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Letters to the EditorBitter note

Editor:I have been a loyal fan of the Daily Bruin for more than two years, and

as much as I enjoy reading it, I have found an outstanding discrepancy.

I have noticed that in several issues of the Daily Bruin over the past

two years, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band has been severely misrepresented,

if it has been recognized at all.

In the issue following the Homecoming '95 parade, ("Homecoming revelers

live in a `Bruin World,'" Oct. 30) there was a picture of a shabby looking

man in a UCLA band varsity jacket with the caption reading: "UCLA students

and the marching band appeared at the parade."

The man pictured, although holding a trombone, is not in the marching

band. Do your editors know the difference between a uniform and a blue wig

with street clothes? Did they do any research at all? Would they recognize

a band if they saw it?

I was very upset by the fact that this disheveled man (undoubtedly a

member of the Alumni Band, which has nothing to do with us) should be the

universal representation of the Solid Gold Sound.

Most students probably see us as little more than a music box, and still

may not get an accurate idea of how good we really are due to the lack of

attention your paper gives us.

In another example, the Nov. 20 article on the Mike and Maty show

("National talk show tour visits UCLA") had no mention of the band,

although we did quite a bit of work marching and playing for their show. I

am disappointed in your lack of interest and support for the largest

(250-plus people) active spirit group on campus.

Please do better in the future.Connie Paquette

Second-year trombonist

Undeclared