Stanford is harvesting a new crop of talents By Christian Schreiber Daily Bruin Staff Torrential rains that have flooded Northern California haven’t hurt Mike Montgomery, a farmer of sorts in the Bay Area. In fact, Montgomery, Stanford’s head basketball coach, may just end up harvesting a cash crop if things stay just the way they […]
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Volleyball achieves redemption
Volleyball achieves redemption Bruins avenge NCAA finals loss to Penn St. with sweep in Hawaii By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s kind of like beating up the kid who broke your favorie toy. It doesn’t make things even, but you feel a whole lot better afterwards. Last night, eight months after Penn State […]
W. hoops takes on cream of Pac-10 crop
W. hoops takes on cream of Pac-10 crop Bruins travel north to take on Stanford at Maples Pavilion By Hye Kwon In a matchup of David and Goliath, the UCLA women’s basketball team takes on No. 4 Stanford at Palo Alto this evening. Being tied for seventh place in the conference, the Bruins (7-8 overall, […]
Untangling misconceptions about affirmative action
Untangling misconceptions about affirmative action The following is a revised speech made at the Jan. 19 UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco by York Chang, the UC student association affirmative action committee chair. By York Chang The debate over affirmative action has existed since its conception, and some tough issues and problems do […]
Fraternity key gives ‘legacy’ a bad name
Fraternity key gives ‘legacy’ a bad name By Liane Pritkin Who the hell does Noah Balch think he is? I was disgusted after reading the article regarding his arrest for breaking into Professor Fred Luk’s office ("Fraternity student’s life altered by arrest," Jan. 24). I didn’t know who to get mad at first: Noah, the […]
Memories of dad as Erik Estrada … young and old
Memories of dad as Erik Estrada … young and old "What a drag it is getting old."  The Rolling Stones "Mother’s Little Helper" Some of my worst memories are of junior high  being in the seventh grade and getting thrown in the showers by the eighth grade cholas, never knowing how to apply […]
Corporate rock gave ’80s pop a bad name
Corporate rock gave ’80s pop a bad name These days, very few people have any use for Winger, Bon Jovi, Poison or Motley Crue. The Whitesnake Fan Club no longer has need for a large office. The possibility of White Lion putting a record into the Billboard top 100 is about as likely as Newt […]