Story archive for February 2003
Friday, Feb. 28
- Wonder boy Chabon reinterprets tall tales, myths
- Editorial: USAC should be more informed, able to act fast
- 8:51 – Win! 8:53 – Win! Who would have thought?
- U.S. must use resources to cure disease
- Cancun remains a top spring spot
- Bookzone seeing spell of decreasing sales
- Track meet to test team’s outdoor capabilities
- Fists of History
- Letters to the Editor
- Professor, filmmaker Goldovskaya fulfills ‘duty’ by documenting history
- Copeland’s Sports to close Village store today
- Thieves find Hill ripe for the picking
- Bruins defeat Beavers
- UCLA professor prescribes cure for parking ills
- Briefs
- Editorial: Parking problem is lack of space, not student lies
- Bruin partisans debate current hot topics
- Hear no evil, speak no evil: silent films come to campus
- Protesters starve for tomato workers
- Feature Photo: Ok, here we go
- Cancer claims professor’s life
- Regent Moores to resign from bankrupt software firm
- String trio to put on unique dual cultural performance
- Republican silence smacks of racism
- Speaks Out
- Budget cuts slice into AAP
- Match v. 49ers to gauge improvement
- Market adds flavor to Westwood
- Water polo poised for Cardinal rematch
- Bruins to face three top teams at tourney
- Screenscenes
- Workshops help doctoral students search for jobs
- UCLA pulls off 69-66 win
- Conference to tackle issues, unite women
- Team home for Easton Classic
- Opportunity key to coaching diversity
- Win gives Bruins conditional No. 8 seed
Thursday, Feb. 27
- Volleyball quickly crushes LaVerne
- Letters to the Editor
- Q & A with Mohammad Mertaban
- Audits ensure truthfulness of parking
- UC workers rally for better contract
- Editorial: Health care should be a citizen’s right
- Manning pleads not guilty to felony assault charge
- Preventative maintenance helps keep rats away from dorms, suites
- Vijay Dhir named dean of engineering
- Baez still driven by love of music, social change
- Weekend games are must-wins for team
- Bruins can’t afford to foul up
- Rerun channel is promised land among trashy network shows
- Report reveals lab’s incomplete gun inventory
- USAC doubles cap given to newly funded groups
- Study reveals Latinos face large educational deficits
- Young matures as person, player, grabs starting point guard position
- Councils rob public with anti-war ads
- Sprinklers cause dorm damage
- Bringing "Death" to life
- Minority Report
- Tennis team sweeps Loyola, 7-0
- Private bathrooms foul up complete dorm experience
- Swimmers dive into Pac-10 Championships
- Dance twist transforms Greek tragedy
- Tortoise breaks mold with its post-rock sounds
- Walking to class is outdated; gondolas, trains would be better
- Social event aims to unite transfer students
Wednesday, Feb. 26
- Friday’s match to revive UCLA, Stanford rivalry
- Running out the clock
- Israel advocates peace in face of violence
- Coop concert brings back high school memories
- Young to replace Bozeman
- Reality Greek shows hit MTV
- Speaks Out
- Show some respect; if Bryant wasn’t
- Bruins volunteer in outreach programs
- Online: Pressure to get into grad school hinders undergrad experience
- What would Jesus eat?
- Ensemble to present varied classical repertoire
- Despite past wins against LMU, women’s tennis not overconfident
- Bruin Republicans’ sale mocks equal opportunity
- The backbone of ‘SNL’: Who is Will Ferrell?
- Sshhhhhhh!
- Scientists wary of politics in research
- MCD Bio 40 students serve AIDS community
- Curtain Calls
- USAC needs to help handle housing crisis
- Art to Heart
- Torres, Democrats distort truth in press release
- Weary but successful softball team to meet UCSB in preseason
- Model Students
- Dukakis stresses domestic issues
- Volleyball hopes for fifth win in a row
Tuesday, Feb. 25
- Women's golf briefs
- Life at UCLA more than just celebrity encounters
- Alumnae put swing in their step
- Mockery of Christianity blasphemous
- David Thomas’ ensemble concert no Disasto
- Season opener a success for track
- Effectiveness of protesters questioned
- Hero's Welcome
- Freshmen lead women’s tennis team to victory
- When shouting stops, so will violence in Mid-East
- Dorm occupants to face tight squeeze
- State of the Union
- Letters to the Editor
- Bruins settle for second in Texas tourney
- Celebrating 50 Years Since the Discovery of the Double Helix
- Building missile defense system unnecessary
- Pauley seating plan may change
- Men’s lacrosse loses 8-7 to UCSD in overtime
- Editorial Cartoon
- UCLA Radio looks off-campus for publicity and better venue
- Professor's perspective: Rational thinking can lessen impacts of war
- USAC to come to residents on Hill in joint OCHC meeting
- Program could help STOP campus theft
- DNA research still affecting daily life
- In a world without sports, there would be no headline here
- Soundbites
Monday, Feb. 24
- UCLA loses to Stanford 93-84
- Building dining hall on main campus more useful than Covel renovation
- Bruin performance bars Wildcats from win
- Documentary highlights efforts of ‘Labor Women’
- Face Off: Diverse faculty offers broader education
- Men’s volleyball finishes road trip with 3-0 record
- Briefs
- Professor Carnesale
- Unfocused music scene gives OK Go green light
- UCLA student squares off with Hollywood stars
- Event explores Armenian culture
- Bruins’ jump start: too late?
- Team loses 8-6 to USC but has its day in the sun defeating Hawaii 12-5
- Library to replace system by fall
- Pitching staff limits opponents to one run as Bruin softball wins invitational
- Activists detail situation in China
- Mike Tyson, Ray Young more alike than thought
- Face Off: Qualified candidates better prepared for job
- Out of Africa
- Team falls flat against Cardinal
- Free clearance bin tunes may be unlooked-for musical gems
- Activist receives mixed reactions
- Feature Photo
- HEA’s biased drug provision also ineffective
- Men’s tennis’ energy, perfect record slip
- Therapy’s value challenged
- Letters to the Editor
Friday, Feb. 21
- Bruins conquer Aztecs at National Team Indoors
- Bruin win overshadowed by Quidditch, Harry Potter
- Auditorium receives rave reviews
- Track briefs
- Water polo eager to outplay Trojans
- HEA Drug Provision under attack
- Speakers urge students to pursue social justice
- Reason to cheer
- Policies turn smokers into outsiders
- With Direct Connect, legal file sharing just a network away
- Wood to fight racial initiative
- Film professor, studio head dies at 85
- Comedy taps fraternity antics
- Speaks out
- Belgium’s prosecution of Sharon anti-Semitic
- New program offers good food, company
- UCLA offense aims to please, succeeds
- Night of Nigeria
- Plethora of choice, expectations stifle fidelity
- Protesters visit consulate, voice support for France
- Screenscenes
- Arizona schools may pose challenges for Bruins
- ‘Big Head’ addresses past, present prejudice in U.S.
- Gauchos dust; 2 road matches to go
- Memorial to honor student-friendly film professor
- GE courses become more demanding
- Reason to cheer
- UCLA bent on maintaining success
- Team to try for error-free tournament
- Feature photo: Ads, they are a-changin'
Thursday, Feb. 20
- Sex education
- Sailing team afloat despite low funding
- Lacrosse Bruins fall to the Golden Bears, 6-4
- United Nations proves futile for U.S. security
- Proposed Title IX changes punish female athletes
- Editorial: City council must take a stance on war
- Tourney offers change of pace for men’s tennis
- Stereotyping race isolates students
- Women’s tennis has trying victory over Fresno State
- UCLA brings home crucial win
- Letters to the Editor
- UCLA baseball hopes to pass a difficult test this weekend
- Mixing salaries, college athletes begs too many hard questions
- Local plan not picked for WTC
- Faoa agrees to pick up trash with guilty plea
- Feature Photo: Rap ’n’ the tambourine
- USAC meeting accomplishes nothing due to low attendance
- ‘Jenin Jenin’ film screening turns into Israeli-Palestinian debate
- Bruins have second chance to scare Cal, Stanford
- Getting to class can be cumbersome for disabled
- Endless media coverage of King of Pop should beat it
- Cartoon Network not just for children
- Women’s basketball team wants revenge against Cal
- Spacey shares wisdom with students
- Masters of Disaster!
Wednesday, Feb. 19
- Tennis sees victory despite obstacles
- Former NCAA athlete, football coach Mike Green to speak on substance abuse
- Covel renovation awaits bid
- UCLA keeps SMARTS while other programs end
- Home court advantage not myth
- Unlucky 4th inning leads to 7-5 loss
- UCLA alum tells actors how to get cast
- Solid hitting blows opponents away
- Carnesale not the leader UC system needs
- GSA representatives lobby for tax-free fellowships, scholarships in D.C.
- Letters to the Editor
- Bruins need wins to make tourney
- Alive and Piping
- Conflict continuous since Gulf War
- War may depress further investing
- Art Reviews
- Identity is more than race
- ROTC, reserve students at UCLA discuss effects of war
- Lavin anticipates end of career at UCLA
- Tre Hardson aka ‘Slim Kid Tre’ performs live today
- It’s OK to lose when all the opponents are superheroes
- Speaks Out
- Child healthcare education program to expand
- Senior show exhibits theme of war with art
- Proposal endorses faculty diversity
- LaFlamme’s housing index a good idea
- Doesn’t anyone else idolize ‘Millionaire’?
- Iraq demonstrations: they’re not your daddy’s protests, profe
Tuesday, Feb. 18
- Briefs
- Roommate selection is no casual matter
- Editorial Cartoon
- L.A., Bay Area host rallies for citizens to voice opposition to American War in Iraq
- Volleyball trounces Trojans in three sets
- Initiative calls for more diverse faculty
- Soundbites
- Women’s tennis topples Waves in away match
- Operating-room allies always come in handy during surgery
- Are team’s losses due to paranormal phenomena?
- Sun Devils look to build fan support
- Tennis team triumphs despite rain, no practice
- Acoustic show plugs in at Brew Co.
- UCLA sets away-meet record with win at ASU
- Bouncing Back
- Bruins defeat North Carolina State twice, gain preseason momentum
- Bruins log another loss
- UC hopes to lead nanotechnology revolution
- Men’s golf returns victorious from Hawaii
- Apartment index created to simplify housing hunt
- Letters to the Editor
- ‘ACME So Horny’ makes Saturday nights pleasurable
- Even smart university students fall for dumb PR
- Military protest very logical
- Dressed to impress
- Editorial: Bush must take world protests more seriously
- Celebrities, Whole Foods to raise money for hospital
- Softball hits tourney competitors out of park
- Swimming loses meet to Trojans, gains momentum for postseason
- Interpol delivers amazing, passionate live performance
- Protesters engulf streets
Friday, Feb. 14
- ‘The Wild Party’ shakes up audience with exhilarating pace, tunes
- Vets dance for Valentine’s
- Screenscenes
- Age-old videogame v. PC decision plagues birthday boy
- Letters to the editor
- Democrats riled by race-, gender-biased bake sale
- Guys warm up to ‘chick flicks’ this Valentine’s
- Track briefs
- Photo finish
- Team to defend tourney title in Vegas
- Bruins unruffled by Arizona schools despite days without practice
- Men's lacrosse team to take on Cal this Saturday
- Bruins torn to pieces on Wildcats’ turf
- ’SC rivalry may spur UCLA to watery win
- Holiday too iconic, grads say
- Weekend series crucial to baseball team’s season
- Media skew real essence of Islam
- Game shows gap between No. 1, No. 9
- Art to Heart
- Sports figures immortalized in Valentine’s Day verse
- Concessions sales sink as baskets don’t
- Speaks out
- Village property owners, tenants propose new BID
- Vandalism, theft in De Neve an ongoing problem
- Interfaith couple challenges traditions
- Yankees show no love, only checkbooks
- Team feels pressure to end slump, beat Arizona
- Kilgour gone, tournament in his honor remains
- Los Angeles-based Rilo Kiley come home for show, tell stories through lyrics
- American society individualist, isolated
Thursday, Feb. 13
- Study proposes reasons for low Latina UC enrollment
- Great are those who take risks for free world
- Online survey to evaluate graduate students’ expenses
- Greco, Blue simply cannot do it alone
- Sporty V-day dates make for win-win situation
- Ward Connerly's Letter
- Briefs
- The Notes Between
- Longshore Union plans for future
- Experience, humor make Chappelle stand out
- No. 2 UCLA blows UCI out of the water 18-1
- Laughter good medicine for food bank
- Q & A with Dr. Harold Pruett
- Does Academy have affinity for beauties or is it just Lane?
- Airline food fees unfair to consumers
- The Notes Between
- Administration needs to focus on teaching
- UCLA to rematch against Arizona
- Pre-Law Society discussion addresses legality of war, justice
- Waves break over Bruins
- Feature Photo: Here comes the rain
- ‘Love for Sale’ at UCLA Store
- Myers’ acceptance speech spirals into mini-performance
- USAC not completely satisfied with new BruinGo! co-pay proposal
- Letters to the editor
- Through rain, sleet, the Web
- Soccer Notebook
- Wilson apologizes for offensive ad
- Gymnastics Notebook
- Connerly responds to criticism with letter
- Vince’s guts not enough to rally team to victory
- Association tackles Muslim stereotypes with awareness
Wednesday, Feb. 12
- Film celebration intends to show Iranian reality
- Niusulu sentenced to 120 days
- Bozeman recovers from shaky start to season
- UCLA must fill recent top-level vacancies
- Curtain Calls
- Muslim dress a form of liberation, not imprisonment
- UC president selection relevant to students
- Editorial: Reform needed in admissions to ensure honesty
- Review of Los Alamos lab shows less suspect money
- Education comes first, not race
- Globetrotters strut their stuff in Pauley; all ages entertained
- Iraq’s tie to terrorism necessitates action
- Team delivers against tough rivals
- Speaks Out
- Be wary of Season No. 7
- Bruins prepare to meet Waves
- Local brothers’ band ready to stir up Brew Co.
- V-Day
- Fowler exhibit focuses on many faces of Senegal saint
- Introducing Ward: the best thing to hit UCLA basketball
- Shuffling the Deck
- MSA prays for end to suffering
- Muslim women challenge stereotypes
- U.S. Consulate gives details of RD’s death
Tuesday, Feb. 11
- Reggae performer emits positive vibes
- Editorial: On-campus housing needs security boost
- Military base protest misdirected, illogical
- Brassard explores dreams, gender roles in ‘Jimmy’
- UCLA No. 2 in tourney, nation
- Beware the dangers of over-exercising
- Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration opens
- Air system failure results in thousands of lost BOL e-mails
- Accusations against Israel, Bush ignorant
- Many in Village find new BID proposal problematic
- Briefs
- Showtime
- Editorial Cartoon
- U.S. actions louder than words
- A realist complex
- Faculty debates calendar switch
- Crimewatch
- UC admissions to investigate students’ truthfulness on this year’s applications
- Damon, Casey Affleck defy expectations, get some sun
- Student groups to honor astronauts
- Soundbites
- Protesters denounce Iran’s Islamic regime
- Letter to the Editor
- Romantic comedies set impossible
- Bury your pessimism: Cinderella will arrive
Monday, Feb. 10
- Betting on the Devil
- Calendar change would improve UCLA
- Village committee plants trash bins in Westwood
- Face Off: All-day monitoring necessary on campus
- Dread brings reggae sensibility to UCLA
- Bruins end streak, get lucky in Georgetown
- The making of a romantic mix CD requires care, planning
- Gymnasts should play chicken to decide ties
- Come tube with me
- Doubles sets key to Bruins’ win against Tennessee and loss to Florida and Georgia
- Briefs
- Letters
- Town hall meeting to solicit student opinion
- Dean honored with Sheba medical award
- Columns should provide solutions, not reiteration
- Finally! Bruins end nine-game losing streak with close 71-70 win over Georgetown
- Bruins split weekend meets with win and tie
- Face Off: Armed student body a better crime deterrent
- Men’s volleyball takes revenge on UCSB, 3-0
- Road to RA
- UCLA falls to USC
- Weak performances mar charm of ‘Rose and Walsh’
- UCLA, Clemens win ‘tough’ match against Buckeyes
- Carnesale concerned with campus safety
- Sleater-Kinney rocks Music Box
- Carnesale not seeking UC presidential office
Friday, Feb. 7
- Women’s tennis makes good show early in season
- LGBT law reading room to open today
- Cummings may be the weakest link
- DVD copying: keeping lawyers in demand
- Church-hosted secular musical focuses on age-old themes of love
- Sweetney may be large challenge in Georgetown
- More details of Saxon robbery revealed
- Letters to the editor
- Canadian comes back strong
- Gymnasts beaming early in season
- Screenscenes
- Bruins must defeat ’SC to spark season
- Golf eager to climb out of second-place tourney rut
- Meeting educates on graduate health options
- Bush should fuel national unity with clean energy
- A day later, Brown commits
- Predictable film both a foolish frivolity and clever diversion
- Speaks out
- Squad yet to net championship
- Black History Month: UCLA exhibit showcases black leaders, achievements
- Predictable film both a foolish frivolity and clever diversion
- Briefs
- Track team unfazed, ready to go
- Slate free
- Buckeyes may pose challenge to tennis
- WNBA and Burk should back off, not strike
- Editorial: War viable option only if diplomacy fails
- A Museum Joint
- Bruin Republicans deserved face time
- Danish choir to perform Scandinavian masterpieces
- Chicano artists’ work commemorates gallery’s role as educator
Thursday, Feb. 6
- Bruins unlucky in love and basketball
- Funding keeps medical centers open
- Bruin softball dominates the diamond in victories over UCR
- Latest reports of crime on the Hill cause parents to worry about residents’ safety
- Queer performer found start in drag
- Drew commits, Brown wavers on first day of signing period
- Impossible ideals plague women
- UCLA falls to Northridge despite Morrow’s return
- Freshmen make it happen for tennis
- Dean of humanities announces resignation
- FBI should stop usurping rights, do its homework
- USC retracts misleading crime stats
- Officer says robbery was planned
- Rock n' roll law school
- Students should pay homage to more than King this February
- ‘Fowler Out Loud’ series focuses spotlight on India
- Trojans sweep series, drought hits nine
- Talkin' shop
- Anti-war speakers draw supporters, demonstrators to teach-in
- Occupation should not be celebrated
- Publishers sue Westwood Copies for copyright infringements
- ‘The Simpsons’ must go on, or NBC will be next hot spot
- Letters
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- Letters to the editor
- 21 Korean musicians to open ears at UCLA
- UCLA losing streak: to be continued?
- Speaks out
- Editorial: Union fee hike would directly benefit Bruins
- ONLINE: Track Notebook
- Israeli politician discusses social norms at home, in U.S.
- Librarians critique USA PATRIOT Act
- Media straddles line between debt, profit
- Chomsky, Zinn to lead anti-war teach-in
- Baseball strikes out against UCR
- The bell that changed TV and childhood
- ONLINE: Swimmers drop two but set records
- UCLA losing streak: to be continued?
- U.S. history shows war can lead to better world
- African dancers perform in L.A.
- Bruins should not feel alone; I too have been spanked
- Volleyball wants to bounce back with win tonight
- Who cares about oil; I want my SUV
- One Beat
- Internet impacts recruiting process
- Underrepresented students find voice in alternative media
- The Village Market
- Team hopes missing player won’t prevent win over Toreros
- Saxon residents robbed at gunpoint
- ONLINE: Softball game tonight proving ground for Bruins, Highlanders
- Jackie Chan makes hits, rolls with punches
- College newspapers: too focused on entertainment?
- Curtain Calls
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- Nanotechnology inspires joining of art, science
- UCLA pitches into a strong season
- Soundbites
- UCLA win over Long Beach St. boosts rugby team’s confidence
- Postcard campaign to address housing issues
- Bruin golfers leading after first round in Arizona
- Q & A with James Heath
- Online tests help geeks vent repressed emotions
- Next UC president could set historical precedent
- Screenwriters overly praised for ‘originality’
- Arias’ 60-second film leads to more than 15 minutes of fame
- UCLA student sentenced for trespassing
- High school student gets head start at UCLA
- Psychological Services needs some therapy
- Adam Pearlman appointed as USAC facilities commissioner
- Students say UCLA sub-par as test site for LSAT, MCAT
- Softball tournament yields wins, loss
- Digital media expands poetic universe
- Dorrell hires assistant coaches, remains true to team
- Editorial: Professor bias doesn’t always hinder learning
- Bruins mired in losing streak
- Men’s basketball strategy crumbles during games’ final moments
- Student Welfare Commission to host Roll-AIDS event
- Letters to the Editor
- Students’ dreams undiminished by tragedy
- ASUCLA to revamp eateries
- Orchestra performs Russian piece with French works
- Pauley Pavilion rules need revising
- Briefs
- Operation recruit: the official visit
- War will hurt, not help Iraq
- Editorial Cartoon
- Heart of Harlem
- For school the bell tolls
Monday, Feb. 3
- What a wonderful world
- DAM!
- Venezuelans call for referendum to oust Chavez
- Huskies jump to early lead, defeat UCLA
- Editorial: Courage, drive of Columbia crew venerable
- Tennis Bruins fall to Trojans, 4-3, use loss as learning experience
- Bruins remember Challenger tragedy
- Cougars sink claws into Bruins for double win
- Editorial board ignores facts behind appointment
- Smith’s songs show emotional duality
- Stop the ‘freebird’ squawking, let band play
- Sports camps: necessary or not?
- Despite initial loss to Northridge, UCLA comes back to beat the Matadors
- UC denies students unbiased education
- Football notebook
- UCLA professors discuss casualty, financial risks of space missions
- A tribute to the seven who died fulfilling our common desire for knowledge
- Photo: Supporting her thesis
- Conservatives need to challenge ideas
- Men’s tennis defeats USC 6-1
- Asian coalition mobilizes to campaign against Racial Privacy Initiative
- Gymnastics bounces back
- Nation mourns loss of Columbia
- War with Iraq necessary to promote democracy
- Exhibit encourages a dialogue with history
- Basketball games are like grisly car crashes


