Story archive for May 2002
Friday, May 31
- EDITORIAL: Title IX not perfect, but still essential
- Bruins part of World Cup action
- Irishmen in L.A.
- EDITOR'S PICK: www.kcrw.org
- Editorial Cartoon
- Speaks Out
- UCLA planetarium reveals L.A. stars
- Abdelkarim speaks on his detainment in Israel
- Screen Scene
- North vs. South rivalry heats up as L.A. Lakers take on Kings
- Mascots Act voted down, American Indian Association battles on at UCLA
- Symphony good for everyone
- Take responsibility for your words – don’t use sexual slurs
- The Cup Runneth Over
- Ashe Center receives first accreditation
- Parking fee increase necessary, warranted
- Villaraigosa joins union fight
- Graduation 2002 hoped
- UC may stop awarding honors, AP grade points
- Letters
- Disposal of cell phones harmful to environment
- Women’s track ready, set to win NCAA title
- Carnesale, GSA discuss funding for BruinGo!
- World Cup entertaining despite low scoring
- Discover divinity during summer
Thursday, May 30
- Penn and Teller possess talent, but show is a few cards short of full deck
- Sports history disregards ethnic accomplishments
- Women’s rowing deserves recognition for mooring new program
- Prager claims Israel is legitimate
- Talented team’s loss is par for course
- Hume prepares to hand over EVC position to successor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Andrew W.K. lives out message of ‘carpe diem’
- Support referendum through online voting
- Mascots offend, demean American Indians
- Lecturers may strike for better contracts
- News Briefs
- Editor's Pick: Elliot Smith dishes out ear candy
- Students express concern for workers; groups interact at BBQ
- USAC bipartisanship a good and a must
- Moser offers only highlight in poor outing by men’s track
- Don’t fall victim to ‘Twenties Transition’
- Bumpin’ Beach Boys
- O’Hara gives Bruins the lead at NCAA finals
- Living with Energy
- Costello, Imposters evoke enthusiasm
- UCLA scientist receives honor
- UCLA wins respect, top 10 national ranking
- Letters
- Students express concern for workers; groups interact at BBQ
- Ads for Army serve important purpose
Wednesday, May 29
- Editorial Cartoon
- Winged Avenger
- Shootout
- All for One
- Editor's Pick
- Briefs
- Former NBA all-star speaks at UCLA
- Invasion of Iraq requisite for peace in Middle East
- UC considers raising student fees
- Letters
- USAC referendum vote to be conducted online
- Baseball Briefs
- Track team prepares for NCAA finals
- ASUCLA’s revised budget accepted
- Conference covers views on race, ethnicity issues
- Steroid use won’t matter to owners of top fantasy teams
- Racquetball turns foul after run-in with court fascists
- Human feebleness, doubt make for great art
- Track team prepares for NCAA finals
- EDITORIAL: Students must fight $700 housing fee hike
- UCLA mirrors society’s gap between rich, poor
Tuesday, May 28
- Editor's Pick: Nikka Costa has talent
- EDITORIAL: EAP violators should accept responsibility
- Nurses cancel strike pending new contract
- SOFTBALL SIDEBAR: Nuveman, Freed end collegiate careers in tears
- Crimewatch
- Random Voices hits a high note by mixing students, beats and fun
- USAC needs proper funds; vote for programming fee increase
- Legislators push for regulation of raves, E
- ASUCLA agrees to amend budget
- A Long Walk Home
- The Ataris: more entertaining than the retro game system
- Daily Bruin finds ‘resident’ artist MIA
- Elvis has arrived* *sort of
- Letters
- Purpose of UAS event was to promote peace, not nationalism
- Bruins display their mettle in Pac-10 losses
- Senior ball player Adam Berry signs with the Texas Rangers
- Increased housing prices evoke students’ concern
- Professor inspires cast of ‘Merry Wives’
- EDITORIAL: New student regent has a lot to learn
- EAP violators should accept responsibility
- ASUCLA budget vote today
- Editorial Cartoon
- News Briefs
- Three years as columnist don’t make me an expert
- Army targets, misleads U.S. youth
Monday, May 27
Friday, May 24
- Out of the Picture
- ONLINE EXTRA: Rowing Brief
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Tennis
- The Pursuit of Glory
- GSA balances budget with increase in fees
- EDITOR'S PICK: The Internet
- SOFTBALL: Squad faces unfamiliar losses
- UCLA alumna screens documentary on black Islamic life, family
- Guzman proud of his ethnic, sexual identity
- Softball only hope for choked up Bruins
- Popular films don’t create – they conform
- Board nominee to chase political goals, soccer ball
- USA at fault for its financial woes
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Lacrosse
- Two activist students withdrawn from EAP
- UCLA forgets defense, loses opening game
- EDITORIAL: Legislators exploit UC, regents not apolitical
- Warhol exhibit right at home at MOCA
- Letters
- Screen Scene
- Under pressure, Berry mentors teammates
- UC proposes end to merit-based pay
- Editorial Cartoon
- EDITORIAL: Students must reclaim their stake in ASUCLA
- Even out of tournament, baseball team keeps spirits high
- ASUCLA budget vote today
- It's the Jazz and Reggae Festival!
- Popular opinion holds too much sway in U.S.
- Hiring compromise desired
Thursday, May 23
- Editorial Cartoon
- Insomniac
- Film class gives students taste of real world
- Squad’s national championship hopes dashed by defeat
- Break away from TV, become free
- Four fans showed up, but it’s still fantastic
- Budget cuts could hit student groups hard
- Football Briefs
- Students association steeped in disorder
- Bruins set sights on elusive NCAA title
- EAP student dies in car accident
- Sheehy seduces listeners with a brew of gloom, sensitivity and irony
- ASUCLA on shaky financial ground
- Injured right fielder stays in game with fantasy ball
- ‘Menagerie’ gets makeover for contemporary audience
- Speaks Out
- Editor's Pick: Rediscover the beauty of books
- Letters
- New stadium could reignite football team
- Girls benefit from single-sex classes
- Latino caucus’ influence questioned
- A&E Briefs
- Cuba sanctions antiquated, ineffective
- A&F shouldn’t censor adult content for kids
- Fragments of a Play
Wednesday, May 22
- Presentation sparks debate over high prices, rebates for students
- My Film's Inspiration
- Bruins lose two games to Titans within five hours
- Track Notebook
- Editorial Cartoon
- NCAA gender-equity report cites gap in funding
- Cal sophomore gets nod for UC student rep
- School mascots not insulting
- State Master Plan unrealistic with cuts
- World Cup worth watching for fans and novices alike
- Soundbites
- Battles’ attacks on Dahle, Republicans inaccurate
- USAC rejects slashed budget for 2002-03
- Queers of Color Week lifts diverse LGBT voices
- Letters
- Women's Tennis Brief
- Glissando provides rare jazz, jam alternative to San Diego’s punk scene
- UCLA book group puts fun back into college reading
- Fantasy play revolutionized by OPS scores
- Team ends successful season with no title
- TV series finales no cause to abandon the tube
- Editor's Pick: ‘Everyone Says I Love You’
- Samahang board undeserving of Bruin criticism
Tuesday, May 21
- Procrastination is a necessary evil
- Umeck excels as student, athlete
- Accusations, aggression don’t further Mideast peace process
- Art Reviews
- Medi-Cal cuts barely slice UCLA Med Center
- Editor's Pick:
- Unified squad aims for championship win
- Press Pound
- The Abstract World of Avery
- Joe Bruin meets Joe Boxer in fashion show
- EDITORIAL Requirements treat students like cattle
- Bradley named National Rookie of the Year
- EDITORIAL: Studying abroad benefits all involved
- UC Regents debate over Racial Privacy Initiative
- Speakers refuse to serve Israeli Defense Forces
- Editorial Cartoon
- 'Clones: less kiss-kiss, more Jar Jar
- Letters
- Democrats’ criticism of Bush misplaced
- Bruins come up short in NCAA semifinal round
- Nurses ‘outraged’ by May 29 pay offer
- Golf: more than just frustration, loafers
- UC urged to admit top 12.5 percent
- Bulgarian, Chinese music gives festival best of both worlds
Monday, May 20
- EDITORIAL: Students should not bear cost of UC cuts
- UC study abroad’s enrollment increases
- Slap against protesters is handshake with racists
- Author dissects plight of U.S. working class
- Letters
- Women’s track edges out USC for 7th Pac-10 title
- Stanford slaughters UCLA, Janssen watches from bench
- Strechin' It
- Pedro the Lion performs humbly at El Rey show
- Oh say, Samahang can’t see democracy
- Bulldogs persist, know when to bite for the kill
- Bruin rowing makes strides in Pac-10
- Enforcement of min. progress may be delayed
- Editorial Cartoon
- Mementos of an Insomniac
- SOFTBALL: UCLA heading to World Series
- Men’s tennis gears up for Final Four
- COLUMN: DB tourney teaches writers lesson in sports, humiliation
- Women’s tennis drops win, NCAA hopes to Georgia
- Film, TV writers conference offers ‘Words’ of inspiration
- U.S.’s neglect of crackpots breeds disaster
- Thornton rocks audience with ‘Southern hippie music’
- Men’s track hurt by inexperience, injuries, places sixth in Pac-10
- UCLA nurse first civilian to receive dept.’s Medal of Valor
- Battle of the bands draws small crowd at large venue
- 55 percent slash of USAC’s student funds unacceptable
Friday, May 17
- Gutierrez’ assessment of conflict in Mideast wrong
- Softball team beats Liberty, advances in tournament
- UC calls potential nurses strike ‘disservice to patients’
- Letters
- Insomniac
- Rivalry matchup heats up tourney
- ONLINE EXTRA: Waterskiing
- Band of Brothers
- EDITOR'S PICK: State and Main
- Anticipated Court decision upsetting
- Regents extend benefits to domestic partners
- Job market says not all degrees are equal
- Former Chancellor Kerr compares past and present
- Screen Scene
- Bruins prevail over Trojans at NCAA
- The EX-Files
- 30 Years of Struggle
- BruinGo! triumph a victory for students
- ‘Take Back the Night’ sheds healing, light
- UC trying to cushion cuts
- UCLA hopes to take shot at title win
- Cultural play ‘Remains’ distinct
- The ‘F-word’: Panel defines, dispels nuances of feminism
- COLUMN: Lexus Gauntlet formula flawed
- Older women make me wanna...
- PCN to have moment of silence, not U.S. anthem
- EDITORIAL CARTOON
- Bruin ignores context, workers in union coverage
- Baseball remains hopeful of making NCAA tourney
- Track team hopes for Pac-10 win
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's track team readies for Pac-10 championship this weekend
- ONLINE EXTRA: Rowing team competes in Pacific Coast and Pac-10 championships
- ASUCLA may slash USAC’s student funds
- Speaks Out
- Big Head Todd’s new album returns to rock
- BruinGo! to remain for 2002-03; future funding undecided
Thursday, May 16
- A&E Briefs
- Diplomas more important than championships
- Women engineering faculty still a rarity
- Letters
- Mim's the Word
- Mideast events complex, not presented fairly
- Walk of Fame stars not given to most deserving
- UCLA unable to host, must travel to South Carolina
- Association’s new labor policy may be moral but will be hard to finance
- Editorial Cartoon
- SAT, ACT offer to change tests
- Money talks; let it speak
- Nurses threaten to strike on May 29
- Bruins face Women of Troy, reheat rivalry
- Against all odds, horse racing turns thrilling
- Budget revisions slash funds for outreach programs
- Author offers new view on frieda Kahlo's life
- Fee decisions may shift to UCOP
- ASUCLA neglected students, workers
- ‘Episode II’ reclaims fun of older trilogy
- Music Wars
- EDITOR'S PICK: 'Return of the Jedi's' real hero
- Series of concerts at UCLA showcases global music, culture
- U.S. must aid Afghanistan after bombings
- Former chancellor Kerr remembers UC history
- News Briefs
- Ketola proves importance of No.6 starters in NCAA matches
- UAS takes on myths about Middle East
Wednesday, May 15
- Bruin bullpen comes through
- Is the Force in You?
- Three-way trading: four simple steps to a better fantasy league team
- EDITOR'S PICK: La Bruschetta
- Editorial Cartoon
- Letters
- UCLA confident after first place tie in Regionals
- UCLA teaching assistants support semester system
- EDITORIAL: Outreach budget cut threatens diversity
- News Briefs
- Bike to Work Day
- Financial issues no reason to excuse injustice
- USAC aims to get more student funding, delays voting on budget
- Loud and Clear
- Virginia pop-punk band Waking Hours lives rock star dream in LA
- Card check bill could affect UC, union dealings
- Apartment-hunting made easy: advice for the search
- UAS takes right steps, humanizes conflict
- COLUMN: Definition of ‘sport’ is sketchy at best
- EDITORIAL: UCLA must cater to varied student diets
- UC may face $162 million cut
- Survivors share experiences with art
- Sound Bites
Tuesday, May 14
- Japanese hit 'Initial D' races to U.S.
- Israel must grant Palestinians basic human rights
- Letters
- Editorial Cartoon
- Clothesline helps heal survivors of violence
- Alum rallies for Israeli support
- Indie rockers finding L.A. roots tonight at Cooperage
- Gov. Davis expected to cut UC budget
- Dining causes students to compromise beliefs
- Don't be brainwashed, take charge of memory
- Super Manga
- Editorial: USAC keeps actions in line with student needs
- Curtain Calls
- Relationship Column: One night stands warrant empathy
- Editorial: 'Lavin losers' should criticize more maturely
- Web site enables U.S., Israeli college students to share experiences
- SCOUTING REPORT: At 5-foot-9 Ohaeri shows size isn’t everything
- Bruins game to pitch hard ball against UC Riverside
- Women’s club soccer fights to play
- Murphy works injury into academic success
- Dahle reflects on election
- Crime Watch
- News Briefs
- Boycott links profit margins, policy change
- Israel detains U.S. man accused of connections with terrorist groups
- Born to Coach
Monday, May 13
- EDITOR'S PICK: XTC
- Trend Setters
- Recital showcases innovative student composers
- Clinton and crew pack plenty of funk
- Turning point turns wrong way for polo
- COLUMN: Be unique, find your claim to fame
- Referendum debate may see online vote
- Bruins grab Pac-10 title, top seed
- UCLA churns out victory over SDSU in Regionals
- Editorial Cartoon
- COLUMN: Irrelevant soundtracks miss out on movie magic
- American apathy toward Palestinian plight inhumane
- No. 7-seeded sqaud advances to round of 16 in NCAAs
- Letters
- UC to address union concerns
- Title washed away
- EDITORIAL: Blind support of union irresponsible
- Kapono decides to stay a Bruin for senior year
- Nurses, university discuss demands
- UC to give same-sex pension benefits
- Casey Hiraiwa at the bat shines on Senior Day
- Losing Face
- News Briefs
- First law, American Indian studies student graduates
- Community must be aware of rape, band together to prevent it
- Commencement speaker urges ethical law practice
- Dahle to pursue student input, inclusiveness
- Film effects legend tries his hand at comic books
- Baseball team claws into Wildcats for series winBy Jeff Agase
- Riordan Programs acquaints minorities, business world
Friday, May 10
- Festival celebrates Asian Pacific American History Month
- Director of ORL retires after 24 years
- So many bowl games, too many bad teams
- ASUCLA workers speak to labor issues class
- Murphy meets lack of playing time with dedication and heart
- UCLA looks to overpower Wildcats
- Screen Scene
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's Track Brief
- I Pity the School!
- Editorial Cartoon
- Bruins favored to win over UCSB Gauchos
- Economic downturn could cause fee hike
- Dashew Center honors Doby for long UCLA career
- Union could cost ASUCLA dearly
- EDITORIAL: All high school grads deserve celebration
- Women’s tennis faces Southern Jaguars in first round play-off
- Bruins hope to net NCAA title again
- Internet diaries create webs of intrigue
- EDITORIAL: More money should be devoted to faculty
- Professor Robinson leaves behind vibrant legacy in theater, teaching
- Cordero defeats Levi in IVP runoff
- Rich maligned out of ignorance
- Letters
- Strike appears near for UC nurses
- Top four aren’t always best
- Indonesian dance night gives UCLA taste of culture
- Repetitive music getting good rap
- Men become sexier, classier, more refined with age
- ONLINE EXTRA: Gary Adams faces his Wildcat protege
Thursday, May 9
- Djahangiri uses easy-going style as rock-solid leader
- Bush’s demand on Israel lacks statesmanship
- A&E Briefs
- Involving student input step in right direction
- EDITORIAL CARTOON
- Daily Bruin turns biased eye in USAC elections coverage
- UC Merced gets go-ahead, may pose environmental risk
- Students reflect on current situation in Israel
- Letters
- SAT-1 has stood test of time in measuring success
- Abandonment of missile treaty poses threat
- ‘Cendrillon’ offers dreamlike rendition of fairy tale
- Non-student employees demand unionization
- Porter, Bachman to train with U.S. National Team
- Bruins expecting top-3 finish in West Regionals
- Priorities should not be in hands of donors
- EDITOR'S PICK: ‘Junkyard Wars’
- Three receive Young award
- Down economy squashes plans for faculty incentives
- Odd pairing forces teams to go the distance
- PROFILES: Marinova, Walker understand the power of two
- Welsh band delivers strong show
- SCOUTING REPORT: Future defenseman to bring all-around ability to UCLA
- Here Comes the Funk
- Postmodern generation lacks guiding voice of music
- High schoolers can now declare for NBA draft
- Recipes for Hot Sex
- Humanitarian recounts West Bank situation
Wednesday, May 8
- Medical school gift confirms campus reliance on donors
- Welsh singer Matthew Jay can ‘draw’ U.S. crowd
- L.A. Phil to bring music, Zen of Takemitsu to Royce
- Guru says sell high, trade streaky players
- ONLINE EXTRA: Son of a Biker
- Starr suggests borough system for Valley
- EDITOR'S PICK: Christopher Guest
- Former Bruin detained in Israel due to activist work
- Grade inflation widens GPA gap, hurts grad admissions
- ASUCLA exploits workers, denies job security, sick time
- Flash Forward
- Letters
- Kickin' It
- Geffen donates $200 million to UCLA School of Medicine
- Lack of affordable housing deters professors from teaching at UCLA
- COLUMN: Sports lover realizes new goals, widens playing field
- Cordero, Levi face off once more in IVP runoff
- EDITORIAL: STRIKE
- Bruins have heart, beat the Dirtbags
- Sound Bites
- Overused surprise plots make audiences yawn
Tuesday, May 7
- Strategy keeps Bruins on track
- Failella is frankly no ordinary performer
- Crime Watch
- Brew Co. gives amateur musicians the mic
- Students take UC issues to state Capitol
- USAC inactivity spurs voter apathy
- SCOUTING REPORT: London Time
- Campus Left, Right guilty of petty branding
- Finding Faculty
- Art Reviews
- Advice Columnist: Ask Amy
- UCLA must regain strength, poise to conquer Long Beach
- Hollywood swoons for Brits
- Page to Stage
- News Briefs
- Money tight for all; nurses no exception
- Crest bailout will not save Village economy
- Tan requests vote recount
- Editor's Pick
- Letters
- Strategy keeps Bruins on track
- Brew Co. gives amateur musicians the mic
- Actions endangering civilians wrong regardless of perpetrator
- Gymnasts finish season floored but beaming
Monday, May 6
- UCLA football takes the money and runs
- New Beverly Cinema – the right way to watch movies
- Video Game Reviews
- Fate works against baseball team in series vs. Huskies
- Sandler on campus for film screening, new song
- Powwow celebrates native culture, spirit
- Bruin talent heats up chilly stage at LATC
- Editorial: OCHC’s new policies bespeak sincerity
- Nuveman captures home run record
- Men leave USC in dust, take back bragging rights
- Letters
- IVP runoff to determine council dominance
- Former Bruins have continued their success
- Editorial: Quality of education lost by unit demand
- All eyes on Lee
- Losses in revenue prompt ASUCLA to reconsider renewal of Taco Bell contract
- Nurses, UC system still clashing over new contract
- Trio of new No. 1 runners leads Bruin women to win
- President Bush needs to exhibit statesmanship
- Crest rises above threat of closing, stands tall in Village
- Sheltered students could benefit from exposure to the homeless
- Columnist’s desire for test changes is all self-interest
Friday, May 3
- Editor's Pick: Gorillaz Web Site
- Aid deadline passes students by
- Students petition to protect Cal protesters
- Letters
- ‘Selected Shorts’ at Getty is grown-up story time
- Dahle triumphs by fraction of percent
- Screen Scene
- PROFILES: Be Scared. Stachowski Squared
- Big Meet will demand Bruins’ best against ’SC
- Defeated candidates to keep fighting
- Drawn and Quartered
- Contraction could work at UCLA, too
- INSOMNIAC:
- Crosstown rivalry raises the bar
- USAC elections show demand for change
- Playoff push leaves no room for error
- French election encouraging, mobilizes voters
- UCLA aims to heat up Oregon
- Marathon readers take on ‘Ulysses’ all night long
- New housing policies allow student input
- Bruin Preview
- Participation secret key to success
- Spring Sing: premeditated mediocrity
- Standardized tests receive low marks
- Wooden Center offers varied fitness classes
- Tooting Each Other's Horns
Thursday, May 2
- Wild Card Boxing Club packs a powerful punch
- Candidates grill issues, ‘Iron Chef’ style
- Presumed consent to decrease organ shortage
- USAC hopefuls pay for race by themselves
- Slate sweep will facilitate council goals
- New Minimum Travel Rule has Many Coaches Angry
- Letters
- Petition process simple, prevents heartache
- Track Notebook
- New EVC to guide university through tough budget time
- Candidates use “dialogue” to “communicate”
- Age no barrier to the young at heart
- Astrobiological Society gets grant from NASA
- Melee adds flavor to pop punk
- A New Buzz
- Softball Notebook
- UCPD draft reveals car burglaries on rise
- Concert to voice Japanese American life
- Most students at UCLA choose to drink responsibly
- Commission serves UCLA, Los Angeles communities
- USAC’s political role debated
- Neuman must work to unite campus
- Fake slates at other UCs mock elections
- Raza Youth Conference motivates, educates
- Professor treks in Africa for an AIDS fund-raiser
- SCOUTING REPORT: QB Diagnosis
Wednesday, May 1
- Academic panel discusses Mideast conflict
- USAC Rebuttals
- Rail line would help parking woes
- EVC’s attention shifts from information technology to budget
- Editor's Pick: “A Bronx Tale” (1993)
- Disillusionment engenders voter apathy
- Former UCLA professor,clinicla chemistry expert dies
- EDITORIAL: Casting vote in USAC elections is imperative
- Criticism of editorial displays racial insensitivity, ignorance
- BASEBALL: Winds spur ‘pitchers’ duel’ as UCLA defeats UCSB
- Incumbent, underdog vie in aged battle of slates
- No Sweat X
- On meditation, diet, identity: An interview with a yogi
- Basic grammar, logic can give you the bestest cultural experience
- EDITORIAL: Guerrero must tackle declining UCLA sports
- Volleyball squad disappointed with season’s end
- This month may be time to hunt for fantasy league hitters
- Five for Fighting’s ‘Superman’ dropping by L.A. hometown
- Independents hurt by slate unity, power
- Requirement fails to acknowledge needs of students
- Arts and Architecture dean becomes No. 2 man
- Sound Bites
- Letters
- The Griffith Mystique

