Category Archives: Arts

Monday, November 9, 1998 Students hokey-pokey with Disaster MUSIC: After exploring punk music, band discovers ska identity, plays small venues, releases first album By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Staff In order to achieve status as a true ska band, a group must comprehend three vital points of knowledge. First, they must fool around until they’ve […]

Monday, November 9, 1998 ‘The Siege’ holds audiences captive FILM: Entertaining movie doesn’t address key social issues like race, terrorism By Tristan Thai Daily Bruin Contributor Hollywood has always had a bad track record for propagating stereotypes, wrongfully portraying Arabs as crazed fanatical terrorists in dense action films such as "True Lies." Thus, the objections […]

Monday, November 9, 1998 Excutive actions THEATER: A revival of Gershwin’s musical satire ‘Of Thee I Sing’ presents political drama that parallels modern turmoil in the White House By Sam Toussi Daily Bruin Contributor It seems as though the investigation into President Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky has been going on for 70 years. In […]

Monday, November 9, 1998 Sound Bites Alanis Morissette, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" (Maverick/Reprise) Thanks, India, for making a softer, more centered Alanis, but what did you do to her music? Morissette’s much anticipated second album, "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie," contains seventeen songs that show she’s taking a gentler look at life after selling 16 million […]

Friday, November 6, 1998 Dr. Drew, Adam take sex advice show to next level REVIEW: ‘Loveline’ program spawns book of ridiculous yet entertaining questions By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Staff Though a bit of an exaggeration, it seems that the tag line "The World Famous KROQ" is not wholly inaccurate. While the L.A. radio station […]

Friday, November 6, 1998 Screen Scene "Elizabeth" Directed by Shekhar Kapur Starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and Joseph Fiennes Survivors of "The Man in the Iron Mask" are about to be rewarded for their suffering in the form of "Elizabeth," another epic European-royalty-comes-of-age movie. This one, however, forgoes the self-righteousness and ’90s patina in favor […]

Weekend Spotlight ‘Loveline’ takes giving sex advice to next level REVIEW: Radio show hosts author book of ridiculous yet entertaining questions Speaks Out With the football game in Oregon this weekend, many students are left wondering what they should do to fill their Saturday agendas. Students on campus tell us what there is to do […]