Story archive for May 2001
Friday, June 1
- Baseball Brief
- A star is born
- For a good time, call your partner, not that 900 number
- Number of transfers on the rise
- Free your mind, add some pizazz to your writing
- Moving On
- Audience enters smoky world of jazz with ‘Side Man’
- Scarub avoids green, stays true to hip-hop scene
- Israeli loyalists support outdated notions
- Screen Scenes
- Basketball Brief
- Administration should stop playing schoolyard bully
- UCLA faces gruesome season end
- Field athletes lead Bruins in strong second-day showing
- Fashionably Award
- Volunteers seek to clean up trash, erase graffiti in Village
- ‘Pimp’ reveals the downfalls of living it up
- Hillel sponsors forum to discuss LGBT issues
- UCLA Club Sports
- Squad will end performance with weekend ‘Plate’ tourney
- Men's Golf Brief
- Community Briefs
Thursday, May 31
- ‘Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ takes audience back to the past
- TV ‘Friends’ make for good friends
- Independent
- Superior Court drops criminal charges against professor
- Skateboarders say they’re athletes, need practice space
- Bruins put faith in Brad Sherfy’s experience, advice
- Label of ‘model’ group proves false, unfair
- Men’s basketball brief
- Palahniuk’s new novel oozes darkness
- ‘M2’ updates old songs with jazz
- Commencement ticket scalpers face sanctions
- Relay mishap dampens but doesn’t douse team’s hopes
- The Rebirth of BruinGolf
- Patronizing attitude causes social, scholastic deficiencies
- Martin case sets dangerous precedent
- Bruins don’t place, still perform well
- ‘Miles’ provides glimpse into cross-continental adventure
- Web Surfing
- Tidal Wave II Sink or Swim (Part 1)
- Baron signs with Minnesota
- ‘Brothel’ reveals lives of professional prostitutes
- Final loss mirrors last year’s performance
- Men’s golf brief
- The Metamorphosis
- Chancellor talks tenure with student protesters
- Bill proposes repeal of financial aid restriction
- Daily Rx
Wednesday, May 30
- Sport utility vehicles are a waste of gas, money
- Letter
- UCLA sees drop in African American registration
- Bruins’ outdoor outlook promising
- Eclectic album showcases Bruin talents
- Dirty little secrets
- Beartrap
- Online gradebook readily available
- Students demand tenure for professor with hunger strike
- Selected five will compete in NCAAs
- A foursome to be reckoned with
- Player Diaries
- President-elect prepares for installment, term in office
- Sound Bites
- L.A. mayoral candidates try to impersonate Republicans
- Team looks to parlay unlikely berth into shot at national title
- Life 'N' Lecture
- Genius of Radiohead highlights years at UCLA
- A walk in the park
- When it counts
- Students should fight to have sway in tenure process
- Community Briefs
Tuesday, May 29
- Pitchers dominate at Women's College World Series, but also put pressure on fielders (ONLINE EXTRA!)
- Arizona scores once, robbing UCLA again
- Dalai Lama speaks at Pauley Pavilion
- Player's Diary:
- Press Pound
- Cost of gas affecting consumers
- Harper speaks to fans with energy, passionate music
- Club Briefs
- Sing, dance, & celebrate!
- Enough is enough: truth about Israeli conflict must be told
- Now comes the test
- Bruins defeat Stanford at College World Series thanks to young stars (ONLINE EXTRA!)
- ‘Pearl Harbor’ just another boring blockbuster bomb
- Boogie Nights
- Fear to offend causes complacency
- World series still worth watching
- Bruin chemistry results in fifth-place finish
- Bruins defeated in NCAA Tournament
- Crime Watch
- A&E Briefs
- Hope Floats
- People should commemorate Eritrea’s fight for freedom
- HIF is helping individuals of mixed heritage find new niche
- Spovies add color, life to athletic feats
- Buffett takes fans on a musical beach odyssey
- NCAA tournament continues (ONLINE EXTRA!)
- Police search for suspect has one student upset
- Cal student receives designate nomination
- UCLA advances to championship game over LSU (ONLINE EXTRA!)
Friday, May 25
- Speaks Out
- Abu-Jamal’s sentence reveals injustice of racist capitalist system
- Tribute to commemorate jazz legends
- Event organizes diverse community around influential genre
- Men's Tennis Brief
- Community Briefs
- Memorial Day tournament to honor former UCLA student
- The Residents comes to Royce with fan favorites
- Modern times leave us dazed and confused about dating
- Team suffers tournament defeats
- Women's Golf Brief
- Eritrean Bruins commemorate anniversary of independence
- ATS computer lab to close at the end of the quarter
- Remembrances of things Past
- Swastika sparks emotions at teach-in on oppression
- Psychology professor, alumnus gives lecture
- Bruins deliver late in game for victory
- Pajamas are for bed, not everyday living
- The old man and the team
- Look to Southern California to find softball all-stars
- Wang fails to weigh both sides
- Group hopes lineup will provide unity, entertainment
- Women's Track Brief
- Assembly sanctions dual admissions policy
- Surfer Jack Johnson, is now enjoying a wave of musical success
Thursday, May 24
- Sex offenders may have to register with campus police
- College Briefs
- Victims, not murderers, deserve compassion
- Bush stays cool, remains aloof to global warming
- The Crying Game
- Club team shows varsity potential
- Women's Golf Brief
- Couples to try out new polyurethane condoms
- UCLA players advance in NCAA tournament
- Happy birthday Bob Dylan; thanks for modern culture
- Political war on drugs makes medical casualties
- Cultural Clothing
- The last challenge: Focus on fundamentals
- ‘Queens’ depicts struggle for power among royalty
- Dave Matthews Band does it again
- Web Surfing
- UCLA hosts famous prosecutor
- Bruin stars get involved in campus service programs
- Just your average slugger
- All football and no offseason makes loyal fans cranky
- Forest Life
- Letters
- The last challenge: NCAA softball preview
Wednesday, May 23
- Healing Power? Part 3: Herbs may help alleviate chronic ills
- Bruins play it smart, make cut for NCAAs
- Breaking Through
- Life 'N' Lecture
- Sound Bites
- Healing Power? Part 1:
- Task force holds discussion over future-housing issues
- UC still faces challenge of admissions equality
- Mercurial season keeps UCLA out of playoffs
- Country performer discovers Latin roots
- Admissions changes must follow board’s decision
- Hayden raises money, awareness for election
- LETTERS
- Panelists analyze Palestinian plight
- USAC withdraws resolution on Israel
- Spring concert showcases UCLA students’ musical talents
- Lypsinka puts on fun, manic performance
- Beartrap
- Who let the underdogs out?
- Healing Power? Part 2:
- Speaker warns of risky behavior
- Leary inspires team with leadership
- WOMEN'S GOLF BRIEF
- WOMEN'S TENNIS BRIEF
- Newly elected members hold initial meeting after swear-in
- Back in the Day
- Get updated with a list of 2001’s top 10 sports stories
- COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Tuesday, May 22
- Team winds up 3rd in conference race
- Baseball is at its best when exciting new stars emerge
- Crime Watch
- Beauty tips
- Bruins exit early from tournament
- Lane looks to improve USAC’s image
- Colleague allegedly accosted professor
- Independent Women’s Forum deserves to have its beliefs printed
- Center Stage
- ‘Bodyworks’ exhibit joins architecture with anatomy
- Israel is a perpetrator of injustice, not a true democracy
- Energetic bands battle to excite the lifeless audience
- Bruins grab Pac-10 title from USC at last minute
- A&E Briefs
- Viewpoint columnist need not mock Tent of Peace
- UCLA comes up short in series against ASU
- Court of public opinion renders unjust verdicts
- Bill would require consent for student information release
- UCLA sports fans turn attention to Lakers
- There’s still work to be done now that SP-1, 2 are gone
- Team perseveres, qualifies for NCAA Finals
Monday, May 21
- Repeal of SP-1, 2 ends dark period of UC politicization
- Exhibition looks at how disabled are portrayed in movie industry
- Numbers game proof positive that UCLA rules
- Press Pound
- Students protest publication of ad in newspaper
- Bruins enter college world series
- Rowers return to UCLA team roster
- UCLA defeats Washington, moves closer to NCAA title
- Out-of-control parents teach young athletes bad behavior
- Author remembered for humor, destroying Earth
- Water polo ends season with driving momentum
- A&E Calendar
- Sound Bites
- Men's Basketball Notebook
- IWF advertisement is a valuable voice in community
- Founding Sisters
- Men's Volleyball Notebook
- Lady Like
- Sheik leaves new tracks where few artists tread
- Letters
- Protest urges U.S. action in Palestine
- U.N. decision should be wake-up call to United States
- Documentary film looks behind scenes at startup
Friday, May 18
- LAPD has eye on local house for disturbances
- Community gathers to Take Back the Night
- The Art of Healing
- Tidal Wave II looms large over board
- Lecturers negotiating for more secure contract
- Professors must follow school grading policies
- Palestine, not Israel, hinders peace effort
- Chinatown blossoms as artistic mecca
- Art Walk will raise funds to support Venice Clinic
- Squad ready to challenge conference’s toughest foes
- Clemens brings talent, drive to UCLA
- The heat is on
- Bruins making run for Pac-10 title
- Pilipino Culture Night looks to teach audiences, participants
- Squad makes Lady Chants say ‘uncle’
- Bruins see their season end in third round of NCAA play
- Series vs. ASU gives team last opportunity to make playoffs
- Cafe Am serves up coffee, culture
- Community Briefs
- Uptight UCLA desperately needs alcohol on campus
- Huskies are UCLA’s first obstacle on road to title
- Speaks Out
- Giving it another go
- Tribute to Gary Cooper will screen the actor’s seminal films
- Ladies, it’s high time you became friends with your clitoris
- ‘Senioritis’ impacts college students, study says
- Screen Scenes
Thursday, May 17
- Musical serves as students’ legacy
- Speaks Out
- Film looks at serial killer’s upbringing, motivations
- Paris By Night
- Squad confident going into Regionals
- Low turnout spurs talk of changes
- Classic ‘Akira’ remastered, re-released on film, DVD
- Team looks to traverse ranking
- Research this: students need good teachers, a voice
- Press Pound
- Admissions policy may change
- 19th-century artists on display at latest exhibit
- Don’t write off UCLA labor because media ignores it
- Working out the Wording
- Tourney to benefit Asian communities
- Women’s groups demand apology from Bruin for ad
- Web Surfing
- Forget independence; capital of cool lies in U.K.
- Board’s unanimous vote repeals SP-1, 2
- The Comeback Kids
- When fate tests faith
- Gaucho win clouds Bruins’ hopes for an NCAA berth
- Los Angelenos put their money on the red-hot Lakers
- Player Diaries
- Bruins to show their brawn in NCAA matchup against Chants
- Tony Bennett brings back ideas of stylish, classy life
Wednesday, May 16
- Former Bruin shines as Hornet point guard
- Airbus makes short appearance at UCLA
- Daily Rx
- Regents unanimously rescind SP-1, 2 (ONLINE EXTRA)
- Napster’s on the outs, so check out these CDs
- Supreme Court ruling fosters discrimination
- Beartrap
- A Night's Tale
- Skirball Cultural Center expands with opening of Ahmanson Hall
- Student-initiated outreach aims to increase minority presence
- Sultans of shot
- Officials explore options for more campus housing
- Community Briefs
- Reduction of GEs reduces college experience
- Stealing the show
- Associate professor James Trent dies
- Splashing Success
- Regents should listen to demands of students regarding SP-1, SP-2
- Want to be Almost Famous?
- State budget cuts to affect university
- Student’s reasons behind sit-in for Muldavin inaccurately represented
- UCLA’s lightweight eight takes silver at Visitor’s Cup
- UC, UPTE agree on contract
- SOUNDBITES
Tuesday, May 15
- M.Track Brief
- Bruins win Regionals, head for championship matches
- Ceremony pays student leaders tribute for work in community
- A&E Briefs
- Run-DMC show overpowers audience with ‘80s hip hop
- Crime Watch
- Hey, regents: we said repeal, not replace SP-1, 2
- No. 2 Bruins earn home field advantage for NCAA playoffs
- Life 'N' Lecture
- A new beginning
- Fong to propose alternative to RE-28
- An artist's abstractions
- Team cannot overlook tough UCSB
- Energy, stock crises lead to cutbacks
- You know you’re at UCLA when loony liberal ideas abound
- Display gives abuse survivors outlet for pain
- Government uses execution to rally support for penalty
- ‘Hidden Sunday’ offers up healthy serving of sketch
- Yakety Zach Don't talk back
- Thank mommy for her positive impact on your athletics career
Monday, May 14
- Reparation strategy isn’t likely to make historic wrongs right
- Showing Off
- Movie ads unfairly use war to arouse passions
- A&E Calendar
- Elections Board correct to not recognize USAC slates
- Increasing support boosts team’s morale, future
- Campus protests do little more than make lots of noise
- Indie artist gives suits the finger with unique release
- UCLA sweeps ASU but takes loss from Arizona
- Bruins come out strong at regular season’s last meets
- Squad moves to next round in tournament
- Sound Bites
- Concert delivers wide variety of faculty creations
- Rick Tuttle speaks at Bruin Democrats’ fund-raiser
- Performance at invitationals to help set roster for Pac-10s
- A Night to Remember
- Speaks Out
- Bruins bring home championship glory
- New attitude is necessary, ethical step toward social accountability
- Event debates racial reparation demands
- Workshops examine college life
- UCLA takes 2 of 3 against Beavers
- Lack of space keeps theater students from performing
- Applications for USAC appointed positions due Tuesday by 5 p.m.
Friday, May 11
- Real women, not models, belong in magazines
- Upcoming games pertinent for future
- Team has yet to face toughest opponent
- Invitational lets Bruins polish game prior to Pac-10s
- Cultural Journey
- Former vice president discusses course plans
- Part of squad will compete in weekend invitationals
- UCLA to be host of NCAA tournament this weekend
- Media’s representation of gender issues misleading
- Team needs momentum to ride into playoffs
- Graduate forum makes plans for budget, cabinet appointments
- UCLA to host forum on racial reparations
- Student Empowerment! dominates election
- Cultural shows unify campus community
- No. 2 Bruins to face off against Arizona teams
- Myths belittle female population, problems relevant to culture
- Screen Scenes
- To live, succeed carries high price in our world
- Modernism exhibition showcases 20th century artwork
- Great Excavations
- Community Briefs
- ‘Driven’ doesn’t crash, but it’s stuck in cruise control
Thursday, May 10
- Rap today focuses on ‘bling bling,’ not social reform
- Gore to discuss plans for program
- Bruins row toward Pac-10s for final race as club team
- Conservatives quick to excuse war crimes
- Powderfinger hopes success at home will spread to U.S.
- Controversy expands over proposal to replace SP-1, 2
- Coming of Age: Waterpolo NCAA Championships
- NHL excitement beats boring NBA every time
- Liberals ignore costs of policies they advocate
- Australian native brings All-American skill to UCLA
- Woman of the World
- Mutant foods overrun world market, ecosystem
- Students receive humanitarian award
- Web Surfing
- Explore fascinating ‘Caves’ from your living room
- The Big Hurt
- Teacher's Aide
- Bill would provide funds for off-campus housing
- Muses bail on improv acts at West L.A.’s Empty Stage
Wednesday, May 9
- Pheromones may control human interactions
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- UCLA basketball can seal legacy by not playing NCAA tourney
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- 19, including student regent, arrested for sit-in
- Trial date for lawsuit won’t be set until at least June
- Popularity doesn’t always reflect quality of artists
- SOUNDBITES
- TRACK NOTEBOOK
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- Squad looks to set gears into motion again
- W. VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- College graduate breaks even with comical diary
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- COMMUNITY BRIEFS
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- Added choices for birth control are yet to come
- There's something about Jaime
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- Bruins, Wildcats contend for college world series
- UCLA falls short of NCAA Championship
- Shakespeare play continues to charm
- Male contraceptive research is ongoing
- Undergraduate elections begin; will end Thursday
- USAC CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS
- SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK
- Rhythm and blues
- L&S asks departments to evaluate class units
Tuesday, May 8
- USAC Candidate Statements
- Candidates look to slates for support
- USAC Candidate Statements
- Inferno
- Copeland’s Sports celebrates grand opening in Ackerman
- The right stuff
- The Young and the Restless
- Summer session enrollment surging
- Festival of World Music opens with jazz group
- For the children
- Future of Los Angeles a challenge for education, employment
- Presidential hopefuls try to reach students
- Crime Watch
- Rhythm nations
- ‘Town and Country’ fails to bring intended laughs
- Baseball Notebook
- Parody letters make amusing collection
- USAC Candidate Statements
- True die-hard fans cling to inspired faith in their teams
- A&E Briefs
- Bruins close out season with loss to Moorpark
- Former athlete turns print model
Monday, May 7
- Top-ranked Bruins give up title match to BYU Cougars
- Sound garden
- USAC Candidate Statements
- Facilities Commissioner
- Seniors Williams, Naeve feel sting of defeat most acutely
- Loss to Trojans ends team’s reign over crosstown rivals
- Task force aims to add South Asian program
- Women's Basketball Notebook
- Bruins beat up on Ducks, Beavers
- Winning streak against USC now nine
- Cal crushes UCLA’s playoff hopes in weekend sweep
- Academics Affairs Commissioner
- Soundbites
- Internal Vice President
- Play searches for perfect love
- ‘House’ leaves reader in wordy maze of darkness
- Dream catchers
- Campus Events Commissioner
- Westwood can’t continue to ignore student needs
- Community Service Commissioner
- Repeal of SP-1, 2 on regents’ May agenda
- Financial Supports Commissioner
- IVP hopefuls differ in views on similar issues
- Student Welfare Commissioner
- ‘Catskills’ leaves audiences laughing
- A&E Calendar
- Back from the dead
Saturday, May 5
Friday, May 4
- Audit reveals sex disparities in UC hiring
- Spring Sing sprung from Greek roots
- USAC’s decision ensures integrity
- UCLA aims to protect 22-year streak
- Celtic fiddler to perform at Royce Hall
- Group effort goes into preparations for event
- Team looks to compensate for sub-par season
- Candidates for academic affairs discuss enhancing years at UCLA
- It's on the line
- Chancellor holds staff town hall meeting
- Squad has Beavers, Ducks in crosshairs
- UCLA mourns student killed in accident on Interstate-5
- To swallow or not to swallow: the secrets behind oral sex
- Diverse acts to vie for title of Best Band
- Concert will allow fans to get personal with bands
- Bush proves true to his promises
- Company hosts 52nd Spring Sing
- Talkin' 'bout my (parents') generation
- Commuity Briefs
- Bruins triumph over Buckeyes
- Okamura runs unopposed, looks toward working with new council
- UCLA meets Cal in three-game series
- Speaks Out
- Chemical bonds
- Group stages ‘die-in’ to raise awareness of Burma
Thursday, May 3
- WAC department to put on artistic extravaganza
- Screen Scene
- One More Time
- Student fees common theme in election
- Former LAPD chief shares experience with students
- Bruins defeat LMU to face Stanford in Final Four
- Candidate talks policy with Bruin Democrats
- Scientists find clue to malformation
- Athletes should be seen, not heard outside arena
- Olympians, strong base nab title with humility, hard work
- Band continues to reinvent alternative sound in album
- Bruins finish fourth of 24 in weekend omnium
- Blood Drive
- Diversity of campus thought lost in name of liberalism
- The Learning Curve
- Council approves revision of USAC’s funding policies
- Problem is about oppression, not coexistence
- College Briefs
- One More Time
- De facto segregation approved by court of fools
- UCLA narrowly defeats Washington
- Eclectic, enigmatic Betty Dylan just wants to have fun
- Football Notebook
- Sander captures German social turmoil
- ‘Center’ looks at male-female relationships in computer age
- UCLA narrowly defeats Washington
- Softball Notebook
- Bush’s corporate agenda breaks backs of Americans
Wednesday, May 2
- Coach inspires squad with ‘Sueisms’
- Bruin Choice Awards
- Candidates offer medley of plans to student body
- UN announces ozone gas levels are up
- Bruin alumnus to confront alma mater at OSU game
- Pumped by recent wins, squad looks to beat Huskies
- Pitchers handily give team home-win
- Officials shouldn’t blame students for unit change
- Bruins turn in mediocre play at invitational
- New contract provokes protest
- Changing gears
- ‘Macbeth’ parody gives new spin to classic play
- Life 'N Lecture
- Configuration of government allows for little student representation
- Electric vehicles key to cleaner air
- In Depth:Professor files suit against UC, administrators
- COMMUNITY BRIEFS
- Professor files suit against UC, administrators
- ‘Crocodile’ lacks adequate plot
- Soundbites
- Bird's eye view
- University should put health before aesthetics
- UC Merced opens doors to students next month
Tuesday, May 1
- By the numbers
- A&E Briefs
- Crime Watch
- Pac-10 title slips through UCLA’s fingers
- More than numbers
- Comedians bring unique skills beyond mountains
- Letters
- Local residents report gunshots, firecrackers
- Hospital to serve fair trade coffee
- Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
- Music, Tracks, Field
- UCLA brings home Pac-10 championship
- Daily Rx
- Capitalism taking over planet
- Encounter at LAX offers space-age ambience
- Mayoral candidates featured on panel
- Bruins miss MPSF title, focus on NCAAs
- Burmese government strips citizens of their rights
- Shore returns to UCLA for Cinco de Mayo act
- Position open: Dodgers GM; anyone can apply for job
- Bruins prepare at renowned meet
- Four candidates to run unopposed
- Squad finishes second at Cal-Nevada meet
- Team looks homeward to end streak of losses
- Exclusive: Now’s your chance to ask the chancellor a question!

