Story archive for May 2006
Thursday, June 1
- State bill pushes groups to divest
- Editorial cartoon
- New teachers overcome obstacles: Marjorie Clark
- GSA swears in new officers
- Men’s golf a few strokes away from lead
- Senior helping guide baseball into playoffs
- Living among stars, the big screen loses appeal
- County officials file suit against Army’s proposed land swap
- Softball ready to hit it out of the park
- A lot to learn
- Porn should keep a pulse on women’s needs
- New teachers overcome obstacles: Tami Vuong
- New teachers overcome obstacles: Jenna Korobow
- UCLA has a secret
- UC admits record numbers
- NCAA allows coaches one challenge per game
- New teachers overcome obstacles: Stacey Arthur
- With heads calm, Bruins take a swing at title
- News brief: Gubernatorial candidate Westly’s wife visits UCLA
- Letters to the editor
Wednesday, May 31
- Editorial: Concerned employees should not be silenced
- In Duran’s final year, her talent gains notice
- It’s not even June, but there’s still time for a top-10 list
- Editorial cartoon
- Program may have something to learn
- Shooting for a grand finale
- Secrecy obscures chancellor search
- Getting Goopy
- State to vote on divestment bill
- Powell jumps to the challenge
- Review: Robert Rauschenberg – “Combines”
- Tough arms heave Bruins into Regionals
- FDA incompetence a hard pill to swallow
- Public worker free speech overruled
- Students heed UCLA’s ‘Godfather’ of film
- Letter to the editor
Tuesday, May 30
- Editorial Cartoon
- Modern classics
- NCAAs a great feat for baseball
- UCLA rows into 12th place in NCAA Championships
- Breaking down the walls of genre, geography
- Sophomore star shines in final round
- Inform yourselves, boycott Coca-Cola
- Softball rides out Bulls, earns 8th straight trip to World Series
- Delaying driver’s license could save lives
- Science and Health: Health threats lurk under tans
- New reruns have too much tech, not enough Trek
- Soundbite: "Begin to Hope"
- Diversity key to Students First!
- Eight athletes to represent Bruins at NCAAs
- Feature photo: Grupo Folklorico de UCLA: Celebrating 40 years of dance
- Soundbite: "A Hundred Miles Off"
- Photo essay: JazzReggae Festival
- Women’s golf overshoots NCAA trophy
- Kohlloeffel captures title
- Bruins stifle Bulls’ scoring opportunities in series
- Feature photo: Buffalo Wing Soldier
- Freshmen provide postseason punch
- Good vs. evil inevitably falls short
- Young voters not likely to turn out
- Groups communicate through conflict
- Initiatives focus on learning
Friday, May 26
- Duke’s show of support is noble
- Kind of Blue
- Editorial: California failing its students with exam
- Bruin to face two-time national champ
- Program stays on top of the world
- For your 18th birthday, have a beer
- Regents hope to learn from past pay controversy
- Grass not getting greener
- Screen Scene: "X-Men: The Last Stand"
- Restoring a medieval mosaic with his ‘sol’
- Letter to the editor
- UCLA calm in face of Oregon State
- Staging life in the Mideast
- Japanese band builds instrumental drama
- Women hope to hurdle competition
- U.S. hindering women’s rights
- Baby’s heart growing strong
- Softball takes on South Florida at Super Regionals
- Despite setbacks, Bruins still on track to impress
- Editorial Cartoon
Thursday, May 25
- Two remaining keep hope of a singles championship alive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict can’t be reduced to one truth
- Not all summer movies are a bust
- If only my workplace included a vibrator and a telephone
- Children, college students team up as writers
- Senate proposal vote unlikely
- Freshman at home early in his career
- Harper aims to overcome hurdle at regionals
- Student short films may go on-demand
- Raw Energy
- Letters to the Editor
- Feature photo: Talking the obstacles to peace
- New USAC members officially take office
- Expecting twins hasn’t affected expectations
- Editorial Cartoon
- In the name of diversity
- Last chance for ultimate success
- A few too many over par
- Rowers pull for chance at 100th national title
- UCLA lacks diverse faculty
- Kohlloeffel moves on to next round
Wednesday, May 24
- The grad podium isn’t a soapbox
- Former UCLA football players sued
- Baseball’s seniors celebrate grand finale of home games
- Students give Rendezvous rave reviews
- Chasing one last title
- Bon appetit an easy feat at Rendezvous
- Kohlloeffel keeps eyes on the prize
- UC discusses ways to build faculty diversity
- Editorial Cartoon
- Golf hits rough patch at NCAAs
- Letters to the Editor
- State should treat UC as the public school it is
- Bruins on the verge of something special
- Bruins to swing solo at NCAAs
- UCLA calmly hears out controversial speaker
- Review
- Music tastes can take an unexpected turn as we get older
- New study finds bacteria in sand
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict should encourage criticism
- Activist Authors
- Track loses key runners to injuries
Tuesday, May 23
- A different take on Middle East
- Women’s golf in place to bring home 100th title
- Bruins priming for NBA Draft
- Baseball’s season raises eyebrows
- Letters to the Editor
- Dynes responsible for fiscal woes
- Gaming community may see X-cape go extinct
- Soundbites: Danielson - "Ships"
- Bill that would expand aid eligibility being reviewed in Assembly
- Wind ensemble hopes to blow the house down
- Learning the Savage way to win
- Take the time to learn both sides
- Feature photo: A Taste of Culture
- [A Closer Look] Some students have yet to plan their careers
- Greener Pastures
- Toothaches don’t need to pinch pockets
- [A Closer Look] Going to the Job Market
- Soundbites: Def Leppard - "Yeah!"
- [A Closer Look] Prospects look good for grads
- Top pitcher prepared to face heat of regional play
Monday, May 22
- TV's fall lineup has hits, misses
- Rainy day, late night, early exit
- Week to visit peace in Middle East
- Teams forced to deal with indoor quarterfinals
- FEATURE PHOTO: Right on target
- Stanford's postseason future looking foggy
- Sustainability committee to boost campus dialogue
- Sustainability to be tested at LuValle
- Keeping tabs
- Men's golf qualifies for fourth consecutive NCAA Championships
- Impeach the president! Turns out, it's possible.
- Bruin Runners make history in style at Bay to Breakers
- UCLA wins Stanford series with walk-off homer
- USAC to use funds for grad events
- Herrera goes right, gets runs
- Executive search continues
- UCLA hosts archery tourney
- WEEKEND REVIEW
- Former players now tennis' No. 1 fans
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Bruins reign supreme in regional play
- Editorial: Shine some light on chancellor search
- EDITORIAL CARTOON
Saturday, May 20
- [Online Exclusive]: Doubles point leads men's tennis to victory over Illinois
- [Online Exclusive]: Men's tennis seeks revenge against Pepperdine in quarterfinals
Friday, May 19
- Go beyond the classroom
- Senior rallies team spirit at No. 1 singles
- Carnesale bids farewell to regents meetings
- [Screen scene] "The Da Vinci Code" – Ron Howard
- The restoration will not be televised
- Shot at regional bid still in the ballpark
- Council optimistic about split
- Editorial: Look past the photos; examine the big picture
- Drew charged with assault
- Letter to the editor
- [Science&Health] Proteins aid ovarian cancer treatments
- Round of 16 to rekindle rivalry with Illinois
- First round of regionals a mixed bag for men’s golf
- New steps
- Softball focusing on fresh start
- Mozart cycle rolls into Royce
- Bittersweet 16 for women’s tennis
- Rally sheds light on sexual violence
- Editorial cartoon
- Editorial: New council needs to collaborate for success
- Runoffs yield close results
- Regents publicly support Dynes
Thursday, May 18
- Students pour in as Jamba pours out in Ackerman
- Organized chaos
- Underdogs or just underrated?
- Coming Attractions
- Letters to the Editor
- Highlighting service and unity, Chavez will fight for justice
- Freshman unpacks strong first season
- Guards to begin draft workouts
- Second week of campaigns hooks students’ attention
- Head of external affairs to leave
- Proactive attitude necessary to end sexual violence
- Runner struggles to regain his rhythm
- Archery shooting for a comeback
- Cardinal are a force to be reckoned with in Sweet 16
- Students aid residents of Skid Row
- Editorial Cartoon
- Slate created to unite all Bruins with government
- Howard film has winning formula
- Recovered jumper launches back into form
- Infielder’s versatility is recipe for success
- Dynes takes partial blame
- Bruins take a swing at championship qualifier
Wednesday, May 17
- Baseball picks up where it left off
- Slates have an edge on independents
- Bruins beware: Bogus business on the prowl
- Opening up would help regents shut down critics
- Board no stranger to government pressure
- ABC to air prime-time college football
- Regents to address pay practices
- 99 titles on the wall
- Who’ll bring home No. 100?
- Revolutionary runway
- Softball relies on two pitchers
- Finding ways to access Westwood
- Attracting the wise with money
- Kohlloeffel keeps the pressure on for NCAAs
- If my iPod doesn’t want it, then I don’t want it either
- Editorial Cartoon
- Let us remember and apply the old saying: ‘Mother knows best’
- Positive change lies in Students First! vote
- As president, Kaisey will be a campus uniter, not a divider
- Letters to the editor
- Review: Summer exhibitions
Tuesday, May 16
- State agencies address language barrier
- Dancing to her own beat
- Making steroids a scapegoat is baseless
- Zai’s got her eye on Westwood
- Campus group to help animate gamers
- Award nominees revealed
- A Closer Look: Project puts sexual violence out on the line
- Le has experience, dedication
- Sex. (I bet you’ll read this column now.)
- UCLA should get smart, go organic
- Soundbite: Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Do panic: Price of gas won't sink fast
- Football to grace two new fields
- Senate backers meet deadline
- UCLA’s pitching arm bulks up
- Shedding light on sexual violence
- Buffaloes may be extinct after Bruin tennis victory
- Nobel laureate details state of Iran
- Nothing short of remarkable
Monday, May 15
- Cola debate creates sticky situation
- UCLA clears its schedule of Colorado, driving to a 4-0 win
- Candidates aim for more votes
- Bruin Cafe to add kosher and halal meals
- EDITORIAL CARTOON
- WEEKEND REVIEW
- TV execs must drop ‘Heaven,’ return to ‘Mars’
- Johnson reclaims pole vault record
- Munro’s career wraps up in win
- FEATURE PHOTO: Celebrating their roots
- Top contender withdraws from chancellor search
- Iranian lawyer to give talk on human rights
- Editorial: In USAC runoffs, these candidates deserve your vote
- Women’s golf seals NCAA’s No. 2 seed
- Wage increase is long overdue
- Softball nabs top NCAA seed
- Men’s track’s throwers lead team to fifth
- Softball ends season with rare losses
- FEATURE PHOTO: Claiming UCLA's 99th NCAA title
- Revenge is Sweet 16 for women’s tennis
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Quiet sophomore strikes heavy blow
- Varsity Eight rowers placed sixth
- Back-to-back champions
- Songstress presents unique piano pieces on U.S. tour
- State budget released
- Soldiers’ mothers convene to commemorate losses
- Have a heart: Learn about organ donations
- Bruins bring out top-notch play for rivalry game
- Authorities investigate whether waste delivery was a criminal act
- No stopping hem
Saturday, May 13
Friday, May 12
- Screen Scene: "Poseidon"
- Men’s track ready to jump into postseason
- Slate Refund enjoys some success
- Three upcoming series could be the charm for baseball
- Letters to the editor
- Broken boundaries
- Rituals pave the way to tourney
- First aid should still be first priority
- [Science and Health]: UCLA surgeons at forefront of newest medical technology trend: robots
- Editorial: On mother of holidays, show her you care
- Two new minors to stress community involvement
- Alumna falls from window in Chicago
- Shouts carry through night as results called
- International waters
- Women’s track aims for a full-team effort
- Academics in Athletics at UCLA: Tutors help student-athletes hit the books
- Professor honored as 100th research lecturer
- Win puts softball in good position
- UC may get more money in new state budget
- If women have the right to choose, men should have it too
- Screen Scene: "Just My Luck"
- Primary elections leave many positions open
- Editorial: Slates must now reach unaffiliated students
- Editorial Cartoon
- Hazardous delivery closes streets
Thursday, May 11
- Athletes’ health a top priority
- When each round is vital, top seed is trivial
- Athletics generates billions of dollars
- UC Merced graduates 3 in first ceremony
- Pole vaulter eager to reclaim record
- Softball looks for one more win to clinch Pac-10 title
- NCAA CHAMPIONS: Volleyball set up to continue success
- Senate proposal’s last shot this year
- [Online Exclusive]: Streets closed for hazardous material inspection
- Letters to the Editor
- Hip-hop off the top: The performers
- Keynote speakers to send off grads
- My super sweet bar mitzvah bash
- Slate Refund tactics break from council tradition
- Basketball player running for USAC commissioner position
- Refund more a bright light than a dark future
- Hip-hop off the top: The battle
- Family ties
- Editorial Cartoon
- Tennis prepares for NCAA tourneys: Women's team
- Tennis prepares for NCAA tourneys: Men's team
- Rowers pulling for nationals bid
- Elections need to be fun, not flat
Wednesday, May 10
- Letters to the editor
- Chancellor’s office hour won’t cut it
- Editorial cartoon
- Review: Gustave Klimt at LACMA
- Young’s latest album captures spirit of rock
- Making a millennium of music
- From the field to the classroom
- Fresh face in pitching rotation
- Editorial: Dynes isn’t the problem, he’s the solution
- Looking back at volleyball’s path to success
- Basketball should tune into ESPN for better TV exposure
- ‘Bruin News 29’ to not endorse an EVP candidate
- Gauchos slip past Bruins’ defense
- Made in Manhattan
- Reports don’t reflect spending
- Brutal comedy finally pops Bush’s bubble
- Small changes have big impact on season
- Continuing the undocumented journey
- Mastering hip-hop culture
- Research dollars recognized
Tuesday, May 9
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- Art Brut – “Bang Bang Rock & Roll”
- Tennis braces to serve up win
- [A Closer Look] Feature Photo: Celebrating American Indian Culture
- Facebook plays role in USAC campaigns
- [Academics in athletics at UCLA] Making the grade
- [SCIENCE&HEALTH] Osteopathy a new trend in medicine
- News show stalls endorsements
- Chavez knows how to advocate, lead
- Baseball hopes to draw momentum from Gauchos
- Candidates in USAC election disqualified
- [A Closer Look] An alternative view of education
- Students, governor discuss fees freeze
- Series sends students out into the reel world
- Youths must rally for peace
- Editorial cartoon
- Letters to the editor
- Bruins gone WILD
- [A Closer Look] Looking beyond cliches
- Slate Refund: freedom, choice
- Gnarls Barkley – “St. Elsewhere”
- Money drives college athletics
- Men’s golf accepts Pac-10 honors
- Bruins fail to garner first points at Pac-10
- Grandaddy – “Just Like The Fambly Cat”
Monday, May 8
- FEATURE PHOTO: Finding a reason to party in Pennsylvania
- INTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT: Cendana on the right track with platforms
- STUDENT WELFARE COMMISSIONER: Experience gives Jang realistic goals for tangible change
- FACILITIES COMMISSIONER: Zai’s well-roundedness fuels insight and reasonable goals
- PRESIDENT: Kaisey can keep USAC, students in touch
- How would a refund work?
- COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER: Malik is qualified, with clear goals she can put into action
- Jun back for Regional after spinal injury
- Cuban Connection
- Charges filed after interview
- Fear on TV easy as A-B-C
- FEATURE PHOTO: 'Aloha' becomes the word of the day
- An economic tradition
- Gonzalez secures the answer to his prayers
- MIT volleyball players go the distance to cheer Bruins to title
- FINANCIAL SUPPORTS COMMISSIONER: Doria will help student groups practice thriftiness
- GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES: Araabi, Price and Saucedo address student needs
- CAMPUS EVENTS COMISSIONER: Dehar the best choice for organizing student shindigs
- EXTERNAL VICE PRESIDENT: Park already familiar with ins, outs of job
- News show’s impartiality toward slates questioned
- Soccer tennis kicks off at LATC
- ‘Unbelievable’
- Ethnic studies maintains its appeal
- Softball shuts out both Oregon teams in series
- CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER: Caba has specific, feasible plans for cultural programs
- Editorial: Slate Refund shortsighted but carries valuable message
- WEEKEND REVIEW
- ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMISSIOINER: Schuster has realistic goals and the experience to back them up
- Virtual tour sweeps viewers off their feet
- True champs shine in the end
Saturday, May 6
Friday, May 5
- Bruins one away from the title
- For penny-pinchers, comic heroes save the day
- Passionate home crowd ready for UCLA
- Israel misrepresented
- SCREEN SCENE: "Mission: Impossible III"
- State senators can’t oust Dynes directly
- Kohlloeffel gets top seed in draw
- First chance on one man’s back
- Feature photo: Feeding the Bruins
- Irvine’s loss could become UCLA’s gain in finals
- Smokers must consider etiquette
- Ashe to listen to grad students
- Football players plead not guilty
- Events mislead, insult
- [Online Exclusive]: UCLA faces Penn State for NCAA Championship with a different look
- Classroom activity
- USAC campaign gets set
- Editorial: Celebration misses opportunity for dialogue
- Softball determined to finally come out on top in Oregon
- Candidates gather to debate campus issues
Thursday, May 4
- Protesters, politicians oppose swap of VA lands
- Men’s tennis team pleased with bracket as No. 10 seed
- Immigrants send aid home while forging futures abroad
- A modernist legacy
- FDA denies patients benefits of medical marijuana
- Celebration attempts to erase tragic history
- Bruin star returns as assistant coach
- Three senators want Dynes out of office
- Governor’s efforts to woo NFL misguided
- Women’s tennis to face Aztecs in 1st round of NCAA tourney
- SCREEN SCENE: "Art School Confidential"
- SCREEN SCENE: "The Proposition"
- Promiscuity may cure lust, but it can’t sustain love
- ANALYSIS: Blame shifts to UC president
- Community fights to retain space allotted for veteran use
- From setback to comeback
- Students celebrate Israel’s birthday
- NCAA semifinal an East-West Coast battle
- Not all students are real pirates
- Relief just around the corner for injured closer
Wednesday, May 3
- Israeli independence celebrated, debated
- Audits rehash past pay problems
- USAC Presidential Candidates: Troy Isaac
- Bringing a bit of French spirit
- Congress sputters out gas ‘solutions’
- Past UCLA, Olympic swim coach dies at 82
- REVIEW: 'The Black Rider'
- Desperate students: Look to sports
- Field of water bottles suggests bright future
- Israel, U.S. celebrate together
- Getting a second chance at the Final Four
- Editorial cartoon
- Students rally against sweatshops
- USAC Presidential Candidates: Lucero Chavez
- USAC Presidential Candidates: Marwa Kaisey
- Women’s water polo – great skills, great style
- Golf secures top seed at NCAA West Regional
- Bruins take over in continuation game
- Comics come alive
- USAC Presidential Candidates: Garin Hovannisian
- Editorial: Professor opinions should not be silenced
- [Online Exclusive]: Some state senators want the UC president out
Tuesday, May 2
- Students gather in protest
- Jumpers spring into the spotlight
- Coachella Continued
- SOUNDBITE: The Fiery Furnaces “Bitter Tea”
- Taking their stance to the streets
- UCLA cuts ’SC squad down to size
- Softball’s pitching lineup pivotal to team’s success
- Many downtowns hold L.A.’s heart
- Scientists discover double-helix nebula
- Quarter system punishes procrastinators
- Watch USC, but not for the wins
- Diary gives a face to HIV/AIDS battle
- Baseball loses steam at plate
- For Spring Sing band, rival voices share the stage
- Slates pass on spending cap
- Water polo out to preserve title
- Faulty product? Informing consumers the clear solution
Monday, May 1
- Pair of tough losses comes at inopportune time for Bruins
- Men’s track squeaks by USC in late win, 83-80
- WEEKEND REVIEW: Spring Sing
- Letters to the Editor
- Finding their way to the Final Four
- Feature Photo: How do you measure an evening at Spring Sing?
- Bruin depth dominates Trojans
- Consistent skill sustains softball’s top standings
- Women’s rowing takes back seat to No. 3 USC
- Editorial Cartoon
- George comes alive with game-leading 16 kills
- Three chosen in NFL Draft
- Joelson pulls upset to take first individual title
- Feature Photo: For the love of the books
- Fourth annual Coachella diary
- Kids’ TV looks fun ... from the outside
- Syracuse provost reportedly top pick
- Growing organic
- Students celebrate Israeli independence
- Four teams poised for NCAAs
- All Web content must be treated equal
- Students march in honor of Ugandan children
- Editorial: March will make migrants’ value known
- Men’s tennis copes with singles losses, doubles win
- Rallies to support immigrant rights

