Story archive for April 2002
Wednesday, May 1
- USAC Rebuttals
- Sound Bites
- Rail line would help parking woes
- No Sweat X
- Disillusionment engenders voter apathy
- Requirement fails to acknowledge needs of students
- Former UCLA professor,clinicla chemistry expert dies
- EDITORIAL: Casting vote in USAC elections is imperative
- Incumbent, underdog vie in aged battle of slates
- This month may be time to hunt for fantasy league hitters
- The Griffith Mystique
- Volleyball squad disappointed with season’s end
- EVC’s attention shifts from information technology to budget
- Criticism of editorial displays racial insensitivity, ignorance
- On meditation, diet, identity: An interview with a yogi
- Five for Fighting’s ‘Superman’ dropping by L.A. hometown
- Independents hurt by slate unity, power
- Academic panel discusses Mideast conflict
- BASEBALL: Winds spur ‘pitchers’ duel’ as UCLA defeats UCSB
- EDITORIAL: Guerrero must tackle declining UCLA sports
- Arts and Architecture dean becomes No. 2 man
- Letters
- Basic grammar, logic can give you the bestest cultural experience
- Editor's Pick: “A Bronx Tale” (1993)
Tuesday, April 30
- Financial Supports Com.: LaFlamme turns his critical eye to real issues within financial supports
- Letters
- Track Brief
- INTERNAL VP: With knowledge and vision, Cordero will make best IVP
- General Rep.: Rep hopefuls know student issues
- Academics Affairs Commissoner: Diaz has focus, ideas for academic affairs
- Editor's Pick
- External VP: Neal will be man of the people as EVP
- Fulfilling surfer role is rough, dude
- Apartment hunting is no fun at all
- Campus Events Commissoner: Wilson deserves reelection for his success in Campus Events
- Ceremony honors influential international women
- Today’s starting pitcher remains puzzle for UCLA
- Film celebrities duke it out in imaginary fights
- New athletic director to bring ‘real integrity’
- Back to the future
- Community Service Com.: Yu’s lack of policy skills, ideas won’t be productive for community service
- Coxswains keep rowing team afloat
- Curtain Calls
- Student Welfare Com.: Leyco blind to Student Welfare Commission’s issues, potential
- News Briefs
- EDITORIAL: USAC must reform its commissions system
- Student Empowerment! candidate's record is shaky
- Musical talents abound at Coachella
- Guerrero looks at job’s challenges
- Facilities Commissioner: Unopposed McElwain doesn’t have experience to run facilities
- Three commissioner candidates unopposed
- Dahle, Tan go head to head for USAC presidency
- Forums explore emotions of L.A. riots
- Grilli aces Pac-10 individual championship in his first year
- SCOUTING REPORT: Luxurious Marcedes
- Dahle has right perspective for president
- Cultural Affairs Com.: Clark plans to add education to culture
Monday, April 29
- Residents recall isolation from event
- Bruin squad shows its promise at Cup finals
- Le Pen’s ranking shows nation’s true colors
- LaFlamme runs for slot unopposed
- UCLA unable to deliver against Cougars
- ASUCLA board postpones decision on worker rights
- IMAX movie allows aspiring astronauts to float in space
- Irish may take soccer to the extreme, but U.S. doesn’t care enough
- Coachella rocks out festival-goers
- Self-interest not what Dahle stands for
- C'est La Vie
- Bruins sweep through top-ten teams Cal, Stanford
- UCLA grabs match experience, not titles at Pac-10 tournament
- Guerrero is embodiment of everything AD should be
- Festival of Lines
- Sororities participate in beach party tournaments
- Candidates present vague platforms
- UCLA faculty remembers course of events of riots
- Dahle’s SURE-commitments questionable
- After 15 days on the road, beatniks reach Hollywood
- Squad douses foes in championship
- Few candidates turn out for OCHC hearing
- Team to operate tailback by committee in ’02
- Budget allocations by Tan remain incomplete
- A Decade of Remembrance
- Empowerment sure to come from unity
- Comparisons of ethnic struggles unfair, demeaning
- Gilliam, Becerra appointed to administration
- McElwain’s agenda leaves many questions, few goals
- Machine politics unacceptable in USAC
- Community looks at riots’ causes, effects
Friday, April 26
- Letters
- ONLINE EXTRA: Hollywood author Chaplin discusses cinema
- Dahle shows lack of interest, commitment
- Policy shift alters GSA vote balance
- Housing, parking major issues in Internal VP race
- Brightest planets line up in Earthlings’ sight
- ‘White Oleander’ is film, festival worthy
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's track
- Drawn and Quartered
- Rally calls for lab animal rights
- Screen Scenes
- Neal runs a one-man campaign for office
- Book reveals media’s power over society
- Lavin lures in transfer from North Carolina
- Walker’s duality of identity explored in autobiography
- Homeowners trample night life yet again
- Momentum will be important factor in road trip to Bay Area
- UCLA makes new start with conference wins
- ONLINE: Rowing Briefs
- Squad looks for strength in numbers after early losses
- ONLINE EXTRA: New film "Real Women Have Curves" shown tonight
- ONLINE EXTRA: Students showcase traditional Chinese dances
- AD appointment actually a homecoming
- Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit continues to delight parents and children after 100 years
- Festival brings variety of stars to UCLA
- Palestinians must surrender unconditionally
- Bruins welcome in Boschetti
- Racist clothes justify Abercrombie boycott
- Modern women face difficult choice
- Despite abundant funds, Cal Grants miss set quota
- Football Fan Appreciation Day Schedule
- Students risk lives to study in Israel, Palestine
- News Briefs
- ONLINE EXTRA: Battlefield Band
- Team must stay afloat in MPSF tourney
- Undergrads present own research in D.C.
- Unofficial gag order crowns Foraker king
Thursday, April 25
- SURE candidates take on three-part mission
- Funky songs and upbeat lyrics mark the style of the Beta Band
- Passage to Indio
- SURE to change priorities, not structure
- Bruins capture win over Washington
- Squad fares well at Pac-10s, secures second-place finish
- Clark, Patterson run for cultural affairs job
- A&E Briefs
- Israelis terrorize civilians, militants
- UC to survey undergraduates
- ‘IM Sports Guy’ causes misery for those who wanna have fun
- Les Savy Fav, The Apes will try to win over West Coast
- Shirts show ignorance, old stereotypes
- ‘Out of Line’ delineates Cohen’s wacky life story
- Trout fishing in America – still worthwhile, despite foul stench
- Insomniac
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- BruinGo! helps solve transportation woes
- Speaks Out
- ASUCLA must revamp temp system
- Team sets up for championships
- Mice take up residence on Hill
- ORL staff want their voices to be heard
Wednesday, April 24
- Online voting more effective than ballots
- Financial aid a privilege, not a right
- Jewish professor condemns actions of Israel
- Proposed end to BruinGo! program elicits rally for action
- Armenian studies students at forefront of movement
- Events of week signify unsettled historical debate about Genocide
- Incumbents must do more after election
- Live entertainment loss is village’s end
- Institutional problems may render new AD impotent
- Israeli, Iraqi policies incomparable
- Bruins not hibernating this spring
- Letters
- Fullerton’s win over UCLA questionable
- Team currently places second at tournament
- Annie Proulx to bring country life to UCLA
- Game show spotlights media geeks
- Sound Bites
- Oh, Inverted Band
- Grilli's got game
- Editorial Cartoon
- UCLA alum brings reality of college to the big screen
- Dedicated seniors contribute to team despite lack of headlines
- News Briefs
- Candidates work on refining platforms
Tuesday, April 23
- Crime Watch
- UCLA has resources to save BruinGo!
- UCLA crushes USC in IM football
- Out of the bubble, into the Bay
- UCLA sits at 5th after tournament opening
- Kerckhoff Hall falls victim to illegal graffiti
- South driven wild with NASCAR craze
- Student Empowerment! shows its petty politics
- Art Reviews
- Criticism of conflict misses facts, calls the kettle black
- Softball Notebook
- Team snaps slump, grabs first Pac-10 series win over Beavers
- Entertainment referendum dies
- Letters
- Live shows go belly up after complaints
- Students recognize Armenian Genocide
- War on illegal drugs useless battle
- Press Pound
- Bar-hop out of Village, jump into fun
- Bruins rough up Claremont, Arizona
- Title IX sends teams to grave
- Hilliard Ensemble remix plays up Bach’s grief
- Films portray war as mere sport, promote destruction
- Squad looks forward to season with new coach
- Spearheading Hip-Hop
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's Soccer
- New film depicts soaring feats of motocross stars
- University workers deserve job ‘perks’
Monday, April 22
- Incubus satisfies all fans – the old, the new, the googly-eyed
- Writer puts Royce Hall in stitches
- Woo discusses his rise to fame in Hong Kong, U.S.
- Participants find there’s no place like Children’s Walk
- Visionaries bring underground hip-hop sound to Westwood
- Bruins complete season by destroying Gauchos
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Rowing
- Squad excited, confidently awaits Pac-10 tournament
- Squad takes home Pac-10 title
- Team splits weekend against Stanford, Cal
- Musical is a bushel and a peck of fun
- Broad generalizations of men, women, wrong
- Empowerment! discourages students
- It's a Hard Knocking Life
- UCLA leaps, still falls short of Alabama
- Vaulters raise the bar at meet
- Unsung heroes help gymnasts; their presence brings support
- News Briefs
- UCSB stuns men’s team with five-game victory
- Student had right to criticize school, staff
- C'est La Vie
- Don’t resort to having sex with the one who breaks your heart
- Thomas leads Bruins in NFL draft
- Another state bites the dust; UCLA sweeps Oregon
- Diaz vs. Fearn for Academic Affairs
- UCLA physician may be headed for D.C.
- Mideast conflict has its benefits too
Friday, April 19
- News Briefs
- Low student turnout underscores apathy
- Action Awards combine sports, music
- Fear of rejection should hinder no one
- 4/20 campus forecast: high, hazy and crazy
- All Star Band
- Forget the NBA: NHL offers more excitement
- Patience is gospel truth of a heavenly climax
- Rejuvenated Bruins gear up against UCSB
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's Track
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Track
- ONLINE EXTRA: Softball
- Career Center’s support of tobacco is shameful
- UCLA All-Americans deal with hype of Saturday’s NFL draft
- ONLINE EXTRA: Rowing
- Event showcases Vietnamese films
- Grad students may bear cost of housing project
- Dantzscher wins all-around title
- Squad hopes to avenge previous loss to Stanford
- Outside Looking In
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's Tennis
- Free trade could assuage Mideast conflict
- Slut/stud stereotype reinforces oppression
- Screen Scene
- Editorial Cartoon
- UCSB will not publish thesis due to ‘disacknowledgment’
- ‘Anti-talk show’ host debuts on VH-1
- UCLA student to represent U.S., teach in eastern Europe
- ONLINE EXTRA: Baseball
- Send troubles up in smoke on Saturday
- Music, computer games may invade UCLA
- Letters
Thursday, April 18
- Iraq, Israel elicit different U.S. policies
- Insomniac
- Burns to join Bruins, possibly enter starting lineup
- Ballot, online voting have pros, cons
- Drinking age perpetuates immaturity
- A&E Briefs
- Proposal to expand cemetery under fire
- Squad to compete for third title
- Walters will not run for athletic director
- Cardio Striptease helps people to take it all off
- Celebrate 420 with these trippy films
- Anniversary occurs without conflict
- Goldspot to perform at Children’s Walk for Life
- While on the road, Bruin finds some time to write
- Running the perimeter a good way to get in shape
- Nuve Approach
- RPI postponement completely political
- Empowerment! denies student input
- Grad schools should not rely on one test
- Letters
- Musician's Market
- Anchors Away
- ‘Gay style’ stereotype is out of vogue
- Musician's Market: Musician profiles
- Dean confirms 21 candidates for May election
Wednesday, April 17
- SIB Referendum deserves fair, unbiased consideration
- Herbal pill claims to prevent hangovers
- ‘Ultimate Fights’ packs a punch but lacks meat
- Inexperienced actors, athletes shouldn’t enter political arena
- Underpaid, overworked nurses demand change
- Art in the house
- Sound Bites
- Anti-occupation banner controversial
- Band is a little bit un-country
- Housing insensitive to needs of students
- Sexual double standard is natural
- Bruins’ unity supercedes superstars
- Jews, Palestinians remember day Israel was declared state
- Anti-cloning column fails to use logic
- UCLA no-namers play roles to perfection in win at UCR
- GSA cites widespread approval for BruinGo!
- Inventive lyrics, rhythms keep it fresh
- Campus-bound athletes have a new favorite pastime: ‘frolf’
Tuesday, April 16
- Attack of the fans
- Make your classmate your friend
- Water-skiing brief
- Grad students must take stand, vote
- Student Interest Board silences voices
- GSA focuses on making campus friendly to grads
- Ortega selected as new editor in chief
- Curtain Calls
- Gaucho squad too powerful for UCLA
- Clueless, simple, wise or wicked: which type of fan do you fit?
- Racial Privacy Initiative ballot could be delayed
- U.S. fears power of international court
- Baseball briefs
- Editorials
- Writer’s new play takes a trip down memory lane
- Polls present one new grad candidate, three referenda
- Crime Watch
- Press Pound
- Bruins do spring cleanup of LMU
- Officials enforce consolidation decision without student input
- Spinach, dollar-bill turquoise: The current era of Tinseltown
- Letters
Monday, April 15
- Clichés versus originality: sport writers root for latter
- Ogunleye’s gutsy long jump performance fuels UCLA wins
- Bruins clinch No. 3 seed with victory over Irvine
- Referendum raises debate among GSA
- Coming out at the Egyptian
- Squad conquers BYU, CSUN in weekend meet
- U.S. foreign policy unfairly holds Iraq, Israel to different standards, policies
- Editorial Cartoon
- BruinGo! aids commuters, environment
- Groups meet for peace amid rallies
- GSA candidates hope to increase services, unity
- Grad students still lack place to live on campus
- Letters
- ‘Tightshorts’ showcases student-submitted films
- LMU dominates UCLA to win Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup
- Speaks Out
- GSA Fee Increase worth the cost
- Find celebrities and safeguard your life
- News Briefs
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's tennis recap
- Meet the Carnesales
- UCLA aims to replace aid for drug convicts
- Cougars, Huskies no match for UCLA
- C'est la Vie
- Outkast attracts fans to ‘Future Sound Festival’
- Bush’s cloning ban is morally correct
- Bruins bring brooms to Bay Area
- Search for new athletic director nears end
- University honors labor activist
- ONLINE EXTRA: Bruins disappointed after losing two of three home games
Friday, April 12
- Screen Scene
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's lacrosse team closes out tough season on emotional high
- Letters
- UCLA film series revive ’50s silver screen icons
- One match left in season will keep team on their toes
- World/Inferno Friendship Society provokes thought
- Allegations fly at Middle East rally
- Alums run center to help homeless
- Identity theft crimes double since last year
- Heavy metal
- Bruins buckle down for Pac-10 schedule
- RPI will not make society colorblind
- ONLINE EXTRA: Baseball meets Arizona State this weekend
- Students get ready to dance night and day away for AIDS
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men's tennis vs. Washington and Oregon
- GSA candidates share common goals
- The bothersome, not so royal flush
- ONLINE EXTRA: Meet the waterskiing team
- Dodge ball child’s play next to junior high locker room violence
- Grades of UCLA eateries not posted for patrons
- Jewish attachment to Israel is ancient, loving
- Strikeout-to-walk ratio is key performance predictor
- Squads run toward second home meet
- Editorial Cartoon
- Political debate needs reason, not hostility
- News Briefs
- Festivities latin style
- Drawn and Quartered
- Team hopes to rebound from loss with wins over weekend
Thursday, April 11
- The Swing Session struts its stuff in L.A.
- Student sues UC Hastings for residency requirements
- Online voting question goes to the ballot
- INSOMNIAC
- Radio waves filled with deadly, nauseating filth
- Media oversimplifies conflict in Middle East
- Men’s team smashes Northridge 3-0
- Study reiterates harmful drinking
- Miniature golf: all it’s cracked up to be and more
- Berkeley justified in arresting protesters
- ‘In On It’ confuses viewers by mixing reality with art
- Right on point
- Military massacres kept from public
- U.S. action necessary to end conflict
- Nation fails to recognize Rwandan Genocide
- Senate promotes student voice
- Lack of support for Parks right on track
- Hardly fake: Nice-guy band hits road
- Latest Cincinnati charges indicate greater problem in sports system
- Letters
- Getting on base is key for Bruins in Pac-10 conference
- Selection for representative in final stage
Wednesday, April 10
- News Briefs
- Arguments in favor of flat tax unsubstantiated
- RPI helps create a colorblind U.S.
- Squad hopes to rebound from slump
- UCLA loses match late in ninth
- Army’s treatment of Lindh compassionate
- Sound Bites
- Students unite to remember Holocaust
- Computer Crackdown
- Renowned UCLA cardiologist dies at 81
- Men's Hoops Briefs
- Letters
- Community colleges must receive funding
- Al Scates sets record straight regarding Hawai’i comment
- Bond could fund construction
- Córdova appointed chancellor at UCR
- Donate to Buy Matt a Book Fund today
- Council argues over suffrage semantics
- Men's Football Notebook
- Editorial Cartoon
- Bruin alumni dominate DreamWorks Interactive
- Out of the bubble
- Golf not just for rich old country clubbers
Tuesday, April 9
- Crime Watch
- Students unite to reflect on Holocaust, its victims
- Letters
- Events to focus on Middle East
- Exhibits explore sides of humanity
- Bruins look to build up momentum
- Online voting under consideration
- Aspiring screenwriters given shot to make it
- Speaks Out
- Journalist finds ring, enters fellowship of A&E
- Squad has promising showing in San Diego
- Impartial approach needed in Mideast
- Engineers finally in spotlight this week
- ‘Palestine’ signs forget Arafat’s terrorist support
- Spiritualized, B.R.M.C. rock the Mayan
- Dead Kennedys revive to preach punk politics
- Honest leaders can save Catholic church
- Betta Battles invade UCLA, evade control of authorities
- Press Pound
- To bolster economy, impose flat tax
- Rising Above Riots
Monday, April 8
- Editorial Cartoon
- Giants fans at Dodger game get pelted by cheese, beer
- Bruins’ performance lags at Stanford
- Protesters react to Mideast conflict at Westwood rallies
- C'est La Vie
- Letters
- UCLA victorious at regional championship
- Shadow philosophy proves ridiculous
- Pianists battle it out, Olympic style
- News Briefs
- Joe Henry builds songs from rhythm up, transcends label
- Bruins drench Trojans’ recent winning streak
- Phillips’ smooth grooves, quick wit thrill audience
- E-Week honors progress in field of engineering
- Tan silences student voice in policy issues
- Leadoff gymnasts sacrifice individual honor for squad
- Interest groups can slight U.S. priorities
- Crimes against humanity lawsuits cut short
- Q&A with the Daily Bruin
- UCLA wins, loses over weekend
- Hawai’i sweeps weekend matches
- Bruins end six-game losing streak with victory over Cal
- Enron debacle shows downfalls of cheating
- Absence of top players allows for NorCal victories
- Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A. dresses opera up in drag
- The road less traveled
Friday, April 5
- Increased security at men’s sporting events annoying, biased
- Bruins head off to Arizona to show their stuff
- Group pushes for Latino chancellor at UC Riverside
- Eniac to bring pure rock sound with current tour
- Team to make memories vs. Cal, Stanford
- Bruins to use momentum in competition
- Editorial Cartoon
- Drawn and Quartered
- UCLA, USC to vie for at-large NCAA bid
- Hate crime laws punish free thinking
- Team springing for championship bid
- Squad will take on 2 heroes of Hawai'i
- Fewer applicants accepted to UCLA, Berkeley for fall 2002
- Screen Scene
- Mayer’s talent unsullied by teen fans
- Explore, try living outside Westwood
- Squad faces important matches against Cal, Stanford
- Poetry, music merge in love-themed concert
- Minority Reports
- Flying high
- Professor passes away at age 85
- ONLINE EXTRA: Bush concert review
- Dishonesty may be larger problem than school knows
- Gates donates money to build high schools
- Environment should be a state priority
- News Briefs
- Committees lack undergrad voice due to vacancies
- Congratulations to UCLA’s new lovebirds
- Crew speeds to San Diego Regatta
- Letters
- Stop criticizing UCLA b-ball, .696 is still a mean average
- Middle East situation is out of the hands of political leaders
- Ferrets weasel into Californians’ hearts
- Student must decide if he will stay in Israel
- Team keeps spirits up despite losing streak
Thursday, April 4
- UCLA coach given national honor
- UCOP methods in SAT study flawed, says UCLA professor
- Softball Notebook
- Israel’s occupation, siege must end
- Letters
- Wooden Center music needs energy infusion
- Davis postpones gas-additive switch
- Instant-runoff voting gets the job done
- Insomniac
- Dorm residents vote against having Readership Program
- A&E Briefs
- UC smart in cutting Israel program short
- UCLA's Next
- Be aware before leaving the U.S.
- GRE changes hurtful to graduate schools
- ‘Toska’ takes namesake play to insane new level
- McCartney, Bono gettin’ a bit old, and we shouldn’t have to take it
- Men in tights lack experience
Wednesday, April 3
- Israel loses claim to moral high ground
- Tight, strong pitching doesn’t quite make the play
- Israeli state must remain adamant despite resistance
- Hitting home
- No strings attached
- Plan for admission of top students flawed
- Textbook system robs student wallets
- Lecture series highlights L.A.’s LGBT culture
- News Briefs
- Off-season troubles enlighten Paus
- Three strikes law is ineffective, severe
- Editorial Cartoon
- GSA room renamed after late Jim Rowe
- Hella issues: Lakers, Kings rivalry marked by bravado
- Kapono’s future uncertain, may determine squad’s fate
- Men's tennis notebook
- U.S. nuclear policy potentially disastrous
- Sound Bites
- Hitting home part 2: Recalled
- Press Pound
- Letters
- GRE changes multiple choice to two essays
Tuesday, April 2
- Phillips blends traditional sounds with technology
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Water polo recap
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's tennis recap
- When Robin Williams attacks
- Eligibility plan affects enrollment
- Aquatic athletes show promise despite finish
- Spring quarter: a constipating experience
- Approving proposal hurts student media
- Anti-hate legislation can deter crime, not just add punishment
- Curtain Calls
- A future Bruin
- Press Pound
- Maximize your college experience
- Raids provide false sense of security
- UCLA attempts to strike back after weekend loss
- ONLINE EXTRA: Football brief
- Crime Watch
- Deans alone should not choose speaker
- Mounds of dirt make IM field perfect arena for motocross
- Vacancies handled in students’ best interest
- News Briefs
- End of conflict requires destruction of hatred
Monday, April 1
- College Board considers alterations to SAT exam
- Students shouldn’t have to compete for major
- Arafat, Sharon must end cycle of revenge
- Track and Field Brief
- Editorial Cartoon
- Bruins fall as anticipated against USC
- Anderson forecasts slow recession recovery
- Waves wash injury-riddled squad out of No. 1 spot
- C'est la vie
- Bruins beat out Pac, win 10th title
- Kentucky hip-hop group strives to keep it nappy
- Supreme Court supports fees, fund equality
- So I was drunk on Rodeo Drive...
- Reparations lawsuits hurt blacks
- Letters
- Infatuation cools after too-familiar Sweet 16 defeat
- Let there be seminars, UCLA tells undergrads
- UC signs a contract with APS, ends Enron relations
- Culture tambien
- Editorial Cartoon
- Las Vegas rules, even if you’re under 60
- News Briefs
- Hard work defines actor’s life, not glitz and glamour
- Don’t be fooled; UCLA did improve this year
- Selection of speakers raises ire

