By Michael Tatum "Hey, enough with the requests already … I’ve got an agenda!" So quipped folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III in the middle of his show to a fan who just had to hear "Screaming Issue." Of course, Wainwright didn’t really have an "agenda" – he consulted a tiny scrap of paper in the […]
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What do Tim Burton and Ed Wood have in common? Everything but the hair…
By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff There’s something mysteriously similar about Ed Wood and Tim Burton. One was decried "the worst director of all time," and never attained commercial or critical success. The other is hailed as a stylish genius and his films have achieved great victories with critics and at the box office. […]
Asian American studies graduates to major
By Julie Ann Silva Daily Bruin Senior Staff Asian American studies graduated this summer. Beginning this quarter, students intrigued by Asian American ethnic studies can major in the field whereas before only a specialization was possible. The new bachelor’s degree program comes after more than five years of faculty and student planning and will complement […]
UC Berkeley’s withdrawal further cripples UCSA
By Greg Cooper Daily Bruin Staff Soon after the UC Student Association lost its lobbying powers in the state government, the official student representative body to the university’s administration was further crippled when UC Berkeley yanked its support late last month. Although its campus senate voted to eliminate ties with the association, Berkeley’s undergraduate external […]
Young asks regents to foot bill for quake damaged buildings
By Greg Cooper Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO — As if deep budget cuts have not already caused UCLA’s campus enough economic pain, at least $650 million will be needed to fix all damages from the Jan. 17 Northridge quake, Chancellor Charles Young told the UC Regents last week. UCLA and the Federal Emergency Management […]
Survey aims to reassess business operations
By Phillip Carter Declining revenues prompted the students’ association board of directors to start a campus-wide survey assessing its business operations’ effectiveness so that the board can decide how best to increase its overall profits. Board members also heard reports at the start of Friday’s meeting on earnings from the student stores, food venues and […]