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In 1927, the institution changed its name to University of California, Los Angeles. It is considered as one of the oldest general-purpose institutions in the system of the University of California. The sports teams of the University of California, Los Angeles are actually called the Bruins. Two of the important sports competitions where the UCLA Bruins participate in are the Pacific Ten Conference and the NCAA Division I-A. The home venue of the Bruins Football team is the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Meanwhile, Pauley Pavilion, which is located right at the campus of the university, is the home venue for the basketball, the volleyball, as well as the women’s gymnastic teams. The first mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles is called Rags, a little fuzzy dog found by the school’s gardener in 1918 in the lawn of the campus. However, UCLA adopted a cub as its mascot when Berkeley got the golden bear. In 1920, after winning several football games, the university adopte …

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