According to MTV, the Rose Bowl is "the home of the University of Southern California football team." Inhabiting the stadium throughout the fall apparently isn't enough for us to call the place home; we have to win a few Rose Bowls to get the title back! Maybe this kind of journalism will motivate our Bruins to find the elusive "focus" that will enable them to catch footballs and make tackles.

By the way, are there any Bruins Nation gatherings at the Rose Bowl? I'll be in town for the UCLA vs. Washington game and figured I'd see who else will be there.

Last time I checked, economic research was not an NCAA sport, but nonetheless here's some good news from that field.

Three-time UCLA graduate Elinor Ostrom, along with UC Berkeley professor Oliver Williamson, has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Economics. Professor Ostrom's most famous works (if econ professors' articles are ever famous) address the management natural resources such as commonly held property. She graduated from UCLA with a BA, an MA, and a PhD in Political Science.

UCLA graduate William Sharpe won the Nobel Prize in 1990. To my knowledge, five UCLA professors and another five UCLA alumni have received Nobel Prizes.

Maybe we should hang Nobel banners in Pauley to remind TV viewers that UCLA isn't just a basketball school! : )

Bumped. If you are on campus today you might want to check this place out. GO BRUINS. -N

The Bruins' new $10 million Spieker Aquatics Center will host its inaugural event this Saturday. Our #2-ranked men's water polo team will play UC Irvine at 7:00 p.m. The center is at the top of Sunset Rec, taking the place of four tennis courts.

As blogger Karen Owoc has mentioned, there will be two unfortunate absences at the center: men's diving and men's swimming teams. The Athletic Department shut down those illustrious programs in 1994. More after the jump.

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