Story archive for April 2008
Thursday, May 1
Wednesday, April 30
- UCLA Law to expand endowment
- Leaving the seller’s market
- Presidential candidates sparring on NAFTA
- How Do I: Make a move and then keep talking
- UC president-elect discusses budget-cut concerns, policy plans
- Former worker indicted for selling medical information
- Clean energy options explored at forum
- Miraculous Winn
- Draft grades given too early
- Sickness alters lives of families
- Golf needs different strokes
- Bruins fall to Pepperdine
- Tennis prepares for NCAAs
- Confronting cancer’s challenges firsthand
- Unequal pay deserves to be noticed
- Editorial: Offenders should not be denied financial aid
- Candidates at a Glance
- Elected GSA has a feel for the needs of its students
- Coachella Diary: Dry Desert, Purple Reign
- Puppets bringing cultures together
- ‘Baby Mama’ shouldn’t deliver on indie turf
Tuesday, April 29
- Senior finishes Pac-10 play on top
- Collison will keep UCLA a contender
- NCAA all-around title caps prosperous career
- Three Bruins chosen in NFL Draft
- Baseball sets off for Malibu optimistic
- Pole vaulter shatters career high by 10 inches
- Bruins excel in Penn Relays events
- Wildfire rages in Sierra Madre
- After gangs, life goes on
- Sex assault near Drake
- New director to lead UCLA center, resort
- Media switching mediums
- Panel to address aging
- GOP taking a page from Chávez’ playbook
- It’s my life, and I’ll be a drama queen if I want to
- Letter to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Exquisite chords
- Soundbite: Julia Holter
- Soundbite: Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti
- A story’s teller is as important as her words
- Students to dance across cultural boundaries
Monday, April 28
- Panel discusses possible harms of nanomaterials
- Week in Photos: April 21-27
- Undefeated Bruins win tournament
- Collison to stay next year
- Cowan injured, out for season
- Gymnastics is edged out of Super Six Team Finals
- Spring scrimmage tests football’s inexperienced offensive line
- Softball scores early, sweeps Bay Area
- Baseball wins series against Washington
- Incoming freshmen decide on housing
- There’s no place to relax like UCSB
- Candidates share presidential aspiration
- Candidates share presidential aspiration: Homaira Hosseini
- A night with Victor Kemper
- Candidates share presidential aspiration: Matt Sandler
- Editorial: Government oversight of endowments unnecessary
- Candidates share presidential aspiration: Jeff Matt
- Hot weekend refreshingly literary
- Weekend Review: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
- Weekend Review: “Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made A Man of Me”
- Festival of Books 2008 Slideshow
- Electronic music’s histrionics
Friday, April 25
- Speaking out with silence
- Before Olympics, controversy rages
- Slates eye leaders to build tickets
- Three agree to voluntary cap
- State sentator discusses bill to reform health care
- Local solutions for a world problem
- Challah For Hunger donates profits
- Students strut runway to outmode cancer
- Top two quarterbacks injured
- Top-ranked Bruins up for a challenge
- Favorites fall apart after first round
- Revitalized offense ready to hit the road
- Throwers anticipate high marks
- Women’s team competes at Penn Relays
- Softball heads to NorCal
- Donating from the art
- Festival breaks Bollywood mold
- Pizza bella rises to the top(ping)
- It’s time for a new chapter in textbooks
- Budget cuts forecast bleak future for high schoolers
- Editorial: Federal student loan buyout in nick of time
- Editorial: Act should quell fears of genetic testing
- Don’t write off the nest
- Festival of Books
- Editorial Cartoon
- New authors test festival’s offerings
- The shelves are emptying, but the memories remain
- Looking to be seen
- Bookmark it
Thursday, April 24
- A New Lens
- Readers, writers convene for love of books
- Vietnamese Student Union holds protest
- 'Commitment’ slate sweeps
- Progress of fee hikes called into question
- Expansion of wireless Internet network tested on the Hill
- Alumnus returning for literary celebration
- A&E Calendar
- Bruins hope to stick a win
- Bryant bounced back, but Garnett’s got game
- Agreement will wrongfully deport Vietnamese
- Volunteer experiences aren’t a world away
- Fresh arm aids baseball in victory
- State senator to speak on health care
- Old mathematical concepts may provide new identity theft protection
- Students hungry for dining options
- Story of his life: ESPN’s Mayne commentates on sports, fatherhood
Wednesday, April 23
- Orchestrating Translation
- From the floor to her future
- Weisser bats in victory run
- Game celebrates softball program
- Kayaks: They’re intoxicating fun
- Fickle season comes to finish
- Offense narrowed down by injuries
- Q & A with Alex Ross
- Book Review: “Just Who Will You Be?”
- Crossover stars shouldn’t be products
- Media isn’t feeding social ills
- Editorial: Don’t lock international students out with fee hikes
- Editorial Cartoon
- Letter to the Editor
- Clinton comes out on top in Pa.
- Fuel your body well to stay up and study
- Taking a fresh, personal approach to studying diversity
- Candidates report for campaign orientation
- Ceremony honor community-oriented service
- UCLA math professor wins prestigious award
- Ethnic studies trying to maintain relevance
- Students struggle for funding and mentorship in overlooked, understaffed program
- Promoting a greener campus
- Students of liberal arts face major prospects
Tuesday, April 22
- Joh swings into first place
- In proper setting, guns can be fun
- Palcic brings experience
- Bruins hope for happy end to home stand
- Softball to play US national team
- Unifying for peace
- Googling the future
- Science&Health: Finding memory
- Feature Photo: Bring on the books
- Bill protects access to student loans
- Students get help coping with death
- Westwood businesses celebrate Earth Day
- Write or wrong?
- Graduating seniors not yet prepared to give back
- Q&A with Tobias Wolff
- Turning away teachers bad for business
- Soundbite: Cut Copy
- Boycott China for torching human rights
- Don’t curse Potter fan for book
- Editorial Cartoon
- Week in Photos: April 14-21
Monday, April 21
- They do, even if the law says they can’t
- Pillow fighting for a cause
- Students lobby against fee hikes
- Q&A with Rhea Turteltaub
- Hillel guests gather to break unleavened bread
- Relief for relay for life walkers
- Funds approved for extra meeting space
- Nanotechnology inspires L.A. youth
- Fee for plastic bags touted in state assembly
- SAA, USAC sponsor leadership event
- Luc declares for draft
- Waves crash down on Bruins’ season
- Drawing on Dumbo
- Women’s tennis earns its first Pac-10 title
- Win secures fifth straight conference championship
- Q&A with Gay Talese
- Neuheisel focuses on need for offensive progress for spring game
- Baseball avoids series sweep with Sunday victory
- Music buyers find haven in MySpace
- Softball undeterred by rain
- Clinton trades identity for broad appeal
- Editorial: Bill needed to protect university researchers
- Men’s track and field comes up short in rainy Oregon
- High jumper wins invite with lifetime best mark
- Feature Photo Gallery: WACSmash
- Letters to the Editor
Saturday, April 19
Friday, April 18
- Students declare candidacy
- Bridging cultural gaps with song
- GSA aiming to be more visible
- Tennessee assistant is new women’s coach
- Love, Westbrook headed for NBA
- Let them go – their time has come
- Budget cuts may hurt UC, economy
- Volleyball to kick off playoff run in Pauley
- Against the odds, men’s tennis’ season near-perfect
- Former Black Panther will ‘keep ringing the bell’
- Healthy lineup puts Pac-10 title in view
- Shining a light for gaza
- Another round on the house
- Gas tax break won’t fuel progress
- Editorial: State fee on iTunes may drive out business
- Wedding bells may soon ring in new era for LGBT rights
- New media, old problem
- It’s all about the photographs
- Women’s track and field prepping for approaching postseason season at various meets
- Last place on the line as lacrosse rivals face off
- Softball team braving usually-chilly Washington for weekend conference series
- Bruins hope six rules to live by will guide them through a crucial series against Stanford
- Students must defend once-promised education
- Screen Scene: “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”
- Letters to the Editor
- Screen Scene: "Forbidden Kingdom"
- Men’s track to travel to Oregon for rivalry meet
Thursday, April 17
- Ash Grove: folk’s L.A. stomping ground
- Bill would limit UC contracts
- Professors sign on to open-access textbooks
- Lie-in honors Va. Tech victims
- Canceled flights don’t need to ruin plans
- Vigil to illuminate plight of Gazans
- Pancake philanthropy planned
- An arm in a league of its own
- Mending necessary to clinch playoffs
- Love to announce NBA draft decision
- Men’s tennis wins final home match
- No. 1 UCLA faces Olympic team
- Blue grass roots
- Equal parts water, environmentalism
- ‘Screamers’ hopes to incite against genocide
- Falling funds leading to education imbalance
- Paying fees is just the first step to a rewarding club experience
- As cost of war rises, so must protesters’ voices
- Weekend Calendar
- Letter to the Editor
Wednesday, April 16
- Protesters: Free Tibet?
- Obama treats working class like children
- Editorial: Campuses need to protect free expression
- Editorial: Citywide fee hikes worth the services provided
- Admissions trend could be disastrous
- Exhibit gives needed face to AIDS
- With tent as portal, AIDS no longer worlds away
- Finding healthy appetite a complex endeavor
- Genetics plays role in obesity
- Food restriction not effective long-term weight-loss solution
- A time to sift through options
- How Do I: Get parallel parking rules down straight
- Bill designed to protect animal researchers to undergo review
- Banquet illustrates inequality with empty stomachs
- Editorial Cartoon
- Bruins to host playoff game
- Olympics not all fun and games
- CSUN game ends baseball’s win streak
- Not the same old song and dance
- Surround-sound distractions annoy
- Theater Review: "My Fair Lady”
- There are some traditions we just can’t afford
Tuesday, April 15
- No. 1 quarterback up in the air
- Fans swindled in SuperSonic deal
- Club lacrosse defeats UCSC in last home game of season
- Baseball to resume play against Northridge
- UC welcomes a diverse class
- Candidates getting acquainted with voters
- Keeping pets a challenge
- UCPD searching for two prowlers
- Prospective Bruins explore campus
- Pesce appointed to lead Daily Bruin
- Get feedback on your state
- Historical Hijinks
- Soundbite: Man Man
- This summer, give sunscreen a chance
- Who’s looking out for you? Not the right-wing media
- Local hangouts are fertile dating ground
- UCLA Radio should get the dollars it wants
- Editorial Cartoon
Monday, April 14
- Chancellor speaks with students at Hillel
- Water polo goes undefeated again
- Bruins advance to NCAA nationals
- Mile runner breaks 4 minutes at home meet
- Scrimmage shows progress
- Men’s volleyball loses one, wins one over the weekend
- Bruins get ‘reality check’ in Arizona
- Jumpers go big in team’s home success
- Outbursts on offense lead to baseball’s sweep
- Graduate Students Association Candidates At A Glance
- Tennis defeats Arizona schools
- Madni resolved to give back to UCLA
- Hashemi intent on being accessible
- Festival celebrates Latino diversity
- Loans, aid unaffected by slow economy
- Event reels in money for Mattel
- Public broadcast for students
- Newseum memorializes still-living media
- Students should vote in the GSA elections
- Weekend Review: Complexions
- Republicans should not deny Latinos educational support
- Weekend Review: Handsome Furs
- Week in Photos: April 7 - 13
- Hip-hop struggles to find a new beat
- Letters to the Editor
Friday, April 11
- Perfect season in sight
- AAP to suffer budget cuts
- Student finds passion for truth
- If it’s private, mum’s still the word
- Career forte
- Asian American image still not fair
- Editorial: Excessive alcohol ads at NCAA in poor taste
- Faculty members recognized
- Homes are where the art is
- NCAAs hinge on Florida meet
- Editorial: Exit exam should not be forced on the disabled
- GSA packs Brew Co. for karaoke night
- ’Tis the season for tomatoes
- Students looking forward to Sunday’s Run/Walk
- Students should explore exotic WorldFest events
- Looking to be seen week two
- Bruins sharpen their away game for MPSFs
- Editorial Cartoon
- Softball readies for hot rivalries in Arizona
- Anderson to host global competition
- Screen scene: “Smart People”
- Baseball fighting to make the most of a flawed record
Thursday, April 10
- USAC discussion continues
- Musical to be labor of much ado in 24 hours
- Services help inexpert writers
- GSA to host karaoke night for meeting candidates
- Student group holds Korean Culture Night
- Protests won’t bring peace
- Howland gives players words of wisdom
- The dancers who lunch
- Men’s track ready to excel in invitational
- Councilmembers’ restructuring plan would cut back executives’ duties
- Asian American pop culture in spotlight
- Short-sighted senate proposal won’t mend an unbroken system
- Women’s basketball still searching for head coach
- A&E Weekend Calendar
- Food Review: The Stand
- Editorial Cartoon
- Second home meet of year to gauge progress
Wednesday, April 9
- Dedicated student volunteers find niche
- Oh, the prospects
- Bruins strike out in 10th inning
- GSA holds election orientation
- UCLA to cut down list of quarterbacks
- Players should dodge draft
- BruinCasts garner mixed reception
- How Do I: Got drunk? Try home remedies
- Toastmasters helps reduce communication fears
- Real estate, business professionals to speak at Crocker Symposium
- Some solicitors breed mistrust
- Philanthropy events aid nonprofit charities
- Art of Perception
- Theater Review: The Sunshine Boys
- Punk classic projected anew
- Cal Poly deal insults women
- Good books can speak volumes
- Editorial: Decency must be practiced on the Web
- Exhibit’s positive intentions fall short
- Screenwriters should be incorporated into all stages
Tuesday, April 8
- Kansas wins title
- I left my heart in San Antonio
- Baseball faces No. 7 UC Irvine
- Spring practice shows off progress
- Missed free throws doom Memphis
- Women’s golf places a shaky third
- Crime rates relatively unchanged
- This little Bruin went to market
- Retired, international UCLA employee dies at 89
- Overhaul of student government proposed
- Professor’s ‘Alphabet Soup’ spells out the artistic side of science
- Are cell phone waves harmful?
- UCLA students bring home Rice awards
- Publishing work a top priority for professors
- Inner city, national spotlight
- Soundbite: Clinic
- Soundbite: Black Keys
- Repair to spare favorite accessories
- Semana de La Raza raises questions of identity
- Versatility and profitability of a J.D. make the case for going to law school
Monday, April 7
- Tigers prove tough matchup for Collison
- Memphis players keep ball out of Love’s hands
- Three years in a row, UCLA wasn’t the best
- Convincing semifinal winners clash tonight
- Mata-Real plays last game in blue and gold
- Undefeated water polo takes care of Cal, Pacific
- Matadors outplay Bruins on senior night
- Softball team sweeps Bay Area teams in weekend games
- Tennis still dominating Pac-10 play
- Brooks’ pitching saves series’ last game
- Third time’s the same
- Curious workers invade privacy
- Bruin Health Week offers lifestyle tips to students
- Feature Photo: Not the usual Westwood handbags
- Black leaders gather for conference
- Student group provides international health aid
- Video Visionaries
- Weekend Review: Ra Ra Riot
- Weekend Review: Ani DiFranco and Susan Faludi
- Westwood’s music non-scene needs some booze
- Gray wolves not out of the woods yet
- University needs to join forces to raise wages
- Letters to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Week in Photos: March 31 - April 6
- Personal, lifetime bests set at weekend track meets
Saturday, April 5
Friday, April 4
- Love shows off full-court shooting at Final Four practice
- Ker savors four years
- Like never before
- Rivalry to be settled on mound
- Football practice kicks off under new coach
- Men’s track warming up for nationals with Texas meet
- Softball streaks into second week of conference season
- Workers demand rights
- Reeling in the right fish for your palette
- Yudof will take over on June 16
- Groups uniting to clean up Westwood
- ASUCLA’s marketing ready for Bruin success
- Blending Beats
- Teaching the telling of stories
- ‘YouTube generation’ becoming derogatory
- Screen Scene: “Leatherheads”
- Screen Scene: “Shine a Light”
- Another defensive clash with Tigers?
- This Final Four offers plenty of excitement
- Memphis definitely not an underdog
- Clinton a poor choice for speaker
- Editorial: Famous patients need their privacy too
- Women's water polo anticipates match with No. 6 cal
- Keep transportation efforts on track
- Women’s track and field sends small squads to weekend meets
Thursday, April 3
- Rose proposes senate body
- Science&Health: Researchers shrink cancer treatment in pursuit of big results
- Personal shopping tours uncover hidden deals
- Speaker to discuss nuclear proliferation
- Greek life officials say spring rush brings less pressure
- LAUSD Chinese program may grow
- Hammer hosts discussion forum
- Football beginning major spring transition
- Maybe optimism is no longer unfounded
- Men’s volleyball snags MPSF playoff berth
- Close game threatens Bruins’ winning streak
- Memphis point guard Andre Allen suspended
- Poster children
- ‘Bat Boy’ production gives insight into human nature
- Feature Photo: “We’re marching on to victory, to conquer all the rest”
- Cleaning up the UC’s big mess deserves big pay
- Future Bruins: UCLA’s not perfect, but your time here can be
- Editorial Cartoon
- Bill Clinton thoughtless choice for 2008 commencement
Wednesday, April 2
- Applicants raise the bar
- Campus switches on greener light
- Asst. chief of UCPD in crash
- UCOP proposes to reduce annual budget
- Student group offers free assistance with taxes
- Been there, done that
- Driveway dreams a reality for Curry
- Bruins shut down Aztecs at home
- Pac-10 schools ranked at the top
- Airline rules need reform
- A well-executed game plan to bring success
- Editorial: UCOP’s budget-cut proposal appropriate
- Body language often speaks louder than words
- Cracking the code
- Hand gestures key to communication
- Editorial Cartoon
- Food Review: Guelaguetza
- Letter to the Editor
- Internet killed the video store
- Coming face-to-face with human emotions
Tuesday, April 1
- Holiday scheduling spurs protest
- Bruin beer from scratch
- Professor was engaging, kind
- Voice-over technology changes study habits
- Democrats wary of intraparty friction as primaries wrap
- Wins revive season hopes
- NBA age limit unfair to freshmen
- Kevin Love named first-team All-American
- Gymnastics fails to capture Pac-10 title
- Catching the kong craze
- César Chávez Day oversimplifies Latino struggles
- Talking to ex can cure the breakup blues
- Soundbite: Crystal Castles
- Small museums worth the trip
- Editorial Cartoon


