Bitchin’ babes laugh at life’s ups and downs Repertoire uses private experiences, improv for show By Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor OK, so your rent’s late, you have a 10 page paper due tomorrow and you can’t find a date for Friday night. Life’s got you down? Well don’t fret, because just when you think […]
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Graduate composers explore new medium
Graduate composers explore new medium Emotional themes to run through student’s music at Schoenberg By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff Tonight’s concert featuring compositions by five UCLA graduate students stems from many impulses: experimentation, exploration and panic. "UCLA Graduate Composers Concert," in Schoenberg Hall’s Popper Theater, features a number of styles and arrangements. Master’s degree […]
Deftones join the Ozzy Osbourne bandwagon
Deftones join the Ozzy Osbourne bandwagon Madonna’s manager also signs group with Maverick Records By John Sabatini Daily Bruin Contributor Less than six months after the release of its debut album, "Adrenaline," the Sacramento garage band Deftones is already starting to make it big. In addition to making its on-screen debut in this summer’s film, […]
ruby mines beat from multitude of sounds
ruby mines beat from multitude of soundsBy Nisha Gopalan Daily Bruin Contributor Think of ruby singer Lesley Rankine as the kid who comes back from summer vacation looking totally different. Music fans will remember the bald-headed, combat-booted Rankine as the singer for British loud-band Silverfish and part-time member of the "industrial" supergroup Pigface. One hardly […]
New student regent stresses student voice as essential
New student regent stresses student voice as essential By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff As UC Berkeley law student Jess Bravin settled into his first meeting as the newly approved student regent for next year, the board warmly welcomed him and one of their members lavished him with the highest praise. "Jess has done all […]
E-mail voting revolutionizes graduate-student elections
E-mail voting revolutionizes graduate-student elections By Ryan Ozimek Daily Bruin Contributor Hoping to increase voter turnout while also spending less of an already small budget, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) will make use of e-mail and the World Wide Web for this year’s general election. Mass e-mail distribution to graduate students with university registered e-mail […]
Looking at the body
Looking at the body In 1992, Dirk Shafer was a heterosexual icon, Playgirl’s ‘Man of the Year.’ In 1996, he’s out, and he’s starring in a mock-documentary about his experience of pretending he’s something he’s not. He calls it ‘Man of the Year.’ By Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor ll gay people are either flamboyant […]