Story archive for February 2002
Friday, March 1
- Arafat, Sharon stand in way of peace
- Team to face Cal, Stanford in conference tournament
- Students create musical to call their own
- ONLINE EXTRA: Bruin star Walker heads home to Lone Star State
- Cooperage will go underground via Subway Tour
- Brewin’ Club calls for suds on campus
- USAC meeting draws low rate of turnout
- Daily Bruin lacks voice of logical conservative
- Uninformed opinions are harmful
- Recreating disaster
- Bruins win despite poor second half
- Student group prepares for the Mock Trial championships
- ONLINE EXTRA: Crew team prepares to face ’91 championship team
- Squad looks to repeat as conference champs
- State funds should go to subsidizing housing
- UCLA plans to quiet Gaucho fans with win
- If UC values diversity, it should hire Latino
- Ridnour bulks up, strengthens Ducks
- Drawn and Quartered
- Weekend meets will keep Bruins busy
- ONLINE EXTRA: Irvine meet will be needed break for track and field teams
- Tournament takes on special meaning
- Squad sets its sights on finally beating Cardinal
- Commuters to UCLA may see increase in Big Blue Bus fares
- Chancellor addresses U.S. national security
- Screen Scene
- ONLINE EXTRA: Baseball team stays cool under pressure
- SAT II should aid language placement
- Letters
- Game outcomes further shake up Pac-10 standings
- Sector 9 finds tribal voice beyond words
- News Briefs
Thursday, Feb. 28
- USAC begins lobbying to prevent fees from rising
- Group pushing for Latino chancellor, regent at UCR
- A&E Briefs
- Q&A with the Daily Bruin
- Toledo reprimanded
- Bruins prove net worth greater than Matadors
- Dismembering Music
- Falun Gong exercises focus on cultivation of one’s mind
- Increasing smoking age will do nothing
- Tiebreakers turn out in Bruins’ favor
- Duo Lexicon ready for mainstream
- Take a backstage pass to Grammy tech, media prep
- INSOMNIAC
- LARAM outstrips other martial arts
- Beloved former softball player, Winsberg, loses life to cancer
- Bruin wrong in reasons for GE reform
- Bruins split doubleheader against Fullerton; team plans to fix errors
- Project portrays town’s thoughts on 1998 murder of Matt Shepard
- Attention-getting Coulter distorts realities
- Speakers discuss ethics, concerns in Enron’s wake
- Web site sets out to alter views of typical stereotypes
- Bill aims to fund more student housing
- Letters
- In final home games, Knight ready to fight
- Savor coffee more; it’s about Fair Trade
- Soldiers among Students
- Corrupt judges, faulty scoring reveal negatives in figure skating
- Vouchers hinder education system
- Vijay Dhir appointed new interim dean of engineering school
Wednesday, Feb. 27
- Letters
- Sound Bites
- Big at Heart
- Men's Hoops Notebook
- Dork Style
- Healthy Living
- UCLA socks it to UCSB, ends slump
- Students to face off in Consulting Challenge
- Injured Bruins plan to show what it means to be No. 1
- News Briefs
- Jones fails to see value of La Familia
- Students deserve home sweet home
- Long Beach State hands squad first loss of season
- Academy’s ‘smarts’ always astound
- Team to matchup with rival Waves
- Media deserves thanks for giving voice to truth
- Group seeks to raise state smoking age
- Lecture looks at violence in prosperous societies
- Future of sports program in the hands of new athletic director
- U.S. shouldn’t appeal to kidnappers
- NCAA doesn’t take care of its athletes
- Grad students need community at UCLA
- Two-time champ UCLA will defend its waterworld dynasty
Tuesday, Feb. 26
- Shining future starts in Hawaii with No. 8 finish
- Crime Watch
- Vault Brief
- Rock the Planet
- CAC lobbies on behalf of Division I athletes
- Letters
- Daily Bruin won’t give up its liberty for USAC
- Press Pound
- Squad focuses on improving own play, not UCSB’s strategy
- First lady declines invitation
- Afghanistan still vulnerable, professor says
- Squads fare well at indoor tournament
- Exhibit features South African HIV/AIDS art
- Women's Basketball Notebook
- Cloning cats a waste of valuable time
- Bruins set personal, team bests in win over Oregon State
- Student input necessary for housing issues
- Housing fair helps students in search
- UCLA breeds Olympic hopefuls
- Hey! Can I get your attention for a minute?
- Coalition needs to broaden appeal to include all students
- Campus Events is working hard to bring movies here
- Council’s visibility needs improvement
- Faculty, students must play role in ‘New GE’
Monday, Feb. 25
- Students to forfeit SAT II ‘score choice’
- School spirit, old-time gym give Stanford advantages
- News Briefs
- ‘Evil’ comment elicits Iranian reaction
- UCLA loses three consecutive games to the No. 18 Trojans
- BYU prevails in rematch against UCLA
- C'est La Vie
- Bruins win second game, look ahead to competition in Pac-10
- Pilot program to expand, test more disorders
- Bruins fall to Stanford, but pull out victory over Golden Bears
- Cultural Hiphop You Don't Stop
- Sports scandals sully reputation of school
- Efforts of young players laudable, but Kapono and Gadzuric on top
- Bruins unify to bring down Cardinal
- Win slips away from team in overtime
- Shorttakes short of expectations
- Illogical, rude letters condemn too quickly
- Busy While Waiting
- USAC squanders our student fees
- Group translates Radiohead into strings
- Nikka Costa’s rhythm, energy charm audience
- Davis must oppose raising UC’s tuition
- Engineering students need to stick with it
- Lounge living tops other dorm arrangements
- Republican Party not so great as submission claims
- Afghani aid not to see increase after Sept. 11
Friday, Feb. 22
- Absence of hype doesn’t diminish rivalry
- Drawn and Quartered
- Office recommends raise in fees after budget cuts
- ONLINE EXTRA: Track team ready for MPSF Championships
- Let consumers decide Zone d’Erotica’s fate
- News Briefs
- Drop in drug use is unacceptable
- Officials confirm death of Pearl, son of UCLA professor
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men’s tennis team hopes to elevate its play in Arizona
- Squad hopes to beat Cal, build some momentum
- UCLA hangs on to win close match over BYU
- GE reductions won’t tame Tidal Wave II
- Haas is ideal place for hoops fans
- Professor of neurosurgery killed in a traffic collision
- Pearl’s death makes war hit close to home
- Letters
- Saturday’s game will be no day at the beach
- Bruins look to ace Arizona State
- OSU presents UCLA’s next challenge
- Graduate finds success after UCLA
- Knitting Factory hosts Gray funk
- Subthunk merges lively act with computer funk
- Drum Circle traps public, bare music
- Bruins take a beating in Berkeley
- Disappearance of Kapono key factor in loss
- Shorttakes offers audiences best of student productions
- Screen Scene
- Latino Perspective
Thursday, Feb. 21
- Q & A with the Bruin
- Web site nominates the movie industry’s stinkers
- Insomniac
- Clearly confident
- City cites Westwood’s Zone d’Erotica
- First lady speaking will be rewarding to UCLA
- Students should stand up to financial aid cuts
- Event brings experiences of queer Asians to light
- A&E Briefs
- Online shopping offers brand-name bargains
- Polo Brief
- Residents may see more triples
- Broaden your minds with classical music
- War Letters
- UCLA looks to give BYU spike of revenge for last year’s loss
- Bruins ready to buckle down vs. Cal
- Looking up to athletes helps youth thrive, report says
- ‘John Q’ exposes reality of health care
- Domestic partners get family housing
- UCLA slams Riverside with double no-hitters
- Speaker Coulter lambastes Left in lecture at UCLA
- Alumnus campaigns to LGBT group
- Letters
- Right wing is wrong, choose moderation
- Brains, Braun lead to Cal’s renaissance
- ‘Queen’ hopes for killing at box office
Wednesday, Feb. 20
- U.K. band elbows its way onto the American scene
- BYU defeats UCLA 10-6 in tough, physical game
- M.GOLF BRIEF
- Powell’s stance on condoms refreshing
- M.Basketball Notebook
- Midterms, papers necessary for learning
- Sound Bites
- Bush’s address proves irony lives on
- Singles wins balance doubles losses
- UCLA just as inconsiderate as Hollywood’s producers
- Team silences hecklers with victory
- Freshman makes metamorphosis from UCLA fan to authentic Bruin
- Moving in SloMo
- More spaces, lower prices not ideal
- Dork Style
- Letters
- Budget proposal cuts LEAP funds
- 14-0 squad dominates opponents with depth
- Men’s health finally addressed by class
- News Briefs
- Students protest Bush speaking at commencement
- Upcoming movies sorely lack creativity, originality
Tuesday, Feb. 19
- Bruins win despite doubles struggle
- Gurley, hairstylist to UCLA athletics
- Students explore distinctions of spirituality vs. religion in society
- Housing policy aids LGBT grad students
- That guy from ‘Austin Powers’ shares his name
- Curtain Calls
- Press Pound
- SHAC works to improve health services
- Crime Watch
- Hawaiian weekend goes from dominating to heartbreaking
- Team nabs first place at invitational
- Cardinal breaks UCLA’s winning streak
- SnoCore Icicle Ball flurries with talent, energetic sets
- Passionless play engenders loss
- The pros and cons of quarter vs. semester
- History department changes made to benefit students
- Don't walk, we're filming!
- Liberal dogma corrupts many principles of GOP
- UCLA victorious over unworthy foes; coach encourages ‘I’ in ‘team’
- Discussion centers on racism after terrorism
- UC selected to head Enron suit
- Excess of Sun Devil seniors proves disastrous for UCLA
- Spalding Gray to reign as king of the monologue
- Bruins suffer weekend loss to ’SC
- Squad dominates field of top teams at UNLV Classic
- Aspects of male life to be examined in course
- Davis lampoons GOP foes at convention
- Projected ASUCLA sales off-kilter
- Big classes not conducive to semesters
- Independent study often overlooked
- Jack Johnson show plays like friendly sing-a-long
Friday, Feb. 15
- GSA discusses its frustration with directors of health care
- Midterms useless; one test is enough
- ONLINE EXTRA: Bruins threatened by unknown enemy
- Student regent spot up for grabs; applications due soon
- Nikkei Student Union to present cultural evening
- Team aims to keep focus in Sin City
- Walcott steps up, helps lead team to victory over Wildcats
- Bruins’ hopes fall short of hoop
- Islamic, Jewish leaders meet to talk about nonviolence
- Screen Scene
- Bruins grab last-minute win over Arizona
- Quarter system meets needs of large campus
- U.S. sanctions detrimental to Iraqi life
- Drawn and Quartered
- Basketball drama hits a high note
- UCLA volunteer sees NYC victims up close
- Cocaine increases rate of HIV replication, study says
- UCLA anticipates easy victory against Toreros
- Brad Pitt, naked, adds much needed appeal to ceremony
- ONLINE EXTRA: Bruins plan to use momentum to somersault over competition
- Team to take on Bulldogs after needed break
- News Brief - UCLA considers switching to semester system
- The College Soundtrack - Glen Phillips
- Letters
- Students harmed by a fast-paced education
- UCLA gets pumped to defeat ‘SC on Saturday
- The College Soundtrack - Jack Johnson
- Campus groups unite to promote voting
- GE changes will hurt quality of education
Thursday, Feb. 14
- Capping enrollment will end overcrowding
- Assembly decides to decrease GE requirement, increase units
- USAC to set new guidelines for activities, ‘other income’
- UCLA ends competitive TRW tourney at 8th place
- Short, funny stories populate world of ‘Cosbyology’
- Bruins prowlin’ to scratch out Wildcats
- Fee waiver option may be obscure to students
- Eng, White to compete in ski regionals race this weekend
- What type of Valentine are you?
- Team looks to its defense to hang tough in Tuscon
- Spread loner genes, not love on Feb. 14
- Arizona point guard Gardner may be tough cat to conquer
- W.Soccer Notebook
- Letters
- Students get no love from Atkinson, Davis
- A&E Briefs
- Let it snowcore
- ‘Unseen Cinema’ series showcases avant-garde genre
- ‘Cavepainting’ exhibit shows experimental work of artists
- Insomniac
- Lecture looks at portrayal of battle in ‘Black Hawk Down’
- Support new Republican revolution
- Let it snowcore - Interview with Saul Williams
- UCLA students deserve better than nosebleed at Pauley games
- Readings provide original, sensual date environment
- Editorial on slavery simply not logical
- Child slaves satisfy U.S. sweet tooth
- Calculations find Bruins consistently inconsistent
Wednesday, Feb. 13
- Bruins face Vulcans, Warriors in a five-game trip to Hawaii
- Originality could keep Ackerman competitive
- New bill calls for mandatory military service after high school
- Hospital tries to make kids’ stays a little easier
- M.Hoops Notebook
- Artists should not be suppressed, silenced
- Looking for Richard
- Discover what is new, cool in sports at the Winter Games
- Oscar nods stretch art, genre, style envelopes
- M.Volleyball Notebook
- NVIC not at fault in 522 Landfair eviction
- Interview with the actors of Richard III
- Dork Style
- Of a Revolution jazzes up crowd at House of Blues
- Irresponsibility leads to financial aid woes
- UC president wants to raise fees
- News Briefs
- Chinese films offer depth, creativity
- War shouldn’t include Iran, N. Korea
- Letters
- Housing works to end use of study lounges as dorm rooms
- Special Valentine Sound Bites
- Title IX revolutionized women’s hoops
Tuesday, Feb. 12
- Toledo tackles recruiting tactics
- Despite detractors’ claims, SHIP is very student-friendly
- Portrait exhibits at Hammer get straight to the art of the matter
- Crime Watch
- Capturing Beauty
- W.Hoops Notebook
- UCLA students celebrate Lunar New Year
- Applicant petitions for readmission
- UCLA gets win over No. 1 club team
- USAC’s ability to give funds is questionable
- Invest in future: give students better seats
- Something Corporate to bring free rock to Covel
- Press Pound
- Moby Disc runs out on lease, cites an inability to meet campus needs
- Upcoming election chance to oust GOP
- Letters
- Meets have diverse results for teams
- Bruins’ pitching duties in good hands
- The Samples finds musical style, success on the road
- Stevenson revokes resignation
- Nation’s emphasis on teaching falls, suffers
- Religious zealots prey on campus
- Ecstasy users should note extended effects
Monday, Feb. 11
- Pitchers hit target in games against Florida
- Squad stifles Trojans at annual Kilgour Cup
- Thievery Corporation fails to steal show
- Camping out may impact outcome of basketball
- Financial aid helps people willing to help themselves
- Bruins beaming after meet with Cardinal
- News Briefs
- Commissioner for USAC steps down, citing personal issues
- Movie looks closely at effects of globalization, debt
- Friday night finals are kaput; soak it up, kids
- Groups at UCLA spark concern for Afghan orphans
- ‘John Q’ uses thriller genre to expose state of health care
- Speaker of Assembly sworn in on campus
- Conflicts lie in management, not chair
- USAC representation needs to be elected
- Art not always art in the eye of beholder, masses
- Reel Big Fish hooks crowd in Hollywood
- Delicious valentine recipes
- Stanford Invitational prize bounces away from team
- Westwood mainly a college town
- History department chair resigns suddenly
- USC sweeps season series, sandwiches UCLA’s scoring
- Coach of Huskies criticizes Pac-10 recruiting tactics
- C'est la Vie
- Bruins conquer Fiesta Bowl, take all six matches
- UCLA has its ups, downs with tourney in Kentucky
- Student fee allocation under review
- Q & A with the Daily Bruin
- Eat your heart out
- Internet: just what the doctor ordered
- Wildcats rebound late in match, win
Friday, Feb. 8
- Residents allege wrongful eviction
- News Briefs
- Screen Scene
- Financial Aid Office isn’t student-friendly
- Cell phones build culture of rudeness
- ONLINE EXTRA: Road weary Bruins host Cardinal, set sights high
- Letters
- Ohio rock group O.A.R overthrows traditional music
- Cal Grant bill guarantees funding for all qualified
- Homeless are harmless in Westwood
- The Sunshine Fix radiates with psychedelic sounds
- 522 Landfair needed help, not banishment
- Did someone say vagina?
- Team needs to turn its focus to Villanova
- Home crowd helps Bruins pull out win
- Tiny Terminator
- Seniors view options at SAA event
- Bruins hope to ride Blue Wave to victory
- ‘Free’ doughnuts really filled with Christian commitment
- ONLINE EXTRA: After winning streak, team looks for more ways to improve game
- Squad dominates UCI 16-4 in season opener
- Senior student artwork shown in ‘Rash’ exhibit at Dickson Hall
- Rich Nelson sets up UCLA victory over Pepperdine
- UCLA alum rises to executive spot
Thursday, Feb. 7
- Football team scores sexy recruiting class for 2002
- Knight shoots to kill in Bruins’ last-second win
- Assemblyman sworn in as speaker
- Christian lifestyle is a personal choice, not limiting of freedom
- Black community must stress AIDS education
- Letters
- UC seeks to create test that will eliminate bias
- Buzzer-beating Billy for three will be forever remembered
- Who wants to be a retired millionaire?
- Lecturers need more appreciation
- Graduate students fuming over department cutbacks
- Squad set for rematch with Waves
- Department ignores grad students’ needs
- A&E Briefs
- Baaba Maal to bring African tunes to Royce
- Video games fail to live up to hype, promise
- Big business is threat to Village film culture
- UCLA aims to boost ranking with National Indoors victory
- Dates of our lives
- Hines proves it’s the little things that really count
- Saddle up, go buck-wild on L.A.'s favorite bull
Wednesday, Feb. 6
- Hipness of most new bands based off of nostalgia
- Bruins scrape by with victory over No. 23 Kentucky
- Sound Bites
- News Briefs
- Team enters season without key players, hopes for best
- Dork Style
- Chillin’ at the Water Cooler with Page 2’s Brian Murphy
- Don't call him Ace
- Team looks to rebound, beat ’SC
- President’s actions not Nobel worthy
- Bush dishes out rhetorical deception
- Q&A with the Daily Bruin
- Launch of War on Terrorism warrants Nobel nomination
- Festival celebrates indie spirit with light approach
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Lacrosse
- Traffic signals to be fixed in near future
- Cyborgs, eels have feelings too
- U.S. sanctions destroy lives of innocent
- Gymnasts play hard, might be superheros in UCLA disguise
- Bluthenthal’s top play is fueled by crosstown battle
- Echoes of the City
- Looking for a job? Check out Source for listings
- Bruins gain confidence on road
Tuesday, Feb. 5
- Doughnuts prove Christian love still exists
- Loss of NFL should bother L.A.
- Ten Ton Chicken delivers a healthy mix of music soup
- Chain stores move in as theaters move out
- NCAA ephedra ban raises athlete issues
- Curtain Calls
- Lift sex taboo, abortion debate will end
- A Digital Wonderlantz
- Press Pound
- Ephedrine use grows amid health concerns
- Devil’s advocate dishes in ‘The Worst of Eric Bogosian’
- Force of freshmen may power Bruins past Long Beach State
- UCLA looks for victory over Kentucky
- Cal Poly’s early lead makes Bruin recovery impossible
- Black students share experiences
- Money, not experience, matters to be a regent
- Bruins in good position for NCAA championships
- Organist Harmon retires from university position
- Crime Watch
- Smiling Star
- Limiting panhandling aids homeless
- UCLA’s student health plan is faulty
- PC- generated images taking over Saturday morning ritual
- USAC heads in right direction with fees
Monday, Feb. 4
- New admissions test to combine SAT I, II must be made national
- UCLA easily gains tournament title
- Okamura’s plan hardly fixes housing trouble
- Squad relies on endurance, will power to defeat Trojans
- Students raise their voices in MLK Jr. Oratorical Contest
- Setbacks hardly injure team’s UCSD triumph
- UCOP, Fair Labor Association affiliation to benefit workers
- Series wins leave UCLA only with questions, uncertainty
- U.S. must give slave reparations for justice
- Bruins soar past Beavers with poise to secure win
- Local men admit to piracy involvement
- C'est La Vie
- Men’s team rallies against USC rivals
- News Briefs
- Cartoon giant Haim Saban morphs into a UC regent
- Squad fails to splash victory in faces of Stanford, Cal
- Sex shop makes unwanted advances
- Letters
- Washington outworks, outplays Bruins
- Arnold in Action
- Faith can’t be used to justify war efforts
- Event examines legacy of slavery
- Farrar, friends keep music lovers rockin’ at Hollywood show
- Tobacco companies involve colleges in lawsuit
- Pop-punk group Sugarcult visits Westwood
- Deception is the key to being ‘Filmically Smart’
Sunday, Feb. 3
Friday, Feb. 1
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women’s lacrosse team struggles early in season
- Former coach, player passes away at 88
- Bruin season will start with Early Bird Classic
- MTV rival seeks talent at Citywalk
- Letters
- Squads’ Stanley Cup fantasies come true at NHL All-Star event
- Oregon pulls a fast one on Bruins
- ONLINE EXTRA: Women’s basketball season is roller coaster of high, lows
- Elite squads meet in latest crosstown battle
- Doby adjusts to new city, outreach position
- Screen Scene
- Help kids in need; they want to read
- ONLINE EXTRA: Men’s lacrosse takes on Cal Poly
- Team intends to dust off, try again
- News Briefs
- UCLA to match up against USC
- Drawn and Quartered
- North-South war must end; both sides have merits
- Transgenders require sex-neutral facilities
- Team sets, spikes, kills Long Beach
- Saldaña steps down from post
- Panelists address educational access issues
- UCLA tastes agony of defeat vs. Ducks
- Chancellor laughing all the way to bank
- Conduct debate with reason, not rhetoric
- ONLINE EXTRA: Swimming team looks to take on Stanford, Cal in weekend meet
- Postmodern pioneer jazzes up Royce Hall in ‘El Trilogy’
- America not responsible for terrorist aggressions
- 4 Voices Converge
- ONLINE EXTRA: Track and field teams ready to dominate
- Students hold vigil to remember hate victim

