After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname " Bruins ," a name offered by the student council at UC Berkeley .
Ngemva amaqembu wezemidlalo wangena inkomfa lwasePacific e 1926, umfundi umkhandlu Wik Yegatsha yokutholwa isidlaliso "Bruins," igama ahlinzekwa wumkhandlu isitshudeni sase-UC Berkeley.