Story archive for February 2005
Tuesday, March 1
- Mock camp mirrors suffering
- M. tennis: Neck pain doesn’t sideline top player
- M. hoops: Basketball cautiously optimistic about NCAA bid
- News briefs
- On-campus restaurants ponder price flux
- Cafe whips up own identity
- Bruin digest
- Editorial cartoon
- Students to teach peers to lobby for education funds
- W. hoops: Guard delivers big off bench
- Attacks on ECP survey wrong
- Hardly handicapped
- Fear and loathing of U.S. health care
- M. tennis: No. 4 men’s tennis faces off against archrival No. 11 USC
- Letter to the editor
- Vahedi focuses on traffic, crime
- Editorial: U.S. should use outside help, not draft, in war
- Mark the calendar – Bruins are going to the big dance
- Eatery types make a unique mix
Monday, Feb. 28
- Editorial cartoon
- W. polo: Women’s water polo wins close games at Gaucho Invitational
- Bruin digest
- Bone up on stimulating masturbation techniques
- Dance Marathon steps up its numbers
- W. basketball: UCLA’s loss puts chances at NCAA Tournament in doubt
- ‘Baby’ boxes out ‘Aviator’ for top Oscars
- Toxic town
- Win against Notre Dame was damn impressive
- News briefs
- M. tennis: Men’s tennis beats Bay Area teams
- M. volleyball: Warriors squash Bruins’ streak
- M. basketball: Injured Shipp makes key plays for UCLA
- Editorial: Bush’s views on global arms trade hypocritical
- M. basketball: One step closer to dancing
- W. tennis: Women’s tennis loses to Stanford, beats Cal
- Gymnastics: Gymnastics upset by Georgia
- Letters to the editor
- Editorial: UCLA shouldsave Farmers’ market, host it on campus
- Not much seems to be happening with UCLA’s new campaign
- Carnesale speaks his mind
- White classification too broad, not practical
- UCLA hosts panel to discuss likelihood of draft
Friday, Feb. 25
- M. hoops: UCLA puts on a clinic against USC’s zone defense
- Editorial: Limiting who campaigns impinges on free speech
- Adventuring in the name of biology
- Universal health plan more effective than making all Californians buy own insurance
- Editorial: Program should strive to increase enrollment
- Los Angeles developed on shaky ground
- New group questions UC admissions policy
- M. hoops: USC defense unable to keep up
- W. polo: Women’s water polo lethargic in Hawai’i win
- M. hoops: Afflalo achieves career-high stats
- Letters to the editor
- Freshmen’s achievements idol-worthy
- UCLA needs to pay up
- Race shouldn’t decide your date
- Group’s voice heard again
- W. hoops: Rivalry game critical for Bruins’ playoff hopes
- Panel to speak on gay rights
- M. volleyball: Decisive weekend ahead for UCLA
- Tsunami disaster update
- Terra-cotta army lecture to be held
- Bruin digest
- Marathon expands in size and spirit
- Gymnastics: Gymnast’s injury changes lineup for meet against Georgia, Arizona
- Workers given one last day
- Mayoral race boils down to crime
- Editorial cartoon
- News briefs
- Workers, students rally for wages
Thursday, Feb. 24
- A call for activism
- Football: Hope springs eternal
- [Basketball preview] Battle of the columnists
- Intense Olympic sport deserves its status
- Performance ties music, message
- USAC to vote on campaign limits in elections code
- [Basketball preview] Rivalry game a must-win
- Blogs, message boards always up to date
- Oscar is golden boy of awards
- Screen scenes
- News briefs
- Student composers revamp classic tale
- Editorial cartoon
- Soundbite
- [Basketball preview] NCAA bid within Bruins’ reach
- [Basketball preview] Faces of the future
- Packing heat
- Bruin digest
- Softball: Rainstorms test Bruins’ flexibility
- W. basketball: Quinn may hold off until NCAA tourney
- M. volleyball: Volleyball senior at top of his game
- Editorial: Flawed ECP survey swells policy’s bad reputation
- Upgrade old faves – and your love life
- [Basketball preview] Key match-up
- [Basketball preview] Battle of the bruin columnists
- USAC says senate will stymie council
- Best laid plans
- At last, peace seems to be achievable
- Crime watch
- [Basketball preview] Battle of the columnists
- 30 years and counting
- In-depth biography captures Hitchcock
- Filling a cavity in health care
- All will ‘like’ reimagined comedy
- Lebanese prime minister united, inspired his country
- Mix ’n’ match
- [Basketball preview] Bruins need to shut ’SC
- Almost idolized
- Letter to the editor
- [Basketball preview] Around the Pac-10
- Environmental Coalition urges UCLA to go green
Wednesday, Feb. 23
- M. tennis: UCLA weathers setbacks after loss
- [A closer look] Critics denounce Palazzo development
- Calling Bush a fascist is wrong
- Bruin digest
- W. golf: Bruins get into swing at Wildcat Invitational
- News briefs
- In the war on terror, issues such as torture illustrate the disconnect between human rights organizations and the U.S. government
- UCLA Radio grows, flourishes on the Internet
- Losing a loved one
- M. basketball: Afflalo won’t force shots to be more of team factor
- Surviving Dance Marathon requires planning
- Letter to the editor
- [A closer look] Proposed multiplex moving ahead
- M. golf: Men’s golf finishes 3rd at Sawgrass
- Sex workers fight stigmas with multimedia art show
- Editorial cartoon
- Anti-trust decision restricts consumers
- [A closer look] Student-led group boosts community discussions
- Rains continue to unleash havoc
- Editorial: Bus terminal closure sign of unheard student ideas
Tuesday, Feb. 22
- Editorial: Controversial theory should raise debate, not outcry
- Advocacy week focuses on disabilities
- Letter to the editor
- M. hoops: Poor shooting leads to UCLA’s demise
- Rising cost of health care poses national problem
- W. polo: Bruins crush overmatched Gauchos
- Remembering Armenian Genocide admirable, not hateful
- W. hoops: Stanford takes victory, but not hope
- M. volleyball: Klosterman comes off bench to top Pacific
- News briefs
- Editorial cartoon
- Labor studies minor integrates class, service
- Media watchdogs let guard down
- Editorial: Leaders must settle issues for sake of environment
- Baseball: Utah rains defeat upon UCLA
- A positive spin on a dismal defeat
- Letter to the sports desk
- Films to give attention to local human rights issues
- Football: Football fills vacant position
- Union calls for student support
- M. hoops: Bruins burned by Cardinal guard
- Anderson continues push to privatize funds
- Hilgard bus terminal to close nights, weekends
- Bruin digest
- Gymnastics: Gymnastics defeats Cardinal
- Recognizing Darfur’s plight
Friday, Feb. 18
- W. tennis: Women’s tennis to host Arizona schools
- Dating across borders
- Kyoto pact begins to take effect
- Solid victory could signal turnaround
- W. hoops: Women’s hoops keeping eyes on Cal
- M. tennis: Tennis comes back from the brink
- Gymnastics: Bruins revamped and ready
- Speaks out
- L.A. race against traffic
- News briefs
- Letter to the editor
- Editorial: No Child Act will not help CA schools’ performance
- M. volleyball: Team’s consistency tops Stanford
- Diversity proposal neglected
- Green tea inhibits cancer growth
- Global exploitation must be curbed
- UCLA Medical Center educates public about heart failure
- M. hoops: Bruins outshine Golden Bears
- M. hoops: Despite weak offense, Fey key in beating Cal
- Editorial cartoon
- Tsunami disaster update
- U.S. seeks to bring stability to Armenia
Thursday, Feb. 17
- Beat Fusion
- Crimewatch
- Swimming: Swimmers clock in to NCAA
- Screen scenes
- Hollywood philosopher
- Screen scenes
- Soundbite
- Coach Scates’ fearlessness keeps his teams winning
- Southern drama bursts on stage
- Baseball: Baseball pitchers start off strong
- Bruin digest
- Editorial: Senate proposal in need of vocal student support
- Reviewing Restoration
- Technicians offer healthy solution
- Grammys a grating, unenjoyable letdown
- Center puts film history at students’ fingertips
- Democracy in Iraq may face difficulties
- Big finish
- Cultural Night raises awareness
- Doctor answers call of the wild
- Cease-fire first step toward hopeful future
- Don’t abuse star power for pet causes
- Chinese New Year 4703 ushers in year of the rooster
- A balancing act: publish or teach
- Lighter visa restrictions reduce hassles
- M. basketball: Trip to Bay key for NCAA berth
- Editorial cartoon
- M. tennis: Top team matchups promise excitement
- Letters to the editor
- When handed midterms, make sorbet
- Lecture addresses media bias
- Football: Johnson to leave UCLA for the NFL
- News briefs
- Chilly voyage warms UCLA patient’s heart
- M. volleyball: Behind the Curtain
Wednesday, Feb. 16
- M. golf: Drive for success
- Don’t hate fans with split loyalties
- Bruin digest
- M. volleyball: Scates names new starter at opposite
- News briefs
- Softball: Softball coach blames self for recent play
- M. basketball: Bruins work on zone offense
- E-mail scam aims to bank on students
- Labor teach-in focuses on action
- A new way to learn
- Editorial: Media can’t accept bribes or it betrays public’s trust
- Hockey: Hockey experiences turnaround
- Editorial cartoon
- Proposal sets excess unit fees
- [A closer look] The art of controversy
- Editorial: Same-sex marriage crucial for civil rights
- Warning: You too could be addicted to Facebook
- W. golf: Drive for success
- M. tennis: Tennis excited about National Indoors
- U.N.’s impartiality immoral
- USAC compiles data from 2,700 collected ECP surveys
- Letter to the editor
- [A closer look] Violent art can act as social commentary
- [A closer look] Incident not so notable at other universities
- UC wages low, report finds
Tuesday, Feb. 15
- Feature photo
- Corporate mergers on rise
- Dean just the thing to electrify DNC
- M. hoops: Basketball still on NCAA Tournament bubble
- News brief
- Editorial: ID tracking devices for students intrusive
- W. tennis: Playing in the zone
- Letters to the sports desk
- Supporters of USAC senate begin to gather signatures
- TV’s racial portrayals simply a reaffirmation of whiteness
- Students organize against cuts
- Investment Society hosts stock-trading contest
- Teaching education
- Slower sports aren’t snoozers
- W. track: Junior hurdler nabs NCAA invitation
- W. hoops: Defeats by Arizona schools increase Bruins’ intensity
- Group solicits support
- Editorial cartoon
- Fee referendum on its way to spring ballot
- Letter to the editor
- Traffic is an advantage for media campaign
- Democratic panel to explore new campaign tactics for new era
Monday, Feb. 14
- M. basketball: Farmar seizes control of offense with career-high 27
- Bruin digest
- Letters to the editor
- Baseball: Northridge can’t stop Bruins’ bats
- Nothing wrong with sex
- Breaking barriers
- M. basketball: Arizona’s run deflates upset hopes
- W. polo: Squad squeaks by with Stanford Invitational title
- Find your romance on Craigslist
- Young team good, but not yet great
- News briefs
- W. tennis: Women’s tennis rebounds from Indoors with sweep over FSU
- Gymnastics: Gymnastics ends skid with two wins
- Editorial: Fight against HIV/AIDS as important as ever
- BearWear to adopt new logo
- New Year traditions rich in symbolism
- M. volleyball: Prahler finally in the game
- M. basketball: Thompson shut down by Arizona defense
- W. basketball: Bruins scorched by Sun Devils
- Westwood needs to hear our opinions
- Editorial cartoon
Friday, Feb. 11
- Public diagnosis: Celebrity testimony doesn't cure colds
- Hospital construction over budget
- Folk medicine goes online
- W. hoops: Arizona narrowly defeats UCLA
- Letter to the editor
- Baseball: Bruin offense strong despite lack of home runs
- Nommo to publish again after two-quarter hiatus
- W. tennis: Bruins prep for Pac-10 without Bercek
- News briefs
- Marijuana laws outdated, unfounded
- Tsunami disaster update
- Editorial cartoon
- M. tennis: Men’s tennis ready to face Trojans
- Game will leave lasting impression
- Researcher keeps conservation data fresh
- M. track: Decathlete unexpectedly vaults into NCAA running
- Weyburn blunders are UCLA’s responsibility
- Titan probe delivers atmospheric insight
- Falling out of love with Feb. 14
- M. hoops: Thompson takes charge with 39
- Feature photo
- Essay leads to debate on freedom of speech
- Gymnastics: Key match-ups could help Bruins regain confidence
- M. hoops: Farmar’s aggression clinches UCLA’s win
- School of Law hosts biannual competition
Thursday, Feb. 10
- Anderson recognized for fostering entrepreneurs
- News briefs
- Sold On Sellars
- Blackout gives jazz a new sound
- Ex-Iowa basketball player charged
- Good as Golda
- Word.
- Screen scene
- Tragedy commodification regretful
- Armenian propaganda against Turkey untrue, divisive
- Projected parking revenues delayed
- Song takes on the small screen
- Merging Markets
- Bid process may be a factor in problems
- W. basketball: Women’s hoops seeks rematch in Arizona
- Music a great mid-quarter stress reliever
- Drown your heartache in comfort foods
- M. volleyball: Bruins get revenge with sweep
- A love-ly opportunity for student artists
- W. golf: Bruins unable to hold on
- W. polo: Bruins get chance to prove dominion
- Editorial cartoon
- Swimming: Swim, dive team to face USC
- Professor’s unique style modernizes classics
- M. basketball: UCLA eyes tournament berth
- Proposed budget yields cuts to aid
- Play-by-play column-writing
- Crimewatch
- Westwood eatery goes beyond typical college fare
- Editorial: Changing UC retirement system ridiculous
- Iranian filmmakers gain prestige
- A new meaning for Los Alamos
- Setter lets emotions flow on way to victory
- Screen scene
- A defective incentive
- Good as Golda
Wednesday, Feb. 9
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
- Letter to the editor
- Bruin digest
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
- M. tennis: Shutout streak comes to an end
- M. volleyball: Men’s volleyball renews rivalry against 49ers
- Editorial: Layoffs not justified while others get bonuses
- In the line of fire
- Protest stresses student activism
- Baseball: UCLA pummels UCR, 17-0
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
- A broken promise
- Jobs at UC hospitals likely to be cut
- Editorial cartoon
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
- M. basketball: Hollins remains focused
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
- Talking to you for one last time
- Poll’s findings can’t deny reality of racism
- Flawed championship T-shirts great for charity
- Chinese New Year celebration kicks off
- Bruin residents united by flooding, bugs, dust, delays
Tuesday, Feb. 8
- IM dodgeball shows athletic value of youth games
- Legislative branch a handicap
- Bruin digest
- News briefs
- Globalization hits UCLA
- Gymnastics: Gymnast makes rusty return
- Program looks to boost diversity in business world
- W. hoops: Heavy court time no sweat for trio
- Don’t be a traitor: buy American
- Number of applicants continues to decline
- W. golf: Women’s golf leads pack after 1st round
- Editorial cartoon
- M. tennis: Beyond compare
- Films feature black triumphs, tragedies
- Senate long overdue
- UCLA researchers get down to business
- UCLA examines ‘Wal-Martization’
- Groups gather support
- Editorial: Unrealistic trickle-down plan ups debt, hurts needy
- Letters to the sports desk
- Baseball: Baseball motivated by low ranking
Monday, Feb. 7
- Giving back
- News briefs
- Loss encouraging in the big picture
- Letter to the editor
- Gymnastics: Gymnastics struggles against No. 2 Michigan
- Bruin digest
- Editorial cartoon
- M. basketball: Bruins make the most of Thompson’s time
- Softball: Bruins victorious amid defeat
- M. tennis: Men’s tennis continues its streak of shutouts
- Events aim to enrich students’ knowledge of global issues
- M. volleyball: Men’s volleyball defeats UCSB
- Editorial: Professor’s opinions not ground for termination
- Baseball: UCLA has big weekend in Fresno
- Loss of name signals loss of history
- Communication as a pipe dream
- Arcades outmoded by home systems
- Latino artists speak on war
- Consider it: Racism is truly declining
- W. basketball: Women’s basketball rallies to beat Cougars
- M. basketball: Bruin comeback falls short
Friday, Feb. 4
- W. hoops: Bruins eke out win over Huskies
- Low rate of newborns with HIV reflects better care, medicine
- Winning a bad game isn’t always a good thing
- News briefs
- USAC rallies students to take ECP survey
- Local eateries take precaution
- UCLA employee struggles with tough decisions about brain-dead son
- Leak unlikely to cause illness, experts say
- Editorial: Study results on students’ racial views are worrying
- Editorial: Keeping King/Drew open must be a priority
- Politics and art merge at LACMA
- Stem cell lines not ready for humans
- Housing extended to third-year students
- M. volleyball: Shutting down UCSB hitter could secure volleyball win
- Baseball: Baseball struggles to fit new faces
- Gymnastics: Gymnastics looks to vault back on top at Michigan
- Chief Ross, reporting for duty
- Editorial cartoon
- W. tennis: Women’s tennis falls in 1st round
- Softball: Softball’s big test approaches
- Dating co-workers is tricky business
- Advisory still in effect
- [Online] Water precautions lifted
- Letters to the editor
- Tsunami disaster update
- M. hoops: Cougars err in leaving Thompson open
- LaRouche hard to take seriously
- M. hoops: Thompson’s 3-pointer saves game
- Psychedelic research
Thursday, Feb. 3
- Letters to the editor
- M. volleyball: Volleyball squad sweeps Northridge
- Don’t crumble at thought of chicken
- Soloist marches to the beat of her own cello using multimedia effects
- M. tennis: Men’s tennis cruises with confidence
- Angels, devils duke it out in Spanish comedy
- Students restore racy comedy
- Keep historical honesty for future’s sake
- Proposed senate constitution released
- Retrospective aims to raise late French filmmaker out of obscurity
- Crimewatch
- M. basketball: Bruins see season at crucial crossroad
- Leak poses health risk
- Repairs begin on damaged fraternity house
- W. tennis: Team to face new level of competition
- UC workers deserve more pay, chance to advance
- Final touches put on ‘New Sculpture’
- Student concern over racial issues declines
- Panel discussion tackles educational inequalities
- Clothes make the student athlete
- Hammer exhibit helpsshape alumni’s careers
- Editorial cartoon
- Gymnastics: Floor routines give gymnasts trouble
- Soundbites
- Forgettable ‘best’ song inconsequential
- Softball: Win shows softball skills to work on
- Disabilities given fleshy realism in new Irish picture
- Strength in Union
- King/Drew Medical Center loses national accreditation
- Music performers, connoisseurs unite
- Public exposure laws hinder gender equality
- Behavioral Studies
- W. polo: In a pool of their own
- W. basketball: NCAA speculations arise
- Pop in a movie at your party
- News briefs
- UC system sees record number of applicants
- After delay, USAC appoints E-board chair
Wednesday, Feb. 2
- Proposed council may expand model of state school system
- Classmates defend student in art incident
- [Online] Area residents advised to boil water
- M. volleyball: UCLA gets to show off its depth at CSUN
- Basketball: First-half problems must be solved
- [A closer look] Black leaders underrepresented in UC system
- Editorial: Fight for lower book prices not over yet
- Basketball: Dawg Pack irks coaches
- Letters to the editor
- New voting system proposed for USAC
- UC still unsure on lab
- Book costs reevaluated
- [A closer look] Civil Rights Movement cemented in UCLA history
- News briefs
- [A closer look] Scholars ponder assigned month’s meaning
- Editorial cartoon
- Rand’s ideas truly revolutionary
- W. polo: Head injury, academics keep Olympian out of pool
- M. tennis: Men’s tennis still on a roll
- Football: Football’s future begins today
- Sunny skies secret of UCLA’s success
- Softball: Pitchers have tight grip on game
- Dodge a ball for tsunami relief
- Combine ethnic studies for more complete view of society
Tuesday, Feb. 1
- M. tennis: Intense schedule not a worry for men’s tennis
- Speaker focuses on Palestinians’ future under new leader
- Editorial cartoon
- A hunger satisfied
- M. track: Senior pole vaulter takes first place at Husky Invite
- Smaller groups key in tsunami aid
- W. track: Injury grounds top pole vaulter for several weeks
- Visit USC to learn UCLA’s caliber
- Nation average in ecological rankings
- Swimming: Strack soars to win despite scoring snafu
- News briefs
- Ex-assemblyman against governor’s cuts
- Bruin digest
- Gymnastics: Sister act
- Editorial: USAC’s online survey has potential in spite of flaws
- Speaks out
- True fun of outdoor sports can’t be doused by water
- Help the homeless by getting to know them
- M. volleyball: Setter reclaims starting spot in BYU matchup
- Union, UC reach deadlock
- Nations must take action to end cycle of genocide
- Tycoon to share insight on Bollywood


