Story archive for May 2002

Friday, May 31

• UC may stop awarding honors, AP grade points

• Carnesale, GSA discuss funding for BruinGo!

• Parking fee increase necessary, warranted

• North vs. South rivalry heats up as L.A. Lakers take on Kings

• Villaraigosa joins union fight

• Editorial Cartoon

• Take responsibility for your words – don’t use sexual slurs

• Mascots Act voted down, American Indian Association battles on at UCLA

• Graduation 2002 hoped

• Women’s track ready, set to win NCAA title

• The Cup Runneth Over

• UCLA planetarium reveals L.A. stars

• Screen Scene

• Disposal of cell phones harmful to environment

• Symphony good for everyone

• World Cup entertaining despite low scoring

• EDITORIAL: Title IX not perfect, but still essential

• Bruins part of World Cup action

• Ashe Center receives first accreditation

• Abdelkarim speaks on his detainment in Israel

• Irishmen in L.A.

• Speaks Out

• EDITOR'S PICK: www.kcrw.org

• Letters

• Discover divinity during summer

Thursday, May 30

• Editorial Cartoon

• Don’t fall victim to ‘Twenties Transition’

• Students express concern for workers; groups interact at BBQ

• USAC bipartisanship a good and a must

• News Briefs

• Support referendum through online voting

• Ads for Army serve important purpose

• Talented team’s loss is par for course

• Letters

• Hume prepares to hand over EVC position to successor

• Penn and Teller possess talent, but show is a few cards short of full deck

• Mascots offend, demean American Indians

• Students express concern for workers; groups interact at BBQ

• Costello, Imposters evoke enthusiasm

• Moser offers only highlight in poor outing by men’s track

• Editor's Pick: Elliot Smith dishes out ear candy

• O’Hara gives Bruins the lead at NCAA finals

• UCLA scientist receives honor

• Living with Energy

• Sports history disregards ethnic accomplishments

• UCLA wins respect, top 10 national ranking

• Andrew W.K. lives out message of ‘carpe diem’

• Women’s rowing deserves recognition for mooring new program

• Prager claims Israel is legitimate

• Bumpin’ Beach Boys

• Lecturers may strike for better contracts

Wednesday, May 29

• Editorial Cartoon

• EDITORIAL: Students must fight $700 housing fee hike

• Invasion of Iraq requisite for peace in Middle East

• Conference covers views on race, ethnicity issues

• Racquetball turns foul after run-in with court fascists

• Winged Avenger

• UC considers raising student fees

• All for One

• Track team prepares for NCAA finals

• Track team prepares for NCAA finals

• Editor's Pick

• Human feebleness, doubt make for great art

• Former NBA all-star speaks at UCLA

• Briefs

• Letters

• Shootout

• Steroid use won’t matter to owners of top fantasy teams

• UCLA mirrors society’s gap between rich, poor

• Baseball Briefs

• ASUCLA’s revised budget accepted

• USAC referendum vote to be conducted online

Tuesday, May 28

• Legislators push for regulation of raves, E

• USAC needs proper funds; vote for programming fee increase

• Editor's Pick: Nikka Costa has talent

• SOFTBALL SIDEBAR: Nuveman, Freed end collegiate careers in tears

• Random Voices hits a high note by mixing students, beats and fun

• Elvis has arrived* *sort of

• Purpose of UAS event was to promote peace, not nationalism

• Editorial Cartoon

• Crimewatch

• A Long Walk Home

• News Briefs

• EDITORIAL: EAP violators should accept responsibility

• Nurses cancel strike pending new contract

• EAP violators should accept responsibility

• Bruins display their mettle in Pac-10 losses

• Increased housing prices evoke students’ concern

• Professor inspires cast of ‘Merry Wives’

• EDITORIAL: New student regent has a lot to learn

• ASUCLA agrees to amend budget

• Letters

• Army targets, misleads U.S. youth

• The Ataris: more entertaining than the retro game system

• ASUCLA budget vote today

• Senior ball player Adam Berry signs with the Texas Rangers

• Three years as columnist don’t make me an expert

• Daily Bruin finds ‘resident’ artist MIA

Monday, May 27

• ONLINE EXTRA: WCWS ... UCLA 2, Oklahoma 0

• ONLINE EXTRA :Women's College World Series Update

Friday, May 24

• Letters

• EDITORIAL: Legislators exploit UC, regents not apolitical

• Softball only hope for choked up Bruins

• ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Lacrosse

• Two activist students withdrawn from EAP

• UC proposes end to merit-based pay

• Warhol exhibit right at home at MOCA

• SOFTBALL: Squad faces unfamiliar losses

• Screen Scene

• Guzman proud of his ethnic, sexual identity

• USA at fault for its financial woes

• The Pursuit of Glory

• Even out of tournament, baseball team keeps spirits high

• UCLA forgets defense, loses opening game

• GSA balances budget with increase in fees

• UCLA alumna screens documentary on black Islamic life, family

• Out of the Picture

• Popular opinion holds too much sway in U.S.

• ONLINE EXTRA: Rowing Brief

• EDITORIAL: Students must reclaim their stake in ASUCLA

• EDITOR'S PICK: The Internet

• Popular films don’t create – they conform

• Board nominee to chase political goals, soccer ball

• Editorial Cartoon

• ONLINE EXTRA: Women's Tennis

• It's the Jazz and Reggae Festival!

• ASUCLA budget vote today

• Under pressure, Berry mentors teammates

• Hiring compromise desired

Thursday, May 23

• A&F shouldn’t censor adult content for kids

• Break away from TV, become free

• ASUCLA on shaky financial ground

• Latino caucus’ influence questioned

• ‘Menagerie’ gets makeover for contemporary audience

• Letters

• Budget cuts could hit student groups hard

• Editorial Cartoon

• Students association steeped in disorder

• Film class gives students taste of real world

• Girls benefit from single-sex classes

• A&E Briefs

• EAP student dies in car accident

• Injured right fielder stays in game with fantasy ball

• Football Briefs

• Cuba sanctions antiquated, ineffective

• Four fans showed up, but it’s still fantastic

• New stadium could reignite football team

• Bruins set sights on elusive NCAA title

• Editor's Pick: Rediscover the beauty of books

• Insomniac

• Sheehy seduces listeners with a brew of gloom, sensitivity and irony

• Speaks Out

• Fragments of a Play

• Squad’s national championship hopes dashed by defeat

Wednesday, May 22

• School mascots not insulting

• USAC rejects slashed budget for 2002-03

• Soundbites

• Queers of Color Week lifts diverse LGBT voices

• Letters

• UCLA book group puts fun back into college reading

• Samahang board undeserving of Bruin criticism

• Glissando provides rare jazz, jam alternative to San Diego’s punk scene

• Team ends successful season with no title

• Fantasy play revolutionized by OPS scores

• State Master Plan unrealistic with cuts

• World Cup worth watching for fans and novices alike

• Track Notebook

• Battles’ attacks on Dahle, Republicans inaccurate

• My Film's Inspiration

• Editor's Pick: ‘Everyone Says I Love You’

• Bruins lose two games to Titans within five hours

• Presentation sparks debate over high prices, rebates for students

• Cal sophomore gets nod for UC student rep

• NCAA gender-equity report cites gap in funding

• Editorial Cartoon

• Women's Tennis Brief

• TV series finales no cause to abandon the tube

Tuesday, May 21

• Procrastination is a necessary evil

• Press Pound

• Golf: more than just frustration, loafers

• Medi-Cal cuts barely slice UCLA Med Center

• EDITORIAL: Studying abroad benefits all involved

• Bulgarian, Chinese music gives festival best of both worlds

• The Abstract World of Avery

• Democrats’ criticism of Bush misplaced

• Editorial Cartoon

• Unified squad aims for championship win

• Art Reviews

• Bruins come up short in NCAA semifinal round

• EDITORIAL Requirements treat students like cattle

• Joe Bruin meets Joe Boxer in fashion show

• Editor's Pick:

• Letters

• Nurses ‘outraged’ by May 29 pay offer

• 'Clones: less kiss-kiss, more Jar Jar

• Umeck excels as student, athlete

• Speakers refuse to serve Israeli Defense Forces

• Accusations, aggression don’t further Mideast peace process

• Bradley named National Rookie of the Year

• UC urged to admit top 12.5 percent

• UC Regents debate over Racial Privacy Initiative

Monday, May 20

• EDITORIAL: Students should not bear cost of UC cuts

• Oh say, Samahang can’t see democracy

• Editorial Cartoon

• Slap against protesters is handshake with racists

• Film, TV writers conference offers ‘Words’ of inspiration

• Bulldogs persist, know when to bite for the kill

• Mementos of an Insomniac

• Men’s track hurt by inexperience, injuries, places sixth in Pac-10

• Bruin rowing makes strides in Pac-10

• UC study abroad’s enrollment increases

• Strechin' It

• UCLA nurse first civilian to receive dept.’s Medal of Valor

• COLUMN: DB tourney teaches writers lesson in sports, humiliation

• Battle of the bands draws small crowd at large venue

• U.S.’s neglect of crackpots breeds disaster

• Thornton rocks audience with ‘Southern hippie music’

• Letters

• Author dissects plight of U.S. working class

• Pedro the Lion performs humbly at El Rey show

• Stanford slaughters UCLA, Janssen watches from bench

• Men’s tennis gears up for Final Four

• SOFTBALL: UCLA heading to World Series

• 55 percent slash of USAC’s student funds unacceptable

• Women’s tennis drops win, NCAA hopes to Georgia

• Enforcement of min. progress may be delayed

• Women’s track edges out USC for 7th Pac-10 title

Friday, May 17

• Letters

• Anticipated Court decision upsetting

• Speaks Out

• ONLINE EXTRA: Waterskiing

• PCN to have moment of silence, not U.S. anthem

• Job market says not all degrees are equal

• Bruins prevail over Trojans at NCAA

• UCLA hopes to take shot at title win

• BruinGo! triumph a victory for students

• Band of Brothers

• ASUCLA may slash USAC’s student funds

• Baseball remains hopeful of making NCAA tourney

• UC trying to cushion cuts

• Regents extend benefits to domestic partners

• COLUMN: Lexus Gauntlet formula flawed

• 30 Years of Struggle

• Older women make me wanna...

• UC calls potential nurses strike ‘disservice to patients’

• Bruin ignores context, workers in union coverage

• Track team hopes for Pac-10 win

• ONLINE EXTRA: Rowing team competes in Pacific Coast and Pac-10 championships

• ONLINE EXTRA: Men's track team readies for Pac-10 championship this weekend

• Big Head Todd’s new album returns to rock

• Screen Scene

• Softball team beats Liberty, advances in tournament

• Insomniac

• Gutierrez’ assessment of conflict in Mideast wrong

• ‘Take Back the Night’ sheds healing, light

• Rivalry matchup heats up tourney

• The EX-Files

• EDITOR'S PICK: State and Main

• BruinGo! to remain for 2002-03; future funding undecided

• Former Chancellor Kerr compares past and present

• Cultural play ‘Remains’ distinct

• The ‘F-word’: Panel defines, dispels nuances of feminism

• EDITORIAL CARTOON

Thursday, May 16

• U.S. must aid Afghanistan after bombings

• Author offers new view on frieda Kahlo's life

• Bruins face Women of Troy, reheat rivalry

• A&E Briefs

• ASUCLA neglected students, workers

• UAS takes on myths about Middle East

• Budget revisions slash funds for outreach programs

• News Briefs

• Mideast events complex, not presented fairly

• Against all odds, horse racing turns thrilling

• Nurses threaten to strike on May 29

• ‘Episode II’ reclaims fun of older trilogy

• SAT, ACT offer to change tests

• Association’s new labor policy may be moral but will be hard to finance

• EDITOR'S PICK: 'Return of the Jedi's' real hero

• Letters

• Women engineering faculty still a rarity

• Diplomas more important than championships

• Editorial Cartoon

• Mim's the Word

• Former chancellor Kerr remembers UC history

• Music Wars

• Series of concerts at UCLA showcases global music, culture

• Walk of Fame stars not given to most deserving

• UCLA unable to host, must travel to South Carolina

• Ketola proves importance of No.6 starters in NCAA matches

• Fee decisions may shift to UCOP

• Money talks; let it speak

Wednesday, May 15

• EDITORIAL: UCLA must cater to varied student diets

• Loud and Clear

• Survivors share experiences with art

• UC may face $162 million cut

• UCLA teaching assistants support semester system

• Card check bill could affect UC, union dealings

• Bike to Work Day

• Apartment-hunting made easy: advice for the search

• Virginia pop-punk band Waking Hours lives rock star dream in LA

• UAS takes right steps, humanizes conflict

• EDITOR'S PICK: La Bruschetta

• Bruin bullpen comes through

• COLUMN: Definition of ‘sport’ is sketchy at best

• Sound Bites

• Three-way trading: four simple steps to a better fantasy league team

• Financial issues no reason to excuse injustice

• Is the Force in You?

• News Briefs

• UCLA confident after first place tie in Regionals

• USAC aims to get more student funding, delays voting on budget

• EDITORIAL: Outreach budget cut threatens diversity

• Editorial Cartoon

• Letters

Tuesday, May 14

• Alum rallies for Israeli support

• Editorial Cartoon

• News Briefs

• Boycott links profit margins, policy change

• Indie rockers finding L.A. roots tonight at Cooperage

• Relationship Column: One night stands warrant empathy

• Editorial: 'Lavin losers' should criticize more maturely

• Clothesline helps heal survivors of violence

• Dahle reflects on election

• Super Manga

• Web site enables U.S., Israeli college students to share experiences

• SCOUTING REPORT: At 5-foot-9 Ohaeri shows size isn’t everything

• Japanese hit 'Initial D' races to U.S.

• Murphy works injury into academic success

• Curtain Calls

• Israel must grant Palestinians basic human rights

• Bruins game to pitch hard ball against UC Riverside

• Israel detains U.S. man accused of connections with terrorist groups

• Don't be brainwashed, take charge of memory

• Editorial: USAC keeps actions in line with student needs

• Gov. Davis expected to cut UC budget

• Dining causes students to compromise beliefs

• Born to Coach

• Crime Watch

• Letters

• Women’s club soccer fights to play

Monday, May 13

• Casey Hiraiwa at the bat shines on Senior Day

• Kapono decides to stay a Bruin for senior year

• UC to address union concerns

• UCLA churns out victory over SDSU in Regionals

• Commencement speaker urges ethical law practice

• COLUMN: Be unique, find your claim to fame

• EDITORIAL: Blind support of union irresponsible

• No. 7-seeded sqaud advances to round of 16 in NCAAs

• UC to give same-sex pension benefits

• Baseball team claws into Wildcats for series winBy Jeff Agase

• Dahle to pursue student input, inclusiveness

• First law, American Indian studies student graduates

• COLUMN: Irrelevant soundtracks miss out on movie magic

• American apathy toward Palestinian plight inhumane

• Trend Setters

• EDITOR'S PICK: XTC

• Riordan Programs acquaints minorities, business world

• Turning point turns wrong way for polo

• Nurses, university discuss demands

• Letters

• Clinton and crew pack plenty of funk

• Losing Face

• Film effects legend tries his hand at comic books

• News Briefs

• Title washed away

• Referendum debate may see online vote

• Editorial Cartoon

• Community must be aware of rape, band together to prevent it

• Bruins grab Pac-10 title, top seed

• Recital showcases innovative student composers

Friday, May 10

• Internet diaries create webs of intrigue

• Men become sexier, classier, more refined with age

• Bruins favored to win over UCSB Gauchos

• Letters

• Murphy meets lack of playing time with dedication and heart

• Screen Scene

• Top four aren’t always best

• Rich maligned out of ignorance

• I Pity the School!

• Bruins hope to net NCAA title again

• Cordero defeats Levi in IVP runoff

• Dashew Center honors Doby for long UCLA career

• Editorial Cartoon

• EDITORIAL: More money should be devoted to faculty

• Director of ORL retires after 24 years

• Economic downturn could cause fee hike

• EDITORIAL: All high school grads deserve celebration

• UCLA looks to overpower Wildcats

• Women’s tennis faces Southern Jaguars in first round play-off

• Repetitive music getting good rap

• So many bowl games, too many bad teams

• Strike appears near for UC nurses

• Indonesian dance night gives UCLA taste of culture

• ONLINE EXTRA: Men's Track Brief

• Union could cost ASUCLA dearly

• ASUCLA workers speak to labor issues class

• Professor Robinson leaves behind vibrant legacy in theater, teaching

• Festival celebrates Asian Pacific American History Month

• ONLINE EXTRA: Gary Adams faces his Wildcat protege

Thursday, May 9

• Non-student employees demand unionization

• Students reflect on current situation in Israel

• Porter, Bachman to train with U.S. National Team

• Bruins expecting top-3 finish in West Regionals

• Humanitarian recounts West Bank situation

• Involving student input step in right direction

• Odd pairing forces teams to go the distance

• EDITORIAL CARTOON

• Daily Bruin turns biased eye in USAC elections coverage

• Bush’s demand on Israel lacks statesmanship

• Djahangiri uses easy-going style as rock-solid leader

• Three receive Young award

• Letters

• ‘Cendrillon’ offers dreamlike rendition of fairy tale

• PROFILES: Marinova, Walker understand the power of two

• EDITOR'S PICK: ‘Junkyard Wars’

• Welsh band delivers strong show

• Recipes for Hot Sex

• Down economy squashes plans for faculty incentives

• SCOUTING REPORT: Future defenseman to bring all-around ability to UCLA

• Here Comes the Funk

• High schoolers can now declare for NBA draft

• UC Merced gets go-ahead, may pose environmental risk

• A&E Briefs

• Abandonment of missile treaty poses threat

• Postmodern generation lacks guiding voice of music

• Priorities should not be in hands of donors

• SAT-1 has stood test of time in measuring success

Wednesday, May 8

• Geffen donates $200 million to UCLA School of Medicine

• COLUMN: Sports lover realizes new goals, widens playing field

• Guru says sell high, trade streaky players

• Grade inflation widens GPA gap, hurts grad admissions

• Welsh singer Matthew Jay can ‘draw’ U.S. crowd

• Letters

• ONLINE EXTRA: Son of a Biker

• Bruins have heart, beat the Dirtbags

• Lack of affordable housing deters professors from teaching at UCLA

• Overused surprise plots make audiences yawn

• Medical school gift confirms campus reliance on donors

• L.A. Phil to bring music, Zen of Takemitsu to Royce

• Cordero, Levi face off once more in IVP runoff

• Sound Bites

• Starr suggests borough system for Valley

• Kickin' It

• EDITOR'S PICK: Christopher Guest

• ASUCLA exploits workers, denies job security, sick time

• Flash Forward

• EDITORIAL: STRIKE

• Former Bruin detained in Israel due to activist work

Tuesday, May 7

• Letters

• Money tight for all; nurses no exception

• Hollywood swoons for Brits

• Crest bailout will not save Village economy

• Crime Watch

• Campus Left, Right guilty of petty branding

• Advice Columnist: Ask Amy

• SCOUTING REPORT: London Time

• Tan requests vote recount

• Students take UC issues to state Capitol

• Strategy keeps Bruins on track

• Gymnasts finish season floored but beaming

• Page to Stage

• Brew Co. gives amateur musicians the mic

• Art Reviews

• Finding Faculty

• News Briefs

• Brew Co. gives amateur musicians the mic

• Editor's Pick

• Strategy keeps Bruins on track

• UCLA must regain strength, poise to conquer Long Beach

• Failella is frankly no ordinary performer

• Actions endangering civilians wrong regardless of perpetrator

• USAC inactivity spurs voter apathy

Monday, May 6

• New Beverly Cinema – the right way to watch movies

• President Bush needs to exhibit statesmanship

• Columnist’s desire for test changes is all self-interest

• Video Game Reviews

• Crest rises above threat of closing, stands tall in Village

• Men leave USC in dust, take back bragging rights

• UCLA football takes the money and runs

• Bruin talent heats up chilly stage at LATC

• Fate works against baseball team in series vs. Huskies

• All eyes on Lee

• Powwow celebrates native culture, spirit

• Trio of new No. 1 runners leads Bruin women to win

• Editorial: OCHC’s new policies bespeak sincerity

• Former Bruins have continued their success

• Letters

• Losses in revenue prompt ASUCLA to reconsider renewal of Taco Bell contract

• Sandler on campus for film screening, new song

• Nuveman captures home run record

• IVP runoff to determine council dominance

• Nurses, UC system still clashing over new contract

• Editorial: Quality of education lost by unit demand

• Sheltered students could benefit from exposure to the homeless

Friday, May 3

• Screen Scene

• Bruin Preview

• Aid deadline passes students by

• Standardized tests receive low marks

• Playoff push leaves no room for error

• Marathon readers take on ‘Ulysses’ all night long

• Students petition to protect Cal protesters

• Editor's Pick: Gorillaz Web Site

• French election encouraging, mobilizes voters

• USAC elections show demand for change

• Letters

• Contraction could work at UCLA, too

• Defeated candidates to keep fighting

• Tooting Each Other's Horns

• Drawn and Quartered

• ‘Selected Shorts’ at Getty is grown-up story time

• Dahle triumphs by fraction of percent

• Big Meet will demand Bruins’ best against ’SC

• Wooden Center offers varied fitness classes

• Participation secret key to success

• New housing policies allow student input

• PROFILES: Be Scared. Stachowski Squared

• INSOMNIAC:

• Crosstown rivalry raises the bar

• UCLA aims to heat up Oregon

• Spring Sing: premeditated mediocrity

Thursday, May 2

• Commission serves UCLA, Los Angeles communities

• SCOUTING REPORT: QB Diagnosis

• USAC’s political role debated

• Candidates grill issues, ‘Iron Chef’ style

• Track Notebook

• Candidates use “dialogue” to “communicate”

• Presumed consent to decrease organ shortage

• Age no barrier to the young at heart

• New Minimum Travel Rule has Many Coaches Angry

• Letters

• A New Buzz

• Wild Card Boxing Club packs a powerful punch

• Professor treks in Africa for an AIDS fund-raiser

• UCPD draft reveals car burglaries on rise

• Slate sweep will facilitate council goals

• Raza Youth Conference motivates, educates

• Concert to voice Japanese American life

• Neuman must work to unite campus

• Softball Notebook

• Melee adds flavor to pop punk

• New EVC to guide university through tough budget time

• Petition process simple, prevents heartache

• Most students at UCLA choose to drink responsibly

• USAC hopefuls pay for race by themselves

• Astrobiological Society gets grant from NASA

• Fake slates at other UCs mock elections

Wednesday, May 1

• USAC Rebuttals

• EDITORIAL: Guerrero must tackle declining UCLA sports

• Editor's Pick: “A Bronx Tale” (1993)

• The Griffith Mystique

• On meditation, diet, identity: An interview with a yogi

• This month may be time to hunt for fantasy league hitters

• BASEBALL: Winds spur ‘pitchers’ duel’ as UCLA defeats UCSB

• Disillusionment engenders voter apathy

• Basic grammar, logic can give you the bestest cultural experience

• Independents hurt by slate unity, power

• No Sweat X

• Arts and Architecture dean becomes No. 2 man

• EDITORIAL: Casting vote in USAC elections is imperative

• Letters

• Sound Bites

• Volleyball squad disappointed with season’s end

• Criticism of editorial displays racial insensitivity, ignorance

• Former UCLA professor,clinicla chemistry expert dies

• EVC’s attention shifts from information technology to budget

• Academic panel discusses Mideast conflict

• Five for Fighting’s ‘Superman’ dropping by L.A. hometown

• Requirement fails to acknowledge needs of students

• Incumbent, underdog vie in aged battle of slates

• Rail line would help parking woes

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