
The modern sports fan hive mind lacks a backbone.
The spineless creature operates on pure emotion in place of a brain.
When things are good, things are perfect – happiness is deserved, hope is everlasting and both the people and processes that made success happen in the first place could never do anything wrong.



Outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette serves the ball. The senior logged 22 kills and seven errors throughout the Bruin loss Friday night. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
And it ends.
A season full of elevated expectations is over.
No. 8 seed UCLA women’s volleyball (19-13, 12-8 Big Ten) fell to No. 1 seed Kentucky (27-2, 15-0 SEC) in a four-set thriller in the second round of the NCAA tournament Friday night at Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky.
“I’m proud of our team for the match we played tonight, certainly for the run we had in this tournament,” said coach Alfee Reft.
Key Takeaways:
In 2024, roughly 15,000 Metro Bike Share trips were taken by UCLA students and staff.
Nearly 80% of Metro Bike users in the 2024-25 academic year were monthly pass holders.
UCLA is asking community members to inform UCPD if immigration officers enter or are expected to enter campus to execute federal immigration orders.
The university issued the notice in a Thursday BruinPost, noting in the message that it has “no indication or reports” suggesting immigration enforcement operations will occur on campus.
UCLA has yet to play a ranked team since a late-game collapse to then-No. 5 Arizona on Nov. 14.
And in the squad’s 69-65 defeat at the hands of the Wildcats, the Bruins were outrebounded 35-28, prompting coach Mick Cronin to identify crashing the glass as a point of growth.

