have liked to do more voter
outreach for the selection
sooner, but had difficulty work-
ing with DONE to ensure reim-
bursement for outreach costs.
“We were told a few weeks
ago (by DONE) that all (Hajee)
and I had to do to get reim-
bursed is to get a stipulation
work sheet. A nd t hen l a st
weekend we were told that the
stipulation worksheet was not
enough, and we would have
to call a public meeting and
approve the budget,” Baum
said. “And we had to schedule
a meeting to approve a budget,
which we held last Thursday.”
Bau m added he th i n ks,
despite issues with the city,
this is still the most outreach
that any neighborhood council
has ever done for a selection,
and he thinks the selection will
have high turnout.
“This will probably be the
greatest turnout of any neigh-
b orho o d cou nc i l ele ct ion
involving the selection of can-
didates,” Baum said.
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onstration on campus while
ensuring no racial or ethnic
bias or harm occurs.
In calling for the cancel-
lation of the event, Sherman
cited the May clash between
SJP and Students Supporting
Israel at the latter’s “Indige-
nous Peoples Unite” event.
At t he event, S J P mem-
bers and protesters who were
not UCLA students danced,
chanted and banged the doors
outside the classroom SSI was
using. Members of SSI and the
Armenian and Kurdish com-
munities they invited said they
felt silenced, intimidated and
scared. Vice Chancellors Jerry
Kang and Monroe Gorden later
said the disruptors refused to
join the conversation at invita-
tion of the hosts, and were then
escorted out by the UCPD.
Kang and Gorden called the
protest tactics bullying, and
said UCLA would work with
local prosecutors to determine
whether nonstudents broke the
law. They added that students
would be subject to investiga-
tions on whether they violated
university policy.
Sher ma n w rote that the
national SJP organization has
posted anti-Semitic rhetoric
online, and will only allow peo-
ple who have been verified and
vouched for by SJP members to
attend, excluding most Jewish
students.
He was not the only one to
question the exclusivity of the
national conference.
At the University of Califor-
nia Board of Regents’ public
board meeting Sept. 27, Justin
Feldman, a third-year political
science student, said he thinks
that although SJP advertises
the conference as pro-human
rights, the group in practice
is exclusionary of Jewish and
pro-Israel students.
“Given the disturbing and
unconventional nature of SJP’s
activities, including the recent
inti m idation of Jew ish stu-
dents ... I’m not surprised that
this conference is not open
to myself or to the public,” he
said.
The regents said they were
concer ned about hosti n g a
closed conference about con-
troversial topics.
“I thought that conferences
had to be open,” Regent Sherry
Lansing said. “I’m questioning
(the) policy about ... what is a
closed conference, and what is
an open conference.”
L a n si n g a nd V ice Ch a i r
John Perez asked the Board’s
General Counsel, Charles Rob-
inson, to look into any govern-
ing legislation on the issue
within 24 hours.
SJP at UCLA did not imme-
diately respond to request for
comment.
Sherman added that UCLA
as a public university should
not allow an exclusionary con-
ference to take place on its
grounds. He cited UC policy
that organizations that receive
student fees such as SJP are
not allowed to exclude large
nu mber s of st udents f rom
attending.
Block sa id wh i le he a nd
UCLA as a whole do not sup-
port the boycott or the divest
f rom Israel movement, the
university is unable to stop
the national convention from
occurring.
He a dded t h at S J P t old
UCLA it will not be using stu-
dent fees to cover the cost of
the conference, and therefore
it is not required to be open to
all students or staff.
Block also said UCLA will
continue to foster relationships
with Israeli universities abroad
and will protect students from
discrimination on campus.
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OCHC
from page 1

Alex, Ben, George and Bet-

sy independently said they
believed O’Connor played a
significant role in making the
changes.
Ben said he believed
O’Connor is responsible for the
changes because student gov-
ernance on the Hill is under his
purview as assistant director
of leadership and involvement,
which oversees student govern-
ment.
DANIEL LEIBOWITZ/ DA I LY B R U I N STA F F “Not to throw this one per-
UCLA began requiring additional workshops for members of Greek life in 2014 in son under the bus, but this is
response to a California audit calling for more sexual harassment training. literally his part of ResLife,”
LIZ KETCHAM/ A S S I STA N T
Ben said. P H OTO E D I TO R

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TITLE IX with their Bruin cards.
Bella Martin, general rep-
ment Council and reducing student representation from roughly 10 elected, stipended representatives per building to three.

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for students in Greek life, said
Aaron Lopez, the Associate
Response Team coordina-
tor at UCLA’s Title IX Office.
Each workshop had 500 avail-
able spots for attendees.
UCL A bega n requ i r i n g
add itiona l workshops for
members of Greek l i fe i n
2014, in response to a Cali-
fornia audit calling for more
sexual harassment training.
The audit called for schools
to provide more sexual vio-
lence tra i n i n g to student
groups that report having
higher numbers of sexual
assault survivors or respon-
dents to sexual assault alle-
gations.
L opez s a id t h i s ye a r’s
workshops for students in
Greek life focused on four
major themes: alcohol and
sexual violence, upstander
intervention, sexual harass-
ment, and healthy and
unhealthy relationships.
“ We chose fou r d i f fer-
ent modules and every year
students can come and find
one that they are more inter-
ested in. I don’t just teach
what I th ink is i mportant
for people,” Lopez said. “We
really try to connect and try
to feel what people are most
interested in and can benefit
from.”
Lindsey Goldstein, acting
director of fraternity and
sorority life at UCLA, add-
ed her office requires every
member of fraternities and
sororities to attend a work-
shop each year. The chapters
are prohibited from hosting
resentative 2 of the Under-
graduate Students Associa-
tion Council and member of
Gamma Phi Beta, said she
thinks the workshop alone
will not change the culture of
sexual assault.
“We need this times 20,
w ith peer teachers, w ith
del i neated consequences
and things that have more
teeth than a cute little info
session,” she said.
Martin added she thinks
the workshop is a good start
to con fronti ng the bigger
issue of sexual harassment.
“Just because this (Title
IX workshop) can’t fix every-
thing doesn’t mean we can’t
make a conscious effort to
acknowledge it and talk about
it,” she said.
T h i s ye a r’s work shops
included pop culture refer-
ences relatable to students,
said Goldstein. One of the
workshops showed a compi-
lation of scenes in romance
movies, including Twilight,
which Goldstein said pres-
ents st a l k i n g a nd sex ua l
h a ra ssment a s a societ a l
norm.
“This is what Hollywood
tells us is real love,” she said.
Samantha Kelly, a first-
year global studies student
and member of Greek life,
said she thought the movie
clips were informative.
“I never noticed stalking in
Hollywood films,” Kelly said.
“I didn’t put that together and
notice those patterns.”
Alicia Oeser, the director
of CARE, said she recognizes
that the workshops alone are
insufficient to change the
sexual violence culture.
REPRESSION
Ben said students are denied
requests such as funding for
programming or new positions
because of actions Residential
Life perceives as dissent.
“Next time you have a fund-
ing proposal, you won’t get it.
Next time you want to apply to
be a president or RA, you won’t
get it,” Ben said. “It’s really
intimidating when they have so
much power.”
George said he thinks no one
is able to hold Residential Life
accountable for the roughly
$13,000 in student housing
dues because of intimidation
by administrators.
“Every single one of them is
afraid to be blacklisted. Every
single one of them is afraid of
other repercussions. Ever y
single one of them feels like
they don’t have the power or
the time or any of the resources
to tackle the big issues on cam-
pus,” George said.
Blacklisting refers to ResLife
withholding future resident
assistant or OCHC positions
from students who speak out
against Residential Life.
O’Connor said as long as stu-
dents meet basic employment
eligibility requirements, they
are considered for all positions
to which they apply.
Alex, Ben, George and Betsy
also said they were fearful of
speaking out because O’Connor
and Residential Life profession-
al staff could fire them or block
all their future programming.
George said professional
staff have told students who
want to become resident assis-
tants their interactions with
professional staff could impact
their chances of advancing
within Residential Life.
“They say, ‘Yes, the ResLife
(professional) staff get to know
you, but that could be a bad
thing,’” George said.
Alex said anyone who speaks
against Residential Life can be
removed by professional staff
and denied future positions. He
added Residential Life implic-
itly uses future positions to
incentivize students to coop-
erate.
“Like, ‘Hey, if you don’t listen
to us, we’ll blacklist you.’ Or,
‘Hey, if you do something differ-
ent from what we say, or speak
out against us then we’ll fire
you’ type of thing,” Alex said.
“As unfortunate as that is, it’s
the truth.”
Alex added he believes for a
fact students resign, are forced
to resign or are fired because
they take stances that conflict
with Residential Life, especial-
ly those contrary to projects
spearheaded by O’Connor.
Justin Jackson, the former
OCHC president and a fourth-
year political science student,
said he was forced to resign
from the presidency due to
clashes with Residential Life
professional staff, including
O’Connor.
“The backbone of ResLife
is the paid professional staff,”
Jackson said. “You don’t only
get students that are elected
to these institutions, you also
get professional staff that has
a very large stake in making
sure they remain the advisor
of (entities within Residential
Life).”
Jackson added O’Con nor
said he would be fired if he did
not resign.
“How do you fire someone
f rom student gover n ment?
That’s the catch-22 with (pro-
fessional) staff,” Jackson said.
“You’re held accountable to
them instead of to the stu-
dents.”
Jackson also added profes-
sional staff took over many stu-
dent chairing roles from within
OCHC committees after his
departure, including the pro-
gramming board.
“STUDENT”
GOVERNMENT
George said administrators
want the benefits of student
government, but do not want
to respect its sovereignty. They
added the fear of professional
staff makes it difficult to make
serious reforms or to speak out
on issues.
“They want the advocacy
that comes from RGC, but with-
“ Next time you have a funding proposal, you
won’t get it. Next time you want to apply to be a
president or RA, you won’t get it. It’s really intimi-
dating when they have so much power.
out the oversight and account-
ability that comes w ith it,”
George said.
Betsy said the short terms
of student government offi-
cers limit their ability to make
meaningful changes to the con-
stitution.
“We get one term and then
we’re off to being RAs or some-
where else on campus, so it’s
never enough time for us to get
together to revise the structure
of the constitution,” Betsy said.
Alex said he was concerned
that people who do not interact
with students on a daily basis
and do not live in the residential
halls were making decisions on
behalf of Hill student govern-
ment.
Ben said it bothers him, as a
resident and a student, that stu-
dent government was changed
without consulting students.
“It just seems hypocritical
that you could call this a stu-
dent government, a resident
government, when you com-
pletely cut them out of the
equation,” Ben said.
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Mental health | UC masks disregard for SUBMISSION

students with meager, lip-service programs
BY EMILY
MERZ
COUNTING THE COUNSELORS
T
he
Depres-
sion Grand
Challenge. Free mental health
screenings. Mini-horses at
Powell Library during finals
week.
UCLA and the University of
California have really priori-
tized students’ mental health
services lately, they say, point-
ing to these amenities. Looking
We must work to
challenge cultural
norms of misogyny
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill 968, which would have required University of California
campuses to hire at least one full-time mental health counselor for every 1,500 students. While the UC
meets this ratio, campus services such as UCLA's own Counseling and Psychological Services do not
have sufficient resources to serve students. Here’s a look at UCLA’s mental health landscape and BY SOPHIA ogy. The same type of
what SB 968 would have done to the UC. punishing function can be
Editor’s note: The extended to other oppres-
following piece contains sive forces, such as racism,
graphic depictions of xenophobia, homophobia
UCLA mental health statistics Senate Bill 968 statistics physical, sexual and and transphobia.
emotional abuse in an The tools used by
SB 968 would have required one counselor for intimate partner rela- those who participate in

1,150 students
at the budget and staff sizes of
psychological services at UC
campuses even seems to prove
their claims.
But there is one overlooked
element when analyzing the
mental health services that a
university provides: the kind
of staff it hires and its budget
allocations.
A California state legislature
bill aimed to address that very
issue by looking at what kind of
staff university psychological
every 1,500 students for every California tionship. The assailant
university receiving state funding, instead of described in the submit-
per counselor or psychiatrist just recommending student-to-clinician ratios to ter’s accounts is referred
to as “X.”
those campuses.
at UCLA The Bruin does
not normally publish
anonymous submis-
sions. However, it is the
editor’s opinion that the
argument presented here
and the risks posed to the
submitter by identifica-
tion merit anonymity.
SB 968 could have cost the UC
misogyny, as articulated
by Manne, include but are
not limited to: humiliation,
shaming, demonizing,
condescension, sexualiza-
tion and sexual violence.
No matter the weapon of
choice, all serve to coer-
cively force a woman back
into subordination.
Under this view, it is
clear X’s actions demon-
strate how normalized it
is to conform a woman’s

centers are hiring and ensur-
ing they are keeping up with
rising student enrollment.
Senate Bill 968 would have
mandated a ratio of one mental
health professional to 1,500
students across all universities
receiving state funding. The
International Association of
Counseling Services advises
there to be one professional for
every 1,000 to 1,500 students.
However, Gov. Jerry Brown
vetoed the bill, saying specific
ratios should be determined by
the individual college rather
than the state.
This decision will have seri-
ous ramifications as enrollment
at the UC increases.
Although the counselor-to-
student ratio across the UC
campuses is one to 1,150, which
is within SB 968’s guidelines,
there is no accountability to
ensure that this ratio is main-
tained. And as enrollment at
the UC is expected to increase
by 15,000 students from the
start of this academic year,
it’s hard to believe that a five
percent increase in student
service fees will be able to help
the University keep up with
this ratio. The UC also has not
prioritized hiring more quali-
fied staff, like psychiatrists and
therapists, in face of growing
costs and higher student
enrollment.
UC spokesperson Danielle
Smith said the bill was expen-
sive and would have cost the
University approximately $10
million by the fifth year of its
implementation.
The way Smith framed the
issue indicates the UC has
no intention to come up with
that money. Additionally, the
money the UC has allocated for
mental health services comes
from student fees, which puts
the burden on the backs of
students.
Smith added the UC Board
of Regents approved a five
percent increase in annual
student fees from 2015 to
2020 to expand mental
health services systemwide.
Approximately 50 percent of
this increase is allocated to
the hiring of mental health
providers, she said. This is in
THIS DAY, THAT YEAR
“ I
approximately $10 million per year really wish you behavior to a patriarchal
after five years of it going into effect. hadn’t done that. ideology. If I obeyed his
You know I have to orders, then he’d call me
punish you now,” he said “good girl” and take me
$10 million, however, constitutes only before slapping me in the out to get ice cream. If I
2.89 percent of the UC’s 2018-2019 face three times, grabbing didn’t, he’d force himself
total operating budget. me by my hair and order- so far down my throat that
ing me into the shower. I’d nearly suffocate on my
Obeying his commands, own vomit. Even compara-
I undressed and fell to tively less extreme
$11.35B my knees. My body was experiences are part of a
From medical centers
trembling and I began to misogynistic reinforce-
cry. Clenching my hair in ment strategy. On college
his fist, he pulled my neck campuses in particular,
back as far as possible, being a silent bystander,
$8.38B pried my jaw open and victim blaming and
From tuition and fees, urinated in my mouth, normalizing assault are all
general funds, state
funding
forcing me to drink. examples of a misogynistic
“You are scum. You are reinforcement strategy.
worthless,” he asserted, Although X’s actions are
slapping me in the face shocking, they are consis-
and leaving me to weep on tent with the virtues and
the shower floor. “No one ideals held by the institu-
will ever want you.” tion of misogyny, which is
= 1 counselor or psychiatrist This was my punish- embedded in our society
$41.28B ment for asking him too and culture – both on
Government grants, private support,
= 10 students sales and services, and other many questions. campus and off. Given this,
The UC’s 2018-2019 Operating Budget One night, I woke up it is easy see how I became
face down in X’s bed, so deeply entrenched
unable to move and unsure in and accepting of X’s
as to how I got there. system of behavioral rein-
SOURCE: UC Office of the President, UCLA CAPS. Graphic reporting by Emily Merz, Daily Bruin staff. Graphic by Keshav Tadimeti, Opinion editor. The room was spinning, forcement.
and I felt excruciating Thankfully, there are
pain shoot through my venues at UCLA to chal-
addition to campus-specific health staff it hires, complains ability, psychological services body. I discovered that lenge these practices.
student fees, such as the that $10 million for these will end up being even more X was anally raping me. Campus Assault Resources
#UCLAwellness Referendum, services is too much, and is understaffed, especially when I groaned and tried to & Education, for instance,
which students passed in 2016 complacent because of its reli- it comes to hiring psychiatrists. regain motion in my limbs. provides a safe place
to mitigate lack of funding for ance on student fee increases In the end, students who need “If you move or make for survivors of sexual
counseling services at UCLA. to fund counseling centers – all comprehensive mental health a sound, I will rip you violence to get support
And while the UC empha- pointing to how little of a prior- services are likely to be left from the inside out,” X and undertakes ongoing
sizes how its ratio of counselors ity mental health is for the UC. behind. whispered in my ear after work to change this toxic
to students is within guidelines, Although just hiring The failure of SB 968 to pinning my neck down. misogynistic culture.
it glosses over who it hires. counselors certainly can help pass indicates the need to hold I laid still in fear of CARE advocates and
Psychological centers have students going through stress, university counseling centers worse punishment, and peer educators provide
different levels of mental health students in more pressing accountable, which the UC eventually fell uncon- comprehensive and
professionals equipped to crises need to be able to meet seems unwilling and unable scious. I woke up and intersectional trainings
handle different student needs. with more experienced staff, to do. discovered I was leaking and workshops for student
Counselors, for example, are which there are fewer of. The Student mental health has blood, feces and semen. groups, faculty members
able to handle brief screenings UC can increase student fees not been a priority for the UC, The tears from that night, and other communities
and one-on-one appoint- to cover mental health services and slapping on Band-Aids like and others that followed, on the UCLA campus.
ments in nonsevere cases. all day long, but unless the slight budget increases, mental were so severe that I They cover topics such
Therapists are a level above, funds are directed toward health screenings and a few continue to bleed to this as healthy relationships,
handling more serious cases hiring more staff who are more counselors changes little. day. supporting survivors,
where students need intensive able to handle serious mental The University needs to put This was my punish- and bystander interven-
psychological services. Psychia- health issues, the UC will a new focus on institutional ment for not providing him tion, and are interactive
trists, who are doctors with the only continue to offer subpar change and make it a priority with an accurate account and trauma-informed.
ability to prescribe medication, services to students. to hire qualified, high-level of my dating history. Student groups and faculty
are the top tier, meeting only What will likely happen is staff. Mini-horses or puppies My relationship with X members can request
with students with mental the University will increase on campus during finals week was built on a framework these workshops, and
health issues that could student fees again, like it did aren’t enough to solve the UC’s of punishment and reward. any member of the UCLA
warrant medication. in 2014, to barely maintain an mental health crisis. He made it clear that if community can attend.
The UC does not care about adequate number of psychologi- I failed to meet one of CARE’s work is helping to
the difference between the cal staff on campus. Or worse, Email Merz at his demands, I would shift our campus culture
qualifications of the mental due to the lack of account- emerz@dailybruin.com. be hit, slapped, raped, to one of respect and
tortured, humiliated dignity.
and shamed. To him, This work should be
October 23, 1996 these punishments were
justified, necessary and
supported and attended to
by the campus community.
well-deserved. I submitted I am not detailing my
to and complied with this personal experiences of
treatment because I genu- relationship violence with
inely believed it was what I the hope that it brings
deserved. justice against X. I write
On this day, 22 years ago, the Daily X’s ideology and my my account so that it may
r n reporte on a fire that as acceptance of its prin- serve as a public testimony
ciples did not, however, of the atrocities women
burning through Malibu and the emerge from thin air. have faced and continue to
Las Virgenes Canyon at the time. They are ramifications of a face under a misogynis-
t ha been the se on fire n the pernicious, long-standing tic system. It adds to the
American tradition of insurmountable pool of
area n e er than three years an behavioral reinforcement: evidence given by those
the path o the fire as lose to the misogyny. who came before me. I
Contrary to popular hope we, as Bruins and
one from three years earlier. Having belief, misogyny is not emerging leaders, can
just gotten out of the damaging the hatred of women. As arrive at the definitive
k rball fire o rsel es t seems one Kate Manne, an assistant conclusion that what we,
professor of philosophy at the targets of misogyny
thing is clear: Los Angeles sure is on Cornell University, puts and the subordinate class
fire te a lot ope lly e et a it, misogyny serves to of the patriarchy, have
police, punish and correct endured is unjustifiable.
little longer than three years break women’s behavior so that it I urge others, when
th s t me b t e better be rea y conforms to a patriarchal ready, able and willing, to
e ther ay ideology. Its hostility and add their stories to this
corrective measures target narrative and help shape
those who deviate from our future.
the norms, expectations
DA I LY B R U I N A R C H I V E S
and social roles outlined Sophia is a third-year
by its backwards ideol- student at UCLA.
Arts dailybruin.com/arts
Student to shake up genres in Fowler Out Loud
BY KRISTIN SNYDER &
ELI COUNTRYMAN
Daily Bruin staff
Joseph Aleshaiker was walk-
ing along Frenchmen Street,
New Orleans, when he got an
idea for a song.
He then returned home and
began to write “Frenchmen
Street,” inspired by his experi-
ence entering bars along the
road, each with different musi-
cians perfor m i ng d i fferent
genres.
The fourth-year civil engi-
neering student will perform
the song as his opener for the
next installment of the Fowler
Out Loud series Wednesday.
Aleshaiker plans to sing five
other folk-rock originals and a
few covers to fill his set at the
Fowler Museum. Though he
writes his music to incorporate
many instruments, Aleshaiker
said he often performs solo,
writing and adjusting the music
to encapsulate the sound of a
full band with many notes.
“It’s important to have a lot
of variety whenever I’m writing
a song. I don’t like to just write
songs that have four chords
you repeat over and over again
because anyone can do that,”
Aleshaiker said. “I want each
part to have an importance.”
When he was younger, Ales-
haiker said he envisioned creat-
ing music with an entire band.
The difficult reality of finding
a consistent group of people
to make music with, however,
led Aleshaiker to create music
by himself. He adjusted his
style accordingly, transitioning
from classic rock to folk-rock,
because acoustic guitars are
prominent in the folk version of
the genre, he said.
Despite being a one-man
band, Aleshaiker incorporates
multiple instruments when
recording his music. Aleshai-
Alumnus’ cutting-edge jewelry caters to celebrities
BY KAIA SHERRY
Daily Bruin reporter
Jason Arasheben crafts jew-
elry not meant for your grand-
mother’s eyes.
Having founded his store,
Jason of Beverly Hills, in 2002,
UCL A a lu m nus A ra sheben
has become internationally
renowned for his outlandish,
diamond-embossed jewelry,
which often veers into provoca-
tive designs unheard of in tradi-
tional jewelry-making, featur-
ing themes like sex and drugs,
he said. Arasheben’s selective
business, now a multimillion-
dollar operation, caters to an
elite clientele including Jen-
nifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian
and the late Michael Jackson.
UCLA alumnus Jason Arasheben founded his jewelry store, Jason of Beverly Hills, in 2002. The business is now a multimillion-dollar operation, offering outlandish jewelry and catering to elite clients like Drake.
Fowler Out Loud:
Joseph Aleshaiker
Fowler Museum
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Free
ker plays guitar, bass guitar and
piano, as well as singing vocals.
For percussion, he uti l izes
common skills such as snap-
ping, clapping and thumping
his hand against his guitar. If
a recorded song incorporates
both chords and a melody, Ale-
shaiker said he records sepa-
rate takes of himself perform-
ing each different aspect of the
song on his own, including each
instrument and vocal layer.
When recording his music, he
said he is able to add harmonies
to his voice to give it a folksy
sound and elevate a line’s emo-
tion.
His recorded music, however,
is different from his live music.
Aleshaiker said when he per-
forms live, he often uses a Span-
ish guitar, a type of acoustic
instrument with slight differ-
ences from the typical acoustic
guitar. Fourth-year ethnomu-
sicology student Astrid Her-
nandez, who helped him book
gigs over the summer, said the
Spanish guitar is more physi-
cally intensive, requiring one to
constantly move their hands up
the neck of the guitar. Incorpo-
rating Spanish guitar into folk-
rock styles brings out different
stylistic elements, Hernandez
said.
“Folk-rock means you have
more of a core element i n
it, because you have harder
strings, and then with the Span-
ish guitar you have that melody
that’s relaxing, so it gives you
that release of tension ... and
they complement each other
very well,” Hernandez said.
Laura Jane Yee, the coor-
Clients can design their own
pieces, if ambitious enough, or
choose from Arasheben’s array
of ready-made designs.
“I’m anti-conform ist and
go against the grain. I like to
do pieces that challenge the
level of creativity, so my stuff
is definitely not for everyone,”
Arasheben said. “If I know my
mother’s going to like it, I don’t
want it in my collection.”
Arasheben said he wants his
jewelry to communicate a cer-
tain image of the client, with
the personal style of each cli-
ent dictating how the design
process is carried out. However,
regardless of how the design
process plays out, Arasheben’s
jewelry tends to be crafted
from high-end materials such
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Fourth-year civil engineering student Joseph Aleshaiker said he writes folk-rock music for full-sized bands, but he often performs his songs, like “Frenchmen Street,” alone with a guitar.
dinator for Fowler Out Loud,
said she was interested in Ale-
shaiker’s music because, as an
ethnomusicology student, she
is drawn to music that incorpo-
rates different kinds of fusion,
including the use of Spanish
guitar within the genre of rock
music. A lesha i ker sa id the
music he wants to record often
includes instruments atypical
to the genre of rock – one song
even involves a full orchestra.
But A lesha i ker’s per for-
as gold, platinum and diamond.
Rapper Drake’s new owl piece,
which uses 100 carats of Ass-
cher-cut diamonds and over a
kilogram of white gold, was pre-
sented to the musician in a solid
gold birdcage. Jesse Mancha,
the brand’s district manager,
said Arasheben works primarily
with such materials because,
simply put, they are the best
and most expensive.
The brand’s Freedom Col-
lection includes watches with
four-carat diamonds that lie
b et we en t he t i meke epi n g
mechan ism and dial of the
watch, creating the illusion of
floating diamonds, somewhat
like a snowglobe. Mancha said
the effect is one of the signa-
ture elements in Jason of Bev-
ma nces are of ten str ipped
down, giving the songs differ-
ent sounds. Aleshaiker said
he prefers his live version of
“Frenchmen Street” to the ver-
sion on his SoundCloud. After
witnessing the variety of music
styles found on Frenchmen
Street, such as folk, jazz and
rock, he began to write the song
for a whole band. He would not
perform the song live, as he ini-
tially thought it would sound
too weak without being accom-
erly Hills’ Freedom Collection,
and serves as one of the origi-
nal concepts the brand tried to
implement.
In typical jewelry design,
gold and diamonds are fash-
ioned into hoop earrings and
diamond studs, styles Arashe-
ben said he finds to be overly
mundane. His creations, such
as a razor blade necklace drip-
ping diamond blood droplets,
embrace provocative themes
and interpret sex, drugs and
violence as art. Other pieces
include a syringe filled with
floating rubies, which allude
to addiction to diamonds and
opulence.
“We have jewelry that’s relat-
ed to death, jewelry related to
sex, jewelry related to drug
panied by other musicians. He
eventually incorporated a foot
shaker – an instrument used
for adding a beat – to his per-
formance, which he said helped
him perform the song live.
Aleshaiker said part of his
goal in writing “Frenchmen
Street” was to capture the
essence of the New Orleans
location through sound. He said
he wrote his music with more
than four chords so it would not
sound like a typical acoustic
use, and I embrace all that,”
Arasheben said. “It’s all about
being creative and expressing
it through jewelry.”
The Bespoke Collection, fea-
tured on Arasheben’s website,
is host to the store’s most elabo-
rate custom-made pieces, made
from scratch and designed side
by side with clients. The col-
lection includes the Bespoke
diamond loafers, a pair of men’s
shoes completely encrusted
in glittering diamonds with a
retail price of $2 million, said
Rachel Meis Verne, the brand’s
director of communications
and events. Most notably, the
shoes were worn by Nick Can-
non on the America’s Got Tal-
ent finale to complement his
all-white garb. Another item
C O U RT E SY O F JASON OF BEVERLY HILLS
AMY DIXON/ P H OTO E D I TO R
song.
“I think it’s a cool experience.
You can go on this one street
and experience so much music
and so much culture,” Aleshai-
ker said. “I was really inspired
to emulate that diversity.”
Email Snyder at
ksnyder@dailybruin.com or
tweet @ksnyder_db.
Email Countryman at
ecountryman@dailybruin.com
or tweet @EliCountryman.
featured is a colorful rendition
of Stewie from the television
show “Family Guy” with his sig-
nature squinted, arm-crossed
pout formed in a diamond pen-
dant.
“(Arasheben) is willing to
make pieces that haven’t been
done before in jewelry,” Verne
said. “He’s the guy who comes
in wearing a maroon suit, and
that eccentricity is very evident
in his creative process.”
Alongside the pieces in the
Bespoke Collection, Arasheben
also designed the champion-
ship rings for the Los Angeles
Lakers in 2009 and 2010, which
rank among the most precious
pieces he has created, he said.
Delivered just a few days ago,
Arasheben also designed the
Golden State Warriors cham-
pionship ring, which inter-
twines aspects of the team’s
season into the design. The
ring reflects the architecture
of the Oracle Arena with cross
designs, and uses 17-point and
18-point diamonds to represent
the 2017-2018 championship.
Similarly, the 74 blue sapphires
resting among the diamonds
displays the team’s 74 com-
bined wins.
“The ring has multiple sto-
rylines in that it speaks on the
season that the players had,
the identity of the team and
the history of the organiza-
tion,” Arasheben said. “I think
that we build into the design
little easter eggs and storylines
that you might not necessarily
see or understand unless it’s
explained to you.”
Arasheben said when those
among his clientele request
over-the-top designs, the pro-
cess becomes increasingly per-
sonal. Each client is different,
he said, and he sometimes goes
back and forth with the client
discussing various designs,
aiming to create a narrative
within each piece.
“I veer away from traditional
jewelry design because quite
frankly, it’s boring. Everyone
has been there and done that,”
Arasheben said. “Each person
who comes into my store and
decides to get something does
so because they know I don’t
craft typical jewelry.”
Email Sherry at
ksherry@dailybruin.com
or tweet @kaiakysherry.
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SECOND TAKE
Taylor Swift | Political post engages typically inactive youth
BY OLIVIA
MAZZUCATO
N
ov. 6 – Taylor
Swift is ready
for it.
On Oct. 7, Swift posted on her
Instagram, urging her followers to
register to vote in the upcoming mid-
term elections and informing them
she would be voting for Democrat
Phil Bredesen for the U.S. Senate – a
far cry from her apolitical past. Swift
joins a growing number of celebri-
ties – from Lin-Manuel Miranda to
Robert Downey Jr. – involved in
voter registration campaigns for the
upcoming midterms.
Though some have pushed back
on celebrity involvement in poli-
tics, citing inauthenticity or lack of
knowledge, celebrities are part of an
important effort to shift the culture
around depoliticizing the act of vot-
ing for their audiences.
However, we also must acknowl-
edge the privilege inherent in such a
conversation, especially in a culture
that has historically disenfran-
chised certain groups of people. For
example, a North Dakota law man-
dates that IDs display a residential
address, which disqualified many
Native Americans who instead use
P.O. boxes. Another case is Georgia’s
“exact match” law, which places
voter applications on hold if there
are any discrepancies between the
application information and the
information on file with the state and
has disproportionately impacted the
state’s African-American population.
In the face of such pervasive and
structural voter suppression, it feels
ingenuous to laud privileged celebri-
ties for telling you to vote. We live
in a country that has not always
protected universal access to voting,
and yet half of the battle of election
season is getting people to exercise
their right. Swift’s impassioned plea
to vote won’t necessarily resonate
with people who have been system-
atically disenfranchised – it may just
sting.
But part of accepting Swift’s and
other celebrities’ advocacy is under-
standing that they are targeting a
different group of people with a dis-
tinct message – those who can vote
should vote.
Swift reaches a particular group
of people who often fail to turn out
for elections – the 18- to 29-year-old
demographic, which consistently has
the lowest participation of every age
group eligible to vote. When people
like Swift talk about voting, their
discourse helps normalize and simul-
taneously glamorize the process.
Celebrities and their fans have a cer-
tain type of connection over social
media that sometimes feels more
genuine than a PSA campaign. They
exist outside the world of politics
too, which can help engage potential
voters who are not politically moti-
vated.
In the past, Swift has been criti-
cized for staying silent on her per-
sonal politics, particularly during
the 2016 presidential election, where
she avoided endorsing or denouncing
either candidate.
While some felt her post was
opportunistic and sought to capital-
ize on popular feeling – Swift made
the post days before the American
KRISTIE-VALERIE HOANG/ DA I LY B R U I N S E N I O R STA F F
Music Awards – Swift said that
she felt the need to speak out now
because of her own convictions and
the changing state of the country.
Voter turnout in the U.S. has his-
torically been low. Only 60.2 percent
of eligible voters cast a ballot in 2016,
and, in the last midterm election in
2014, only 36.7 percent of eligible
voters voted. One Pew Research Cen-
ter study ranked the U.S. 26th of out
32 Organization for Economic Coop-
eration and Development nations.
It is hard to quantify exactly why
people don’t vote, but many cite per-
sonal aversion to politics as a reason.
Voting shouldn’t be seen as a hyper-
political action. It should be seen as
an important part of being an adult
citizen in this country, as natural as
driving on the right side of the road
or paying taxes. Instead, there’s a
culture built around the idea of vot-
ing that has turned it from a univer-
sal right into a niche activity.
By advocating for voting, Swift
proves that you don’t have to be a
politically minded person to vote.
In her post, Swift focused on her
personal beliefs and her desire to see
her values reflected by the people
who represent her in the govern-
ment. By framing voting as an every-
day action, something “quick and
easy to do,” Swift and other celebri-
ties could help challenge cultural
perceptions of voting and make it a
more universal action.
Some argued that she should stick
to singing, but Swift’s lack of direct
expertise in politics may actually be
a plus in increasing voter registra-
tion.
Although the looming registration
deadline may have been more of a
contributing factor, in the 24-hour
period after Swift’s post, Vote.org
reported that 65,000 people reg-
istered to vote, compared to the
190,178 registrations nationwide in
September and 56,669 in August.
Both elements of the conversa-
tion are important. We need to bring
people to the table so they can par-
ticipate in the democratic process,
and we also need to engage them in a
discussion about privilege. Both can
and should happen, and the involve-
ment of celebrities and artists is a
necessary step forward in changing
the culture.
Email Mazzucato at
omazzucato@dailybruin.com or tweet
@omariamazzucato.
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W. VBALL has just been to be a consistent

from page 10
freshman outside hitter Alexis
Light. “It’s a rock for us, and I
think it’s really good that we’re
able to have her as our outlet.”
UCLA snapped a nine-match
losing streak to Washington on
Friday and was led by May, who
recorded a career-high 27 kills.
“Our whole team did really
well to contribute to that,” May
said. “The defense and the pass-
ing was phenomenal, and then
(junior setter Kylie Miller) was
setting so many amazing balls
just in the zone and with great
pace, so a lot of that is owed to
them.”
May has led UCLA in kills in
11 straight matches this year,
recording double-digit kills in
nine of them.
With two seniors and three
juniors in the Bruins’ lineup, the
sophomore is one of the young-
est starters this season – but
Sealy said she has become a
leader.
“I’ve just been trying to be
kind of vocal. ... and also just
being that outlet they can look
to or turn to if they need to,”
outlet on the courts so that if
any ball is in trouble, I can take
it.”
Sealy added that May’s per-
formances have also motivated
her teammates to play better
offensively since the start of the
Pac-12 schedule.
“(All) the power outside hit-
ters in the conference are going
to take a lot of attention from
opponents,” Sealy said. “They’re
the strongest hitters on the
team, and when that person is
really going off, opposing block
defenses have to focus on that,
so it allows other players to get
good opportunities.”
As the Bruins begin the sec-
ond half of conference play this
weekend, Sealy said May has to
continue to play as she has been
all year.
“(May) does everything,”
Sealy said. “She’s shown that
she’s a six-rotation outside (hit-
ter). I think that’s something
she wanted to prove to herself
and everybody else that it’s
something she could do, and
that’s why she wanted to come
to UCLA.”
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May said. “My goal this season tweet @AngieForburger. Redshirt freshman outside hitter Alexis Light has recorded 84 kills on the year, averaging 1.87 kills per set. In the Bruins’ loss Sunday, Light posted a career-high nine digs.

M.TENNIS Pereira i n the doubles

from page 10
career tournament.
“I was happy w ith
(Hahn),” Martin said. “He’s
a freshman winning a cou-
ple good matches before
losing to USC’s No. 2 guy,
he’s playing a guy five years
older than him and a typi-
cally savvy older player.”
No. 54-seeded Wild fell
in the first round to No.
75-seeded Loyola Mary-
mount’s Ethan Prost and
No. 15 seed Hance defeat-
ed No. 79 seed Alex Soto
from UCSB before losing to
Grand Canyon University’s
No. 18 seed Lorenzo Fucile
7-5, 7-5.
No. 63-seeded Rapp
advanced to the round
of 64 before facing No.
2 - se e de d S a n D iego’s
August Holmgren, who
won 6-2, 6-4 and eventu-
ally advanced to the semi-
finals.
Smith was joined by
bracket as the No. 8 seed
and the duo advanced to
the quarterfinals before
losing to No. 1-seeded pair
Brandon Holt and Riley
Smith from USC.
“I felt pretty good in
doubles, a lot more com-
fortable than I was in the
su m mer w ith (Keega n
Sm ith),” Perei ra sa id.
“We had a few good wins
and then had a tough one
against USC, but we were
right there with them.”
Martin said the team
has to continue improving
if they are to compete in
the spring.
“Some of the guys really
have to step it up and work
on things in their game,”
Martin said. “We’ve got a
better game plan than we
did a week ago, but we’ve
got serious work to have to
get going.”
Email McCarthy at
gmccarthy@dailybruin.
com or tweet
@GabeMcCarthyDB.
W. TENNIS
from page 10
ly gives us a lot of confidence going
into our season knowing that we have
such strong doubles players,” Broom-
field said. “Everyone can play with
anyone (they’re paired with).”
In singles, six Bruins advanced
to the round of 32, while four made
the round of 16. UCLA’s No. 10-seed-
ed Bolton and No. 5-seeded Altick
reached the semifinals in singles, but
both lost in straight sets.
Bolton fell 7-6, 6-2 to Pepperdine’s
unseeded Jessica Failla. Altick lost
6-1, 6-3 to USC’s No. 11-seeded Salma
Ewing.
“I was really pleased with how our
team competed in singles, too,” Sam-
pras Webster said. “Every match that
we had a player on the court, they were
battling and fighting and had great
energy. I thought players got better
throughout the matches. ... Why we
play in these (preseason) tournaments
is to get more match play.”
DA I LY B R U I N F I L E P H OTO Email Hong at
UCLA men’s tennis sent six members to the ITA Southwest Regional Championships over the weekend. Coach Billy Martin said the Bruins jhong@dailybruin.com or tweet
have plenty to work on ahead of the regular season beginning in spring. Martin has been at the helm of UCLA tennis for the past 25 years. @JoyHongDB.

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Men’s basketball | Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor
The first AP rankings for the
2018-2019 men’s basketball season
are out.
UCLA w ill enter the season
ranked No. 21 in the country after
making the preseason top 25 for the
third consecutive year.
In 2017, the Bruins also started at
No. 21, and they were ranked No. 16
to start the 2016-2017 season. UCLA
has not been ranked inside the pre-
season top 10 since 2008.
Oregon was the highest ranked
Pac-12 team in the polls – coming in
at No. 14 – while No. 25 Washington
was the third and final Pac-12 team
inside the top 25. Arizona and USC
both received votes.
UCL A now h a s fou r ga mes
FOOTBALL
from page 10
“We’ve always been really
good with the recovery aspect
of things,” Kelly said. “We’ll
monitor our guys very closely in
terms of everything they do, so
we’ll adjust accordingly to the
individuals.”
In their last two games, the
Bruins’ defense has forced five
second-half turnovers com-
pared to just three first-half
turnovers.
Redshirt freshman Elijah
Gates said the defense has done
a good job of maintaining its
energy levels deep into games
in recent weeks. He recorded
his first career interception Sat-
urday.
Junior linebacker Lokeni Toailoa – who got moved from inside linebacker to outside linebacker – said he is excited to play in an important
conference game after UCLA football started the season 0-5. The Bruins will play Utah at the Rose Bowl on Friday.
THE RUNDOWN
Check out a breakdown of UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week.
against ranked opponents this sea-
son, with the potential of adding
another depending on the outcome
of the North Carolina versus Texas
game in the Continental Tire Las
Vegas Invitational.
Cincinnati and Notre Dame both
received votes, while Ohio State was
left out of the rankings entirely.
Last year, the Bruins were 2-2
against ranked teams.
UCLA men’s basketball gets back
on the court Saturday night against
NYIT in Pauley Pavilion for the Bru-
ins’ sole preseason exhibition game.
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“I feel like we’re all clicking
and we’re getting the hang of
everything and it’s all falling
into place, so it’s great,” Gates
said. “The energy is staying
there, we just keep working
hard and giving it great effort.”
Dorian Thompson-Robin-
son’s status up in the air
Fresh ma n quar terback
Dorian Thompson-Robinson
left in the second quarter of
Saturday’s game against Ari-
zona with what appeared to be
a right shoulder injury.
Kelly said he does not know
the extent of the true fresh-
man’s injury but will monitor
the situation throughout the
week of practice. Graduate
transfer quarterback Wilton
Speight is expected to reclaim
the starting role should Thomp-
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Women’s golf | Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor
UCLA women’s golf will have to Golf Coaches Association Player of the UCLA finished outside the top two
wrap up its fall season without its top Year – as well as the Pac-12 Conference for the first time this fall in the Stan-
two golfers. Golfer of the Year – after the 2017-2018 ford Intercollegiate without Vu and
Sophomore Patty Tavatanakit and season. She won four tournaments and Tavatanakit this past weekend. It was
senior Lilia Vu will be playing in the finished inside the top 10 nine times. the first time the Bruins finished lower
Ladies Professional Golf Association Tavatanakit was the WGCA and than third place in a tournament since
Q-Series for at least the next two Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the the 2017 NCAA regionals.
weeks. Tavatanakit and Vu will play Year last season, while also being
the first two rounds at the Pinehurst named a First Team All-American. She Email Connon at
Course in Pinehurst, North Carolina, won four tournaments and notched six sconnon@dailybruin.com or tweet
from Wednesday to Saturday and Oct. top-10 finishes. @SamConnonDB.
31- Nov. 3.
If either player finishes inside the
top 45, they are guaranteed LPGA
membership for the 2019 season.
To qualify for the LPGA Q-Series,
players can either be ranked No. 101
to No. 150 on the LGPA money list, No.
11 through No. 30 on the Symetra Tour
money list, inside the top 75 of the
Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings,
or inside Golfweek’s Collegiate Rank-
ings top five.
Tavatanakit is the No. 1 collegiate
women’s golfer in the country, while
Vu is No. 19.
Vu was named the PING Women’s UCLA ATHLETICS
Beach volleyball | Joy Hong, assistant Sports editor
Sarah Sponcil is still com- Sponcil and Claes beat Bra-
peting professionally before zil’s Josemari Alves and Lil-
the Bruins’ season begins. iane Maestrini in straight
The senior paired up with sets 21-17, 21-19.
USC graduate Kelly Claes The duo, however, then
in an FIVB four-star tour- fel l to Br a z i l’s Ca rol i n a
nament in Las Vegas over Solberg Salgado and Maria
the weekend. The duo was Antonelli in three sets and
eliminated in round 2 of the fa i led to adva nce to the
tournament, after finishing third round.
1-1 in pool play. Sponcil and Claes became
The pair dropped its first a tandem for the first time
match 21-19, 21-18 to Brazil’s Oct. 4 when they competed
Maria Clara Salgado Solberg in an FIVB three-star tour-
and Elize Secomandi Maia nament in Qinzhou, China.
in Pool H of the main draw. The pair defeated Russia’s
Sponcil and Claes bounced Ekaterina Birlova and Evge-
back in their second match nia Ukolova 21-13, 21-16 to
of pool play, defeating Ger- earn third place.
many’s Cinja Tillmann and
Anna Behlen 21-7, 21-14. Email Hong at
After earning a spot in jhong@dailybruin.com or
the first elimination round, tweet @JoyHongDB. AUBREY YEO/ DA I LY B R U I N S E N I O R STA F F
son-Robinson miss Friday’s
game.
Speight completed 17-of-27
passes for 204 yards and a pair
of touchdowns in his first game
action since being knocked out
of the season opener with a back
injury.
Kelly said he was not sur-
prised by Speight’s performance
given the work he has seen the
former Michigan signal caller
put in since sustaining the inju-
ry in week one.
“It’s what we expected,” Kelly
said. “He’s actually trained real-
ly well the last couple of weeks
and has been really sharp, so
we kind of saw what we’ve seen
in training.”
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rsmith@dailybruin.com or
tweet @RyanSmithDB.
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Bruins netted by limited success in regionals
BY GABRIEL MCCARTHY
Assistant Sports editor
The Bruins returned from
Pepperdine with no silverware,
but another tourney of pre-
season experience.
Six members of the UCLA
men’s tennis team competed in
the Southwest section of the ITA
Regionals over the weekend at
the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Cen-
ter in Malibu, California.
UC L A sent s ophomor e s
Keegan Smith, Connor Hance
and Bryce Pereira to the tour-
nament, as well as redshirt
sophomore Connor Rapp and
freshmen Eric Hahn and Max
Wild. The Bruins were compet-
ing in singles and doubles at the
regionals, with five players in
singles and three doubles teams.
Smith entered the singles
tournament as the No. 1 seed
and had a first-round bye before
UCLA sees shorter rest between games
Redshirt freshman Elijah Gates recorded his first career interception at Saturday’s win over Arizona. It was the fifth second-half turnover the Bruins have forced in their last two games.
BY RYAN SMITH
Sports editor
The Bruins are back in the
thick of things in the Pac-12
South Division but will have to
play their next game on short
rest.
UCLA football (2-5, 2-2 Pac-
12) is set to face No. 23 Utah
(5-2, 3-2), the current leader in
the Pac-12 South, on Friday at
the Rose Bowl. The Bruins are
tied with the Utes in the loss col-
Women’s tennis shows preseason promise in regional tournament
Senior Ayan Broomfield paired up with senior Gabby Andrews in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego over the week-
end. The duo brought home the doubles title, winning in a close three setter after dropping the first set 6-1.
he defeated UC Irvine’s Mateusz
Smolicki 6-2, 6-0.
Sm ith w as upset by No.
32-seeded Tanner Smith from
USC 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 32.
Tanner Smith advanced to the
final before losing to fellow Tro-
jan Logan Smith in three sets.
UCLA coach Billy Martin said
he was disappointed Keegan
Smith did not advance further
in match play.
“I’m quite honestly not happy
and I’m pretty disappointed,”
Martin said. “(Smith) losing ear-
ly was the biggest disappoint-
ment for me as a coach. But it
happens, better now than later
on.”
Smith was ranked No. 28 in
the preseason ITA/Oracle rank-
ings and was invited to compete
at the ITA Men’s All-American
Championship earlier in Octo-
ber. He fell in the second round
to Nuno Borges of Mississippi
umn, meaning they could take
over the top spot in the division
with a win.
Junior linebacker Lokeni
Toailoa said he is excited to play
in a meaningful game after a 0-5
start to the season.
“We don’t usually pay atten-
tion to the outside stuff, our big-
gest thing is 1-0 every week,”
Toailoa said. “Every game is
exciting and playing at home
makes it a little bit more excit-
ing.”
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
State – the No. 2 player in the
nation.
Smith said he felt he still has
components of his game to work
on before season play begins in
spring.
“I’m not too worried about it,
it’s preseason and I didn’t really
play my best,” Smith said. “The
guy I played played really well. I
just need to keep working on my
serve and volleys, I think those
two areas of my game I think can
get better, as well as my move-
ment.”
No. 13 - seeded H a h n
advanced to the round of 16,
defeating UC Santa Barbara’s
Anders Holm and UCI’s Luis
Lopez before losi n g to No.
4-seeded Daniel Cukierman
from USC 6-2, 6-2. Martin said
he was impressed with Hahn’s
play as a freshman in his second
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Coach Chip Kelly said he is
not worried about the possible
fatigue stemming from a short
week considering Utah will have
to play on the same schedule as
UCLA.
“We just don’t have the off
day that we usually have been
afforded, but that’s just the way
it is, and Utah has the same
exact schedule,” Kelly said. “It’s
not like one team has an advan-
tage over another team. They
played (Saturday), too, so we’re
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Sophomore Keegan Smith entered ITA Southwest Regional Championships as the No. 1 seed and was eliminated in the round of 32. Smith
posted a 40-7 singles record as well as a 21-15 mark in doubles for UCLA men’s tennis in the 2017-2018 season.
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all on a six-day week instead of a
seven-day week.”
The Utes rolled over the USC
Trojans in a 41-28 victory Satur-
day for their third straight win
after a 0-2 start to conference
play.
Kelly also said he expects his
players to be fresh for Friday’s
game because of the work his
training staff has been putting
into the team all season.
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BY JOY HONG
Assistant Sports editor
Gabby Andrews and Ayan
Broomfield elected to take a
bathroom break after falling in
the first set of the champion-
ship match.
“We just talked about what
was working and what wasn’t,”
Andrews said. “They weren’t
really dictating much, we just
weren’t executing and we were
being tentative.”
The seniors came back to
bring home the title.
Seven members from UCLA
women’s tennis saw action at
the ITA Southwest Regional
Championships, which con-
cluded Monday afternoon.
T h e N o. 5 - s e e d e d p a i r
defe ated t hei r te a m m ates
– No. 4-seeded pa i r sen ior
Alaina Miller and sophomore
Outside hitter
Mac May kills
game on court
BY ANGIE FORBURGER
Assistant Sports editor
Michael Sealy sees a differ-
ence in Mac May this year.
“She always had an amaz-
ing arm and hit hard, but when
she was on the left her fresh-
man year, she didn’t hit with a
lot of range as far as down the
lines and sharp crosscourt,”
the coach said. “She showed
early on (this year), even in
preseason, that her range
was pretty phenomenal and
she could hit all the shots she
needed to hit.”
Last season, May finished
below outside hitters then-
senior Reily Buechler and
then-freshman Jenny Mosser,
E D I TO R
Sophomore outside hitter Mac May – who posted a career-high 27 kills Friday – leads
the Bruins this season with 241 total kills, 3.77 kills per set and 22 service aces.
Abi A ltick – 7-6, 6-3 in the
semifinals for a spot in the
championships, but dropped
the first set of the finals 6-1 to
Pepperdine’s No. 1-seeded pair
Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya
Levashova.
“They were very aggressive
and we were reacting to what
they were doing,” Broomfield
said. “So after the first set,
we just had to regroup and
become the aggressors.”
The duo said they gathered
themselves following the bath-
room break and tied it up at
one set apiece after winning
the second 6-4.
“If we were to sit back and
wait for something to happen,
we weren’t going to win the
match,” Andrews said. “The
momentum we had in the sec-
ond set really helped us carry
it on into the tiebreaker.”
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and then-sophomore middle
blocker Madeleine Gates in
total kills and kills per set.
Sophomore outside hitter
May is leading No. 20 UCLA
women’s volleyball’s (11-6, 6-4
Pac-12) with 241 total kills
this year and 3.77 kills per
set – only 41 kills behind her
total of 282 kills last season
and above her 2017 average of
2.59 kills per set.
May also ranks at the top of
UCLA’s roster in service aces
this year with 22.
“It just kind of fires every-
one up to be able to have some-
one who can put the ball away
like (May) can,” said redshirt
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ALICE NALAND/ DA I LY BRUIN
A ndrews and Broomfield
won the tiebreaker 10-8 to win
the championship, clinching a
spot in the Oracle ITA National
Fall Championships beginning
Nov. 7.
“I’m really happy for them as
two seniors on the team,” said
coach Stella Sampras Webster.
“To be able to win regionals
and now get to go to the nation-
al tournament, they definitely
deserved it because of their
perseverance.”
UCLA had a third doubles
pair reach the semifinals –
including No. 3-seeded pair
freshman Elysia Bolton and
redshirt junior Jada Hart –
who fell 7-6, 6-4 to Lahey and
Levashova.
“Having three of our pairs
making the semifinals definite-
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