Gauchos looking to throw UCLA a curve By Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Contributor After losing its first game of the year Saturday against 13th-ranked California, the UCLA softball team looks to return to its winning ways this afternoon. The Bruins head up the coast to battle UC Santa Barbara today in an nonconference doubleheader vs. […]
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Williams named Player of Decade
Williams named Player of Decade By Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff Celebrating 10 years of women’s sports in the Pacific 10, the conference named former UCLA two-sport letter winner Natalie Williams the Pac-10 Player of the Decade. Williams, who graduated in 1994, played for both the basketball and volleyball teams. Pac-10 honors are nothing new […]
‘Stairway to Heaven’ really leads to hell
‘Stairway to Heaven’ really leads to hell Led Zeppelin’s music reveals Faustian pact Contrary to the opinions of many a fundamentalist gelatin-head, the influence of Satan on contemporary culture is not on the rise, but in fact, is enfeebled almost to the point of expiration. For the archfiend enacts his wicked machinations not on a […]
Editorial
Editorial Use your voting power to effect civic change For the remainder of the week, the Daily Bruin is hosting a registration drive to increase voter turnout for the upcoming March presidential primaries and the subsequent November election. Registration cards are inserted in each of today’s Daily Bruins. The drive is not an attempt to […]
Letters
Letters Value judgment Editor: I am truly incensed to find a front page article about the automobile accident that ended former UCLA track star Benjamin "Benny" Brown’s life at age 40 ("Community mourns loss of former UCLA track star," Feb. 9). Just last week, I entered the Daily Bruin office to ask if they were […]
Attempt to impeach justice illuminates alterior motives
Attempt to impeach justice illuminates alterior motives Students First! leadership retalliates against nemesis By Rob Greenhalgh The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s botched attempt to impeach Judicial Board Justice Noah Hochman Tuesday, Feb. 6, further emphasized the ineptitude of this year’s student government, led by the Students First! slate. Instead of accepting Hochman’s resignation and ending […]
‘Blue’ star proves redhot as troubled detective
‘Blue’ star proves redhot as troubled detective Kim Delaney reads back the record of her journey from soaps to police drama By Frazier Moore The Associated Press NEW YORK — Kim Delaney, who plays Detective Diane Russell (and Jimmy Smits’ snookums) on "NYPD Blue," almost chose a different role in life: court reporter. Here, let’s […]