It’s rough going on the Pac-10 hoops road UCLA, Arizona both fall in first week of action By Randy Satterburg Daily Bruin Staff Early returns from around the Pac-10 indicate that it will be even tougher than usual to win on the road this conference season and that whichever team fares the best in this […]
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Women’s swim hosts Brown under gray skies
Women’s swim hosts Brown under gray skies Brown’s Bruins venture into stormy Westwood for a dual meet with UCLA By Ross Bersot UCLA women’s swim will test the water of Men’s Gym Pool for the final time this season in a non-conference meeting with Brown. The 2 p.m. matchup is the best opportunity UCLA has […]
Ethnic communities must address homophobia
Ethnic communities must address homophobia I rarely eavesdrop on conversations, but this one was so irresistibly volatile and heated that I could barely contain myself. "You know, when I see two men kissing each other, I just feel like throwing up," one said to the other. His friend nodded in agreement. "It’s like, it’s just […]
Hail to the ‘newt’ Speaker of the House
Hail to the ‘newt’ Speaker of the House By Dr. Richard Lesher WASHINGTON Â It is telling that while critics of the Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, are working overtime to discredit him, his supporters are actively comparing him to Thomas Reed and Joseph Cannon, powerful Speakers who ran the House of Representatives with […]
Universities can guarantee an education, not a job
Universities can guarantee an education, not a job By James Lebakken I feel the need to defend my major after the disservice Chris Gregory’s article has done to the English department at UCLA ("Paradox: evolution and the English major," Jan. 9). As well-written as we are known to be, I’d be surprised if others from […]
Actress explores mystique of composer’s life as character did
Actress explores mystique of composer’s life as character did Rossellini enthuses over latest role as Beethoven’s love By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff One look at Isabella Rossellini and it’s easy to guess why she was picked to play a Hungarian countess in the film, Immortal Beloved. Regal, serene and undeniably beautiful, Rossellini was the […]
Singleton hit with the flop gunDirector’s ‘Learning’ flounders without discernable purpose
Singleton hit with the flop gunDirector’s ‘Learning’ flounders without discernable purpose By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Is it better to make a meaningless movie that fails miserably or a film that tries to say something and fails miserably? John Singleton would like you to believe the latter. It’s the best he’s gonna get. […]