Story archive for October 2007
Thursday, Nov. 1
Wednesday, Oct. 31
- Students take stand
- Dreaming of a Colbert nation
- Hopefuls call for diplomacy in Iran
- Campus to install new recycling bins
- Former UN figure speaks at UCLA
- Speaker series opens world of media careers
- Explaining unconscious still a pipe dream
- Lack of sleep impacts health
- Get rid of those fitful nights of sleep
- Yearning for batter days
- Art Review: Getty Villa
- Macbeth taboo inspires
- End of OiNK bad for business
- Extra Points: Time will tell the future of Karl Dorrell
- Christian Taylor returns to play
- Bruin golf lives up to its hype in tournament win
- Women’s soccer team stays strong despite injuries
- Troops must have own liberty before securing ours
- In politics, black and white choices turn gray
- Editorial: Words convey ideas better than terror
- Around the Pac-10
- Tonight, dress up without messing up
Tuesday, Oct. 30
- Keeping with trend, soccer hits midseason upswing
- Torn ACL may keep Bell sidelined
- Tennessee provides Southern kindness
- Men’s team one win away from tournament title
- Women’s golf lacks confidence despite top ranking
- A Middle Moment: Taking the Internet into our own hands
- Activists flood professor’s home
- UC top green public system
- UCLA hopes to help Mongolian students study
- A happenin’ Halloween
- Donations have strings attached
- Soundbite: Britney Spears
- Evacuating dangerous areas would leave nowhere to live
- Soundbite: Black Dice
- Editorial Cartoon
- Sold-out show? Show up anyway
Monday, Oct. 29
- Affirmative action ban discussed
- Students reflect in aftermath of flames
- Fire danger can be abated
- Roommates keep tabs on shared bills
- Number of law school applicants on the decline
- Board details remodeling of Cooperage, Bombshelter
- ‘There is no rationale’
- Extra Points: Of futility and self-destruction
- Bruins capsize top-ranked Trojans
- Huskies snap men’s soccer’s streak
- Win over ’SC extends women’s dominance
- Injuries impair feeble Bruin offense
- Volleyball has rough weekend
- Men’s cross country gets best Pac-10 result in years
- Men’s basketball ranked No. 2 in preseason poll
- U-C-L-A, write, write, write
- Weekend Review: “Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition”
- Old piano, brand-new sound
- Star power equals selling power, except when it comes to movies
- Fun, diverse film series reels in movie lovers
- Clearer student, police behavior code needed
- Editorial: College work could keep kids in school
- Letters to the Editor
- Week in Photos: October 21-27
Friday, Oct. 26
- If you want the best, you have to test
- Writer outlines terrorist links
- Logging on, tuning in for news
- Groups give feedback about office space
- Recent campus crime raises safety concerns
- Former POW shares story
- UCSB un-invites potential partyers
- Little change in parking enforcement
- UCLA plans for wild Cougars fans
- Bruins aim for fourth victory
- Men’s water polo gun for ’SC win
- Women’s volleyball takes on Bay Area opponents
- Soccer to defend last week’s wins at home
- Men’s golf to compete in team match play event
- Photos of fires in Malibu and Orange County
- Talk it out
- Screen Scene: "Dan in Real Life"
- Screen Scene: “30 Days of Night”
- Amid praise, flames we must judge decorously
- Facile fusilli for everyone
- Letters to the Editor
- Student producing independent album
- Breathing life, hope into a jazz career
- Editorial Cartoon
Thursday, Oct. 25
- Cheap Thrills
- Embodying the ‘UCLA ideal’
- After the flames have gone
- For college radio, indie hits the right note
- Hill serves as fun, safe site for trick-or-treaters
- Alumni donate wisdom, experience
- Professor critiques academic legislation governing student-faculty romance
- USAC votes to condemn Islamo-Fascism week
- Extra Points: Please don’t throw the season away
- Bruins focus on backup defense
- Cross country teams optimistic for upcoming Pac-10 title meet
- Men’s soccer fights on despite effect of fires
- Colorado team saves rocky season
- Swim team’s training paying off in meets
- Lack of dialogue means lack of awareness
- Letters to the Editor
Wednesday, Oct. 24
- Wildfires continue to rage, spread
- Campus to use new alert system
- Richardson to discuss policy
- UCLA custodians voice wage grievances
- Brightening up the campus, cultivating their independence
- Bruin falls to Waves’ star
- Sport some winning costumes
- Offensive line’s return to basics helps in win
- Lights, camera, make your movie!
- Math GEs don’t add up
- "Recent History: Photographs by Luc Delahaye"
- New system sends clear message of security
- MSA preserves American ideals, deserves positive image
- Reinterpret creativity
- Men’s golf dominates at Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge
- Hammer to host novelist
- Prom dress rugby
- Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, Oct. 23
- Fires devastate S. California cities
- Bill’s language contested
- Civic engagement nexus moves online
- UC, nurses fail to reach agreement
- UC reports find women not fully represented
- Determined to achieve her goals
- Starting schedule is key to season
- Injuries plague Bruin defense
- Women’s golf ends strong for third place
- Drumming up awareness
- Rowling reveals all, but is it too much?
- ‘Inconvenient Truth’ – for kids
- Soundbite: Castanets
- Soundbite: Saturday Looks Good to Me
- Humanities provide general education for life
- If done correctly, sex with an ex can be a gratifying experience
- Editorial Cartoon
- ‘Awareness’ masks discrimination
Monday, Oct. 22
- Week’s focus stirring controversy
- Darfur documentary to screen on campus
- UCLA hosts UCSA meeting to discuss important student issues
- Car crash kills photojournalist
- Spicing up Village fast food
- Students, approach Islam with objective, open mind
- Obama pushes education reform
- Looking to close health care gap
- Debate draws lines within GOP
- Bruin defense takes down Bears
- Extra Points: Lessons to learn from Saturday
- Linebacker injured; Bruins stuff the run
- Verner’s smart defensive play clinches victory
- Soccer shuts out Stanford, Cal
- Men’s team first in reshuffled Pac-10
- Victory over Bears still elusive for water polo
- Volleyball road trip ends in a win and a loss
- Hopkins makes his own way
- The game plan for making winning sports movies
- Vinyl options: No extra charge
- Weekend Review: "King Lear"
- Weekend Review: "The Gas House"
- Universities deserve fair share of funding
- Editorial: Awareness week may hurt more than it helps
- Letters to the Editor
- Week in Photos: October 14-21
Friday, Oct. 19
- Restacking the PAC
- Q&A with Rodney Van
- Extra Points: Cowan’s time to shine – humbly
- Secondary ready to tackle Cal’s receiving corps
- Let’s add to Bears’ unfortunate ‘should-win’ losses
- Students party at own risk
- Doctor plans humanitarian trip
- Organic options in the works
- Campus to host families for Parents’ Weekend
- PINK recruits college models
- Stakes are high for UCLA
- Bruins need weekend wins
- Looking for redemption on the road
- Men’s golf hopes to prove preseason rankings true
- Renaissance man
- Colbert candidacy smart
- Web site fosters social interaction
- Screen Scene: "Reservation Road"
- Screen Scene: "Lars and the Real Girl"
- Welcome, parents
- Nutritional information isn’t just for calorie counters
- Editorial: Visit should be a learning experience
- Letters to the Editor
Thursday, Oct. 18
- Worth more than words
- The next generation of gaming emerges
- Campus suicide victim troubled
- Graduate students to share work at LGBT conference
- Feature Photo: Big party performance anything but ‘hopeless’
- Alumni stress reach of history degree
- Summit sets high goals for climate change
- Program assistants plan social events for dorms
- Scarce spots force improvisation
- Coaches keeping all options open
- Stop talking about Kobe
- Focused teamwork kicks Bruins to top
- Road trip includes both best and worst of Pac-10
- Bruins aim to hold top spot at Stanford
- Royce Hall ready for the royal treatment
- Country flavor comes to L.A.
- Gore and his lying ‘Truth’ unfit for Nobel Peace Prize
- Letters to the Editor
Wednesday, Oct. 17
- A modern California gold digger
- Theater Review: "Dangerous Corner"
- Dark puppet show oozes a morbid charm
- Words greater than numbers
- Festival brings prayer, dance to campus
- Students ask to have input heard
- Hillel offers free trips to Israel
- Gov. vetoes AB 8, submits replacement
- UC proposes changes to SAT subject tests’ weight
- Report analyzes Asian American students
- Headache sources are diverse, unusual
- Chemical flags Alzheimer’s early
- Student Stroke Team gains real experience
- Extra Points: Realize his potential
- Cal’s offense a test for Bruins
- Men’s soccer has a goal to improve its scoring
- Feathers fly when roosters do more than just crow
- Men’s golf season is a hard-fought course
- Spread contraception to save lives
- Editorial: Student input should matter, most of all to UC
- Letters to the Editor
- Feature Photo Gallery: Ghostface Killah
Tuesday, Oct. 16
- Governor vetoes Dream Act
- Science&Health: Rocking out to raise money for RSD research
- New bill restricts textbook prices
- New budget report threatens UC funds
- Center works to facilitate art, science collaboration
- Setting the standard
- Bush, Leinart out of luck
- Pac-10 a cutthroat conference
- Cowan to play quarterback v. Cal
- Hating the sinners, loving their sins
- FX’s ‘It’s Always Sunny’ is deliciously twisted
- Speaks Out: Why do you think it is important for students to study the humanities?
- Editorial Cartoon
- Nonmajors screening film classes
- Soundbite: Radiohead
- Exhibit celebrates photographer’s, city’s legacies
- Discount book-buys: There’s a novel idea
Monday, Oct. 15
- L.A. homelessness a prevalent issue
- USAC sets funding allocations
- Clinton details college aid plan
- Schwarzenegger signs bill to reform UC and CSU meetings
- Blindness not an inhibiting factor
- Contract aids TAs and tutors
- Anderson promoting women’s corporate leadership roles
- Sophomore leads win over Oregon
- The infamous ‘Year of returns’
- Bruins split weekend matches
- Stuck in the water at SoCal Tournament
- Last-minute goal allows UCLA to trump Cal
- Invitational prepares cross country for Pac-10 Championship
- Black Lips’ uniquely blended music is their mantra
- Overachievers fail to find fun in hobbies
- Weekend Review: "Black Watch"
- Editorial: Groups need to request reasonable USAC funds
- Weekend Review: "Gulliver’s Travels"
- Delayed releases frustrate and annoy
- Controversial scholar should not speak here
- Election 2008: Presidential Candidates at a Glance
- Two options for fresh produce
- Week in Photos: October 7-13
- Letters to the Editor
Friday, Oct. 12
- [BREAKING NEWS]: Young man falls to death on South Campus
- Dream Act’s deadline near
- Fair emphasizes resource conservation
- New home for retired faculty
- Ex-sorority houses create communities
- Career Center an asset for many
- Soccer sets extra practice in hopes of a win
- Bruins begin run for national title
- Men’s water polo fights to elevate intensity
- With start of conference play, women’s team takes aim at fifth championship
- Another world of writing
- Herb salmon alla vino
- Screen Scene: "We Own the Night"
- When in Denmark, shower in the kitchen
- Screen Scene: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
- Editorial: Credit promo ban wouldn’t be complete fix
- L.A. plays host to surrealist’s exhibit
- Editorial: Statewide silence only hushes the Constitution
- Editorial Cartoon
Thursday, Oct. 11
- Few compete without redshirting
- Bruins set to defend against Oregon schools
- Senior returns to the court after summer hiatus
- My team’s out; now who do I root for?
- Handball a surprise warm-up for soccer
- Changes planned for GRE
- Student panel discusses sexuality
- University of California improves its credit rating by one notch
- Saving money getting more resourceful
- News Brief: Stabbing Suspect Caught
- A piece of music history hides on campus
- UCLA Live schedules ‘Blind Date’ for students at Royce
- UC should take shot at mandating vaccine
- Alum, denied by film school, now a producer
- Letters to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 10
- Teachers-in-training crucial to schools
- Student groups embrace Web
- Dorm tension can be avoided
- Learning the art of interviewing
- Officials look to broaden campus wireless coverage
- UCLA to embark on extensive children’s health study
- Alumna’s pen flows freely on the page
- Book Review: "The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa”
- As rock slows, electronic dance keeps up the beat
- Band welcomes fans onstage
- Buying babies not as harmless as it seems
- Home in on crime, not past offenders
- Letters to the Editor
- Quarterback options on the table
- Football coach feels the heat
- Join me in giving first-half accolades
- Star recruit exhibits confidence, readiness for season at media day
- Injuries beset soccer in loss
- Doctors without borders: college edition
- Israel still not viable EAP option
- Free travel benefits for officials bother some
Tuesday, Oct. 9
- Getting a degree in overachieving
- UC provides extra pay
- Muslims observe Ramadan by fasting, prayer
- A Middle Moment: Determine how media affects your well-being
- Technological advances lead to new forms of telemarketing
- State sets high test standards
- Extra Points: Face it: we need to get creative
- We’re a football school, too
- Bruin nets career high in USC defeat
- Freshman finds a spot in the Hall of Champions
- Versatile L.A. club attracts students
- Soundbite: Devendra Banhart
- Italian cinematographer tells a story of shadow and light
- Beauty of art is in the eye, and gut, of the beholder
- Music industry players to share their experiences, advice
- Deep dark secrets on World Wide Web
- Editorial Cartoon
- University of California Makes In House Changes
Monday, Oct. 8
- Offensive blunders take their toll
- Bruins scrub Pac-10 opener
- Women’s volleyball defeats No. 4 USC
- Water polo drowns weekend competition
- UCLA tames fifth-ranked Broncos at home
- Swimmers wade into season with a victory over Idaho
- Third-string walk-on faces tough game
- Defense unable to make up for offensive mistakes
- Cross country fairs well in Triton Classic
- Preparing for competitive admissions
- UC endorses new loan policy
- Student editor to keep his job
- Get Legal brings Ruckus to campus
- Gen. Clark speaks on Iraq, book
- Director talks global politics
- Weekend Review: Black Label Society
- Not your everyday song
- Sneak peeks don’t tease; they put out too much
- More international aid needed in Darfur
- UC acts to preserve honesty in loan lending
- Congress gets it right with act to reduce college costs
Friday, Oct. 5
- Revenge in sight
- Bruins set for rivalry match
- Slater finding perfect fit as returner
- Defense facing small challenge seriously
- Extra Points: Is Weis breaking coach pipeline or just unlucky with Irish?
- Q&A with Aaron Perez
- Battle of the Columnists
- Historic grudge match? Count me in
- What hockey is all ‘aboot’
- Women’s soccer taking one game at a time
- UCLA to race, train with Idaho swimmers
- General to discuss new book
- College town scene hard to define
- Rising debts worry students
- Crowded freeways push drivers to find alternate routes
- Swedish Invasion
- Screen Scene: "Lust, Caution"
- Screen Scene: "The Darjeeling Limited”
- New dance meant to inspire questions
- Film series features work of ‘3 Chinas’
- Gamer Galaxy: "Halo 3"
- Facebook: a distorted lens for viewing applicants
- Editorial: Berkeley’s global vision: our example
- Editorial Cartoon
- Letter to the Editor
Thursday, Oct. 4
- Human rights put in focus
- Greater than the sum of its junkyard parts
- Health care bill vetoed
- Feature Photo: Pass me the Pop
- Actress speaks on behalf of banking organization
- Health school receives grant to combat obesity
- Tabling a fierce competition
- Coach signs for $1.5 million, here to stay
- Having skills, confidence in the goal has its perks
- Secondary defense is primary goal
- UCLA’s worldwide reputation attracts top global talent
- Tough waters ahead this weekend
- Women’s tennis to begin tournament
- ‘Big Time’ brings eclectic fun to the Hammer
- Calendar
- Culinary Connoisseur: Compare and Contrast Edition
- Speak out, lest airport security blacklist you
- Letter to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
Wednesday, Oct. 3
- Breaking news and the mold
- Mattel rallies against veto
- Bruins find magic at home
- Behold the ruins of former glory
- Tight ends making fewer catches this year
- Women’s volleyball adapts to resignation of key player
- Women’s soccer glows at No. 2
- Feeling lonely? It might be in your genes
- Empty nests offer new opportunities for parents
- Depression study finds shame at root of issue
- Bunche Center hosts event
- Developing campus leaders
- Making ‘Gossip Girl’ leap from its pages
- Theater Review: “Butterflies of Uganda: The Memories of a Child Soldier”
- Feature Photo: A ‘Limited’ appearance
- Pick your own album price
- College life is a stage, sans silver platters
- Hollywood ambassador to visit Anderson School
- Letter to the Editor
Tuesday, Oct. 2
- Professor takes Academic Senate chair position
- Operation Mend offers surgery to servicemen
- MCAT, grades most critical
- Water, water everywhere, and not a drop unclean
- I digitalize, therefore I am
- Communications Board chair selected
- Increasingly erratic behavior gives away impostor student using campus facilities
- Author maps out history of Hollywood
- Soundbite: múm
- The fine line between interactive and invasive art
- Culinary Corner: Tuk Tuk
- Extra Points: Breazell proves to be a class act
- Dorrell shows faith in Olson
- Men’s soccer hopes for respite at home
- Winning streak is immaterial to Bruins
- They were contenders – too bad no one saw them
- Editorial: Journalists must follow ethics when reporting
- Iraqi losses take backseat in U.S.
- Editorial Cartoon
- Iran not seeking confrontation
- Letter to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
Monday, Oct. 1
- TA union reaches agreement with UC
- Bruins claw their way to road win
- Special teams pick up slack while offense lags
- Extra Points: Olson showing positive growth
- Late upset victory marks Lang’s return
- Water polo suffers key loss to Stanford
- Matadors take advantage of UCLA’s poor play
- Bruins split matches on road
- Campus disability support ample
- Project gets $2 million boost
- Hill to add to themed housing
- Negotiations for TAs delicate
- Puzzles Café expands menu to please students
- Film students present art that speaks
- Weekend Review: The National
- Bad movies are good, unless you’re in public
- Proposed bills won’t lighten the load for college students
- Don’t simply fly by on Bruin Walk
- Editorial: Students need voice in campus safety
- Ridicule of Iranian leader unjust
- Letters to the Editor

