Posterize - to dunk emphatically over a defender in basketball.
Alexander Payne, M.F.A. ’90
Drop the Pin – Term that means letting people know where you are through Google maps or any app that shows your location on a map.
William C. “Bill” Ackerman (Men’s Tennis, 1950)
Crackberry - term used for Blackberry devices constantly being checked by their users
Dykstra Hall – UCLA’s first dormitory. Thanks to the new on-campus housing, UCLA was no longer a commuter school.
Sleeves - tattoos covering the whole arm, from the shoulder to the wrist
1974. UCLA's election to this nonprofit association of preeminent public and private research institutions marked the first time that a university system had more than one campus as a member.
Boss - very good, cool, awesome
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Dimepiece - a good looking person; a perfect 10
UCLA, of course.
Victory Lap – each additional year a college senior takes to obtain a degree
Rick Neuheisel
PAM - Asian male who is unable to approach the opposite sex. (Passive Asian Male)
In 1929 construction began on the men’s gym and women’s gym as two of the first eight buildings on campus. These buildings were designed by the original campus architect under the design concept that the top of the hill was for the mind, and the bottom of the hill was for the body.
1337 (leet) - superior, better than anyone else especially in computers; derived from elite
Ackerman featured a 10-lane bowling alley, rooms for billiards and table tennis, indoor and outdoor dining areas and space for other leisure activities.
Awkward Turtle - comment made in an awkward situation (usually accompanied by hand gesture where one hand is placed on the back of the other hand and both outstretched thumbs are wiggled).
Pauley Pavilion was introduced to the university at the June 1965 Commencement exercises, at which time it was dedicated and named for Regent Edwin W. Pauley, the principal donor to the building fund.
Swoll – very large and muscular; buff
On Feb. 22, 2009, Dustin Lance Black ’96 won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Milk, a biographical drama about martyred gay activist politician Harvey Milk.
Hipster: Elitist, pseudo-intellectual person who is involved in the indie culture (including fashion, music, art and film), wears tight pants, often plaid, owns many cloth scarves and may own a fixie.
Robinson earned letters in baseball, football, basketball and track.
Put on Blast – to embarrass (someone) in front of a group.
Vinton Cerf M.A. '70, Ph.D. '72, an American computer scientist, is the person most often called "Father of the Internet."
The bubbling mud pots and hot springs of Yellowstone National Park inspired the design of UCLA's Inverted Fountain.
Ridiculous, crazy, unexpected
Southern Campus. The title alluded to the campus's original name: Southern Branch of the University of California. In 1983, the book came to be called Bruin Life, the name it currently holds.
In the 1930s, light stunts were the trademark of the UCLA cheering section. They originated in 1935 when the football team played some of its games at night. The cheering section was wired and each student given four light bulbs, each of a different color. In 1953, because the light bulbs and wiring were not only difficult to handle but expensive to maintain, the students developed a card similar to the type used in ordinary card stunts, with eight different light filters placed in a circular pattern. Each student was given a flashlight to shine through the filters.
To be going to, to be about to
Looking to add to its rich Olympic history yet again in 2008, UCLA sent a total of 36 athletes and coaches to the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Of the 36 Bruins who traveled to Beijing, 31 were athletes - 27 alumni, 3 current students, 1incoming student - and 5 were coaches.
Los Angeles City College currently sits on the site of the former UCLA campus.
Jayne Mansfield crowned the Mardi Gras King in 1962. The king was typically a favorite professor or University employee. The winner was voted on and announced the night of the carnival. Mansfield's connection to campus didn't end there, however. Two decades after her Mardi Gras appearance, Mansfield's daughter, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress Mariska Hargitay, enrolled at UCLA.
Steaze: Style (style + ease)
Greg Graffin first found fame as lead singer of the groundbreaking band Bad Religion. In addition to his UCLA degrees, he holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
In 1884, John Wolfskill paid $10 an acre to buy the land on which the UCLA campus now stands. The land became an avocado grove.
Cub Californian (1919-24), California Grizzly (1924-26), California Daily Bruin (1926-43 & 1944-48), California Bruin (1943-44) and UCLA Daily Bruin (1948-present)
On Feb. 21, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos met at UCLA on Charter Day. Read more about the visit.
Neard: Hair on the neck (neck + beard)
Winter formals have long since gone out of fashion at UCLA, but school dances are still alive. Dance Marathon at UCLA raises awareness and money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Each year, UCLA students organize and dance in a 26-hour dance-athon to acknowledge the battle of children suffering from AIDS. Dancers try to stay on their feet for the duration of the event and raise funds through sponsorships.
Former supreme allied commander of NATO and Democratic presidential hopeful Gen. Wesley Clark joined the Burkle Center for International Relations as a senior fellow in fall of 2006.
Young served as UCLA chancellor for 29 years, 1968-97. He is the only UCLA alumnus to serve as the university's chief executive.
Los Angeles Junior College was established on Sept. 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. In 1938, the Board of Education changed the institution's name to Los Angeles City College.
Ralph Bunche ’27, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke a month before King. The scheduling was a response by program organizers to the civil rights marches in Selma, Ala. Bunche was the first African-American to receive the prize and, at age 34, King was the youngest.
Wooden was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961as a player for Purdue University, 1928-32. He was inducted as a coach in 1973.
Originally a gift from Jake Gimbel, the flagpole's brass plaque bears a bas relief replica of a South American fish, the porotergus gimbeli. In 1910, Gimbel had sponsored an expedition to explore the rivers of Brazil. Native legend told of an "electric" fish that would shock larger fish before attacking them. Dismissed as a myth for many years, the fish was found, brought back to the U.S, scientifically catalogued and named in honor of the expedition's benefactor. Gimbel had the fish added to the plaque on a whim when he presented his gift in 1937.
On April 4, 1998, UCLA hosted the Royce Hall Gala Reopening, giving the public its first official look at the transformed campus icon. Proceeds from the gala benefited UCLA students and programs and the UCLA Center for the Performing Arts so that it could continue to bring to Royce Hall the finest performing artists in the world.
The UCLA Victory Bell. A gift of the UCLA Alumni Association to campus, the UCLA Victory Bell was kidnapped by Trojans in 1941. After negotiations, the Trojans agreed to return the bell on the condition that it become a trophy of the annual cross-town rivalry. On Dec. 12, 1942, the Bruins won the day, 14-7, beating the Trojans for the first time and taking the Victory Bell home on the way to their first-ever bowl appearance.
Swen Nater. Swen was a community college All-American in 1970 before playing behind NCAA Player of the Year Bill Walton under Coach John Wooden. He was a member of two UCLA national championship squads. He went on to become an NBA first-round draft pick in 1973 and the ABA Rookie of the Year in 1974.
1. To laugh a lot
2. That’s really funny (interjection.) (Rolling On the Floor Laughing).
In 1961, alumni presented UCLA with the first Josephine Bruin, a little Himalayan bear. Josephine lived in the Rally Committee chair’s backyard. But as she grew and needed more space, Josephine was moved to the San Diego Zoo.
"Hail Blue and Gold," written by a UCLA student in 1925, preceded "Hail to the Hills of Westwood." The current alma mater was adopted in 1960. Until 1925, UCLA shared UC Berkely's alma mater.
Women's Water Polo.
Chancellor Charles Young M.A. '57, Ph.D. '60 remains the only Bruin also to have led UCLA.
1. To program (a webpage) to take users to Rick Astley’s video "Never Gonna Give You Up" rather than whatever they clicked on.
2. To play Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” for (someone).
Presidential nominees Michael Dukakis and George Bush debated at UCLA. Dukakis would later return to campus as a visiting professor.
A campus landmark since 1968, the Inverted Fountain recirculates 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Six UCLA alumni and five UCLA faculty members are Nobel Laureates.
Five UCLA faculty members: Louis J. Ignarro, Physiology or Medicine, 1998; Paul Boyer, Chemistry, 1997; Donald Cram, Chemistry, 1987; Julian S. Schwinger, Physics, 1965; Willard F. Libby, Chemistry, 1960. * “Bertrand Russell, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1950), was appointed to the UCLA faculty in March 1939, and taught philosophy during the 1939-40 academic year. However, he resigned in February 1940. Because his tenure at UCLA was so brief, he is not counted among the UCLA Faculty Nobel Laureates.”
Six UCLA alumni: Richard F. Heck, Chemistry, 2010; Elinor Ostrom, Economics, 2009; William Sharpe, Economics, 1990; Bruce Merrifield, Chemistry, 1984; Glenn Seaborg, Chemistry, 1951; Ralph Bunche, Peace Prize, 1950
The School of Public Affairs was established in 1994 to set a new direction for policy education, research and action.
The UCLA Library reported housing nearly 8.4 million volumes, more than 50,000 serial titles and some 230,000 electronic resources in 2007-08, the last year for which statistics are available.
The Bruins have played 12 New Year's Day games at the Rose Bowl, assembling a 5-7 record. The first appearance was in 1943, and the most recent in 1999.
The "chamfer cylinder design surface" is more commonly known as a durable artificial hip.
Organized into 5 divisions - humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, life sciences, honors and undergraduate programs – as of 2010 UCLA’s College of Letters and Science offers 106 majors and 69 minors.
$9.3 billion in 2010
Money
The collections include more than 150,000 art and ethnographic and 600,000 archaeological objects.
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As of 2010, approximaters 64% of UCLA undergrads receive financial aid of some type. Among the nation’s 50 top universities, UCLA continues to have the largest proportion of undergraduates receiving federal Pell Grants for students from low-income families. This year once again roughly one-third of UCLA undergraduates will be receiving Pell Grants.
Fifty years ago, Head Coach Henry "Red" Sanders led the team to a perfect 9-0 season record. Tommy Prothro, who would later become UCLA's head football coach himself, was a key assistant coach in that championship season.
"Gayleyville," located along Gayley Avenue and Strathmore Drive, was set up during the post-World War II years to provide housing for married students. Gayleyville was made up of 20 units with 14 apartments, which offered proximity to UCLA, low rent and scenic views of green grass and hills. Gayleyville was torn down in the 1960s.
Robinson was named Alumnus of the Year in 1962 - the same year he became the first black American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dean of Women Helen Laughlin felt that the fraternity and sorority houses should be separated to discourage unseemly hanky-panky.
Pauley Pavilion's opening game saw UCLA's NCAA championship team lose to its own freshman squad, 75-60. In defense of the champions, though, the winning freshman squad included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar '69, Lucius Allen and Lynn Shackelford '69. Pauley officially opened with a UCLA victory over Ohio State, 92-66.
On Jan. 1, 1966, Coach Tommy Prothro and the Bruins defeated Michigan State 14-12 in UCLA's first Rose Bowl victory.
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Josiah Royce, a California-born philosopher, received his bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in 1875 and earned his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. A professor at UC Berkeley and Harvard, Royce published 13 books and some 200 articles and reviews. At Harvard, his colleagues included Ernest Carroll Moore, UCLA’s first provost. UCLA’s first dean of the College of Letters and Science, Charles Rieber, was a graduate student under Royce.
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Hail to the hills of Westwood, / To the mighty sea below; / Hail to our Alma Mater, / She will conquer every foe. // For we’re loyal to the Southland, / Her honor we’ll uphold; / We’ll gladly give our hearts to thee, / To the Blue and to the Gold.
“Let There Be Light,” from the Latin motto Fiat lux
Ghost Ride the Whip – To slow down a car and have all the passengers exit and dance alongside as it moves down the street
A fourragère is a loop of braided cord worn at the shoulder. Used by the military and many universities, it signifies that the wearer has been singled out for special distinction. At UCLA the gold fourragère, recognizing academic achievement, is awarded to the top 15 percent of bachelor’s degree candidates who graduate each quarter. It is worn on the left shoulder at Commencement. The blue-and-gold fourragère designates the Chancellor’s Service Award given in recognition of community service. It is worn on the right shoulder at Commencement.
The three were professors at UC Berkeley – professors of Herbert Foster, the engineer who later helped lay out the Westwood streets.
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