Story archive for May 1997
Friday, May 30
- New French cinema featured in L.A. courtesy of Laemmle
- Perhaps the kind judge will grant a delay
- UCLA wades into too deep waters
- Charisma, stage antics make Prodigy sparkle
- Slanging it up
- Asian-American movement continues living on
- Olympic gymnast Chow makes impact on all Americans
- Record-breaking Bruin offense still on the ball in postseason
- Hurricane warning
- UCLA to offer English minor to students Fall Quarter
- Another Trip to Barrytown
- Two students remembered at service
- Proposed bylaw would stabilize student groups' budgets
- Falling up
- SCREENSCENE
Thursday, May 29
- Minorities gaining access to psychological services
- Criminalization of marijuana use out of step with state, people's rights
- Head of the class
- Brewin' off campus
- Inexperience, youth to blame for Bruins' poor performance
- South Campus evacuated again by chemical spill
- Bruin Update
- Versatile folk-punk singer releases double live album
- Peploe weaves 'Magic' in Mexican period piece
- Volunteering a fulfilling way to give back to community
- More than money
- Packwood passes Henderson to win cycling championship
- Students aim for better conditions
- Speaks Out
- Executions gaining favor
- Crimewatch
- Track Notes
- SAGE causes traffic jam to gain awareness
- Bruins left pondering what might have been
- Breaking the limit
- Imagination alive in '2.5 minutes'
- What good is English?
- Trial date set for suit to dismiss regents' decision
- Sports Briefs
- Don't discount Dollar out of NBA yet
Wednesday, May 28
- Five ZBT members take hiatus from busy lives through band
- 'Reinvention' of science fails both women, intellectualism
- Quest for team title runs out of steam in Seattle
- The fate of heroes
- Bruins topple Pac-10 competition
- Nitric acid spill forces South Campus evacuations
- Bruin Update
- Researchers develop potential treatment for juvenile diabetes
- Professors, chancellor praise funding system
- Letters
- Apathy shouldn't be part of college life
- Weighting for 'perfection'
- Bruins qualify for first time in four years
- Social currents drowned disco
- Soundbites
- Homeless drifting onto UCLA look for shelter, not trouble
- Meandering down path of sports
- Prayer has been, is, will always be voluntary
- Out of the shadows
- Traveling on golden Rhodes
- Seniors explore, display individuality in festival
Tuesday, May 27
- Fraternity gives kids boost
- Disregard for ethics, abuse of law must be eradicated
- Russo redefines motherhood with role in upcoming 'Buddy'
- Deficit too great for Bruins to overcome
- Bruins plow through competition to reach World Series
- SAGE, university assess impact of picket lines
- Bruins, Adams shed 'failure' label
- Rowdy bands set to storm campus
- Bruin Update
- OH!-MAHA
- BRUIN CHOICE AWARDS
- Preachy politics only strengthen queers' resolve
- Burns takes diminished postseason role with aplomb
- Why society equates 'homeless' with 'worthless'
- Briefs
- Bruins exit NCAAs early; unseeded player sweeps titles
- BRUIN CHOICE AWARDS
- Meeting an audience that puts 'fanatic' back in fan
- Unmerciful End
- Stir It Up..
- Diversity requirement needed at UCLA
Friday, May 23
- Bruins hope to run conference streak to six
- Students First! prepares next term's agenda for council
- New plans support diversity in policies
- Mixed results in Oklahoma
- Bruins look to capture title at Pac-10 Championships
- SCREENSCENE
- LETTERS
- Mixed results in Oklahoma
- Soap opera-style segments bring 'Taboo's' black humor into spotlight
- 'Visas and Virtue' delivers heroism in compact form
- UCLA kicks off fund-raising program with ambitious goals in sight
- Surfing the world
- Bruins rally through second round
- Bruins hope to bark Wildcats up tree in next NCAA round
- Persueded
- UCLA in NCAA doubles trouble
- Tsilas sheds light on Balkan unrest
- Spectral analysis
Thursday, May 22
- Bruins move another step closer toward clinching championship
- Lifting kegs, not weights, is the way to go!
- Bruins to confront Harvard Crimson
- Strike opens with general support
- Speaks Out
- Real Bruins
- Diversity of law school admissions plunges
- Religion and politics
- Religion and politics
- World beat
- It's an all-California affair in Oklahoma
- Bruins switch to individual play in NCAA championships
- Sports Briefs
- Construction over summer aims to revitalize village
- Nothing more to prove
- Letters
- Athletic success of Woods can't mend society's race problems
- Almost to Omaha
- President-elect intends to continue, improve programs
- Fine arts students 'Journey' into humanity's basic needs
- Religion and politics
- Bruin Update
- Bulldogs' loss amplified by graduation of key players
- Religion and politics
- Group with community's needs in mind premiers play filled with compassion
Wednesday, May 21
- Social outlets make large campus feel more intimate
- UCLA hopes for greater success in singles, doubles events
- Rock Love turns tide of music journalism
- Letters
- Having a blast, Indian style
- Stanford takes home championship
- Bringing history to life
- Interaction fund to get $100,000-a-year bailout
- Making of a miralce
- Bruins begin walk down fairway
- Bulldogging his way to the top
- Richards' stand-up savvy goes on 'Trial' in premiere lead role
- Retiring Dean Prager gets high marks
- Price of beauty will not pay for degree
- Student questions security in residence halls
- Bruin Update
- Election tactics create discord, apathy among student body
- Bruin women fall short of net
- Bruin discus throwers hope for strong winds
- Getting rich quick may be easier and more fun than you think
- Wind ensemble to give spring concert
- Soundbites
Tuesday, May 20
- Bruins collared by Bulldogs
- Column misses point of women's studies program
- A look at what's in store for Bruins next year
- Breaking boundaries
- UCLA students participate in computer encryption contest
- Crimewatch
- Despite team's loss, individual Bruins fare well in NCAA play
- Two Lambda Chi members drown
- Bulldogs, Cardinal set for showdown
- Knicks need lesson in self control
- Lapu, the Coyote that Cares nurtures voices of Asian Americans
- Lively crowds provide dynamic support to UCLA despite losses
- No impending disasters threaten freedom-loving Americans
- Students receive degrees in commencement program
- Goldstein's lineup change for NCAA spurs controversy
- Walk out slated to begin Wednesday
- Black cinema suffering from creative regression
- Bruin Update
- To Towell
- Samahang's silver celebration
- Drama buried by poor acting
- Bruins collared by Bulldogs
- Bruins take No. 1 seed for Midwest regional
Monday, May 19
- Cadillac Cafe to host event inspired by 'Bewitched' cookbook
- Despite depth, talent in SEC, Pac-10 dominates nation
- Tuatara pushes rock's envelope
- State, UCLA officials honor Gonda facility at ceremony
- SAGE strikes for rights against corporate UCs
- The Road to Success
- Inconsistent play, 6th place still win trip to NCAA championships
- Bruin tennis still waiting to meet their match
- Longhorns trample UCLA in quarterfinals
- Bruin tennis still waiting to meet their match
- Regents silence proposal with system's machinery
- Soundbites
- UCLA community greets Carnesale, honors Young
- For repression not refreshment...Coke is it
- Royce gala gears toward $1.2 billion campaign
- Ad snafu dramatizes need for change
- Bruin Update
- Lending a hand
- New board members allowed to vote
- Women's conference meets at Ackerman
- World Series hopes saved at last minute
Friday, May 16
- Try socialism again for the first time
- Latest installment of series focuses on bilingual education
- Life Movements
- Few merchants picket to protest newly expanded Ackerman Union
- Deciphering attraction
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- Students First! secures majority in runoff
- Unrealistic black comedy 'Commandments' no movie of biblical proportions
- Try socialism again for the first time
- Donor-bias admissions proposal deferred
- Alban Berg Quartet concert commemorates Schubert's birth
- Bruins' championship campaign runs through bayou
- Survey shows mixed reactions to increased ASUCLA fee
- Ongoing retrospective series spotlights lesser-known Italian filmmaker
- Their day has come
- UCLA sends Volunteers home
Thursday, May 15
- Lewitzky Company to deliver farewell performance
- Bruin Update
- Critique of program unfounded
- Second Nature
- Tuatara's eclectic jams form organized chaos
- Myths, truths of college life undergo comedic spin
- Postseason drought
- Causing a racket
- Bruins must master their inconstancy
- Small major lets students affect world in big way
- Regents visit UCLA after long absence
- The un-civil war
- Speaks Out
- Crafting confidence
- Bruins hope home-court will be advantageous
- Jones' coaching women's team is step to prove league is serious
- SAGE prepares walkout for union recognition
- What to do when life kicks you as you're down
- Valued ethnic, gender classes help students attain access
- Exceeding expectations
- Men's, women's crew aim for Pac-10 championships
- Breakin' it down
- Letters
Wednesday, May 14
- Students First!, Access Coalition to face off
- One-man show celebrates American heroes
- Bruins bow out with loss to CSUN
- Bruin Update
- Soundbites
- Several questions remain unanswered in wake of playoff loss
- Student creates device with host of possibilities for heart research
- Crude campaigns mar elections
- Don't Call It A Comeback...
- Pilot food discount program needs student support
- Briefs
- On-line ballot needed to open USAC elections to more voters
- Short Changed?
- Pitino payday
- Running down a dream
- Professor wins struggle for gender pay equality
- Judicial Board refuses to formally hear petition
- Letters
- Communism comes to life in musical production
- Sandwich stand offers student-friendly fare
Tuesday, May 13
- Feature Photo
- UC to settle sex bias case
- Bruins prepare for championships
- Support equality with SAGE strike
- 'Addiction' drains savings but adds joy to life
- Crimewatch
- Medical Center employee dies in UCLA Emergency Room
- Q&A with Jason Alexander
- Letters to the Editor
- Chemical Addiction
- Unbelievable
- Proposal aims to stop back-door admissions
- Bruins look to end stellar season with win against CSUN
- Bruin Update
- Socialism blocks path of progress
- Ill, disabled children invited to become Convomaniacs
- Former candidates share their reactions
- Bruins prepare for championships
- Men's, women's squads turn in solid performances at invitational
- The end is near...
Monday, May 12
- Weekend meets yield records for No. 1 UCLA
- Confronting, not avoiding issue of sex
- Variety of unusual works featured in Asian festival
- Seeking an identity in the United States
- Bruins race to personal victories at Occidental Invitational
- Soundbites
- Child's Play
- UCLA pitching overpowers Arizona State in doubleheader
- Phish's bassist brings same free-flowing style to stories
- Champions, again
- Stanford avoids sweep to steal lead in six-Pac
- Mother's Day magnifies loving memories, regrets
- Racing for a cure
- Bruins ninth in West Regional, earn berth in championships
- Students First! accused of illegal campaigning
- Bruins return again as Collegiate Champions
- 'Bleak House' marathon reading reaps in success
- Letters
- Bruin Update
Friday, May 9
- Travelling the world for peace, sovereignty
- Two meets more effective than one for Bruin squad
- Pianist masters language of music
- Victors see win as vindication of this year's USAC policies
- Women's studies major fails to give competitive edge
- New light focused on controversial USAC ad
- Students First! surges
- No. 1 Bruins plan to stay above water
- Offspring smash their way to fans' hearts at Palladium
- SCREENSCENE
- Bruins divide up talent in upcoming invitationals
- UCLA needs win over the Cardinal to enter playoffs
- 'Dames & Dicks' explores appeal of film noir style
- LETTERS
- Community Briefs
- Phenomenon
- Year spent in Italy makes profound impression upon student's memory
- No other like mother
- 'Experiments' only mask abuse
- Phenomenon
- A mother-daughter bond to baseball
- Coming out of Nowhere
Thursday, May 8
- Construction Corner
- Mitchell named LAUSD adviser
- Students fear future education as merger comes to close
- Lutefisk adds an extra 'fisk' for their fans in live shows
- Leading the way
- Bruin Update
- The art of dominance
- Diverse slates draw specific constituents
- Students First! ad raises eyebrows, accusations
- Misplaced priorities, unethical behavior cover sports world with veil of shame
- Saying farewell to a genuine role model
- Postseason may still be in reach
- The 'Ugly' makes its appearance at UCLA
- Is cheating the only way to get ahead in society?
- High-caliber students comprise incoming class
- Letters
- Enjoying the ride
- Athlete's fight for equality transcended baseball
- Want me to fly you to Vegas?
- Remarkable conductor leads UCLA flutists
- The things they do
- Meyers finds pain, mortality are necessary, natural parts of comedy
- Success on and off the field
- Hypocrisy honored by degree
- Rebuttals
- UCLA not fazed by ninth-place finish in Pac-10 Championships
Wednesday, May 7
- Daily Bruin endorsements
- President
- External Vice President
- Facilities Commissioner
- 'Schlemiel the First' to premiere at Geffen Playhouse
- Spanning the globe
- Rock convention provides opportunity for big break
- Student Welfare
- Community Service
- Title hopes fall down a notch
- Cultural Affairs Commission
- Candidates muddy waters during debate
- New Bruin Card to provide various expanded services
- Bruin Updates
- So long, Super Mario
- Academic Affairs
- General Representatives
- Bruins set to dominate next year with recruits, returning starters
- NCAA forces UCLA softball to pay price for violations
- Guitar quartet to debut UCLA composer's piece
- Internal Vice President
- Playoff plans cancelled
- Candidates, platforms stress diversity, service
- Candidate rebuttal statements
- Marathon puts 'fun' in fund raising
- Soundbites
- Celebrating Afrikan Visions
Tuesday, May 6
- Logistical snafus turn Sweet performance sour
- The Odyssey returns
- Candlelight vigil honors genocide victims
- Council releases grad election results
- Harrick signed by Rhode Island
- Starving to be heard
- Zionist principles can drive healing process
- Filmmakers betray original Caped Crusader
- West offers acting advice to students
- Bruin Update
- Bruins look to avenge loss against Long Beach State
- Internal vice presidential candidates outline goals
- Loss to Waves doesn't dampen Bruin spirit
- Crimewatch
- Promise held by boys in blue rapidly fading in eyes of fan
- Vote for Horey equals vote against The Man
- Self-driven
- Students First! provides leadership backed by experience
Monday, May 5
- UCLA's lost match
- Kerckhoff display shines spotlight on child abuse
- Volunteering doesn't change system problems
- Community Briefs
- Bruins, Cardinal go neck-and-neck for Six-Pac
- Celebration of spirit and culture
- Living with Terrorism
- Packaging Paradise
- Young team garners experience for Pac-10 Championships
- 'Ellen,' black comedy have strange links
- UCLA Dental School lays off staff, shuts down laboratories
- Ready or not, Pepperdine is Bruin bait prior to NCAA's
- UCLA's lost match
- External vice presidency up for grabs
- Stanford defeats UCLA: 15-7, 15-10, 9-15, 6-15, 15-13
- Soundbites
- Experts discuss peace in Middle East
- Bruins seeded No. 1 in NCAA Men's Tennis Championships
- Bruin Update
- Bruins continue long winning streak against Trojans
- Proposal aims to integrate ethnic studies
- Vujcic gets big break with 'Broken English'
- Sensationalism of broadcast journalism not worst scenario
- Administration, faculty debate merits of new funding system
- Stanford defeats UCLA: 15-7, 15-10, 9-15, 6-15, 15-13
- Letters
- Hershey likely to give way to parking, offices
- Bruins dominate USC, BYU, finish off unbeaten season
- Talley awarded prize for academic excellence in research
Friday, May 2
- SCREENSCENE
- Jekyll and Hyde haunt offense
- Answering life's most difficult questions
- Kicking and screaming
- WorldFest '97 seeks to promote multi-cultural appreciation
- Student campaigns get off to brisk start
- Student groups need university patronage to survive
- Shaping the Silver Screen
- Lions hear Bruins roar
- Women's track hopes to sprint past USC, BYU in triple meet
- Bruins must sweep Bears to vie for conference title
- Voodoo Glow Skulls bring 'Baile De Los Locos' to eager fans
- Students market regional advertising win
- Bruins look to run streak to 19
- Graduates need not be frightened by world outside UCLA
- Lions hear Bruins roar
- 'Ellen' lead character 'comes out' to viewers
- 'Picnic and Concert' combines story, song and fun
- SCREENSCENE II
Thursday, May 1
- Community Briefs
- Still Dancing
- Interest in childhood development on the increase
- Powell attracts its millionth 'guest'
- Bruins ready for crucial game
- Construction Corner
- Pressure is on for Lavin, Davis to win championship next year
- Sports Briefs
- Letters
- Tenure troubles, low pay drive off UCLA faculty
- The Usual Success
- Brown's passionate imagination carries her success over lifetime
- Life in the fast lane
- Artist explores myths, emotions behind girls' ripening sexuality
- Robinson's major league success a triumph for baseball history
- Bruins look to take out the Dawgs
- Soundbites
- Latest Aussie film showcases Judy Davis' many talents
- Wearing your identity on your sleeve
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