Story archive for January 2008
Friday, Feb. 1
- Bruins seek challenge in LMU
- ‘Truth’ of TV hard to swallow
- Select members of women’s track traveling north for invite
- Swim and dive team braces for home meet against Cal, Stanford
- Men’s track and field to compete in Seattle this weekend
- Letters to the Editor
Thursday, Jan. 31
- Rooting for Giants upset or Patriots win?
- Rooting for Giants upset or Patriots win?
- Despite unfamiliar play, Bruins bring home win
- Women’s tennis not dampened by rains
- Students speak out across nation
- Old-school sneakers kick up a new trend
- Endorsers may influence elections
- Wildcats changing directions
- Obama shows ability to unite U.S.
- Voting Democratic bad for your health
- Bruins want to break the zone
- Clinton ready to make change reality
- Paper ballots return to voting system
- Making it to the main stage
- Q&A with Spencer Soo
- Iraq war affirmed U.S. power, so will Romney
- Unrivaled
- Women’s basketball team heading to Bay Area to take on No. 10 Cal and No. 7 Stanford
- With Arizona teams missing expectations, Bruins have clear shot at winning
- Republican candidates offer solid solutions to illegal immigration
- Sound design student’s electronic band sails to success
Wednesday, Jan. 30
- Correction: Candidate at a glance: Barack Obama
- Record numbers apply to UC
- Local hangouts raise the bar
- Diversity may decide primaries
- Westwood victim to recent crimes
- Former student union director to leave for N.C.
- GSA vice president resigns
- Senate assesses college funds
- Dukakis discusses Super Tuesday processes
- Poll seeks to boost turnout, awareness
- Key players back on court
- Walk-on QB to transfer
- Men’s golf disappoints
- Bruins to battle Cal Baptist
- Tennis rolls in season opener
- Discussion of global warming heats up
- Ultrafine particles in emissions found to cause heart disease
- New UC study provides insight into possible effects of hazardous chemicals
- Songs of the sultry
- Bush's address delivers long-awaited truths
- ‘Psych’ co-star reflects on career
- Editorial: Can new bill really stop underage drinking?
- Letters to the Editor
- Theater Review: "The Color Purple"
- Looking beyond the loss of Ledger
- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: AT A GLANCE
- Editorial Cartoon
Tuesday, Jan. 29
- A weekend of rain and rugby
- Women’s team braces for the Bay
- Harsh start to spring for men’s golf
- Several Bruins see success beyond L.A.
- Bush delivers last address
- Oblique air photos on display in Bunche
- Programming a learning process
- Bill raises underage drinking penalties
- Drawing from experience
- The Getty offers UCLA community more than art
- Paying kids to study won’t pay off
- Soundbite: Cat Power
- UCLA tests BruinAlert messaging
- Letter to the Editor
- Film preservationist wins award
- Benefits of sex extend beyond the bedposts
- Can pop-culture icons infiltrate alternate genres?
- MPAA admits error in illegal downloads
- Editorial Cartoon
- Gift grants law school a center on climate change
Monday, Jan. 28
- Love, Collison lead Bruins in Oregon
- Guard just getting started
- Tough defense delivers UCLA victory
- Adapting, volleyball turns out victory in Malibu
- Mata-Real’s return dispels health doubts
- Gymnasts win despite injury
- Water polo sweeps tournament games
- ‘Concerts for Cash’ under scrutiny
- Increase care for troubled students
- Young voters cast as major players in upcoming elections
- Student marketers aid corporations
- Concessions prices too high for hungry fans
- Experts discuss race, disenfranchisement
- ASUCLA votes to boost meal coupons, relocate post office
- Undercover with the pros
- Weekend Review: “Drought and Rain Vol. 2”
- Focus on music, not school led to creation of synth record
- Sound design creates new forums
- Uncle Sam wants high school dropouts
- Editorial: Loveless Oregon crosses the line
- Letter to the Editor
- Week in Photos
Friday, Jan. 25
- Survey covers parents’ help
- Students discuss effects of war
- Close election to divide votes
- Candidates at a Glance: MITT ROMNEY
- On-campus CPR certification offered
- Bruins rally late in hostile territory
- UCLA gets gutsy in Oregon
- Defense fuels second-half comeback
- Volleyball comes off ’SC loss to face No. 2 Waves
- Bruins overcome injuries, foul trouble
- Defying the documentary
- Classes a priority? Not with this enrollment
- A vegetarian dish if you're no fan of tofu
- Editorial: UC should keep its promises to students
- Editorial: F is for free so beware of fake FAFSA site
- Bruin Live reinvents ‘Alice’
- Screen Scene: "27 Dresses"
- Letters to the Editor
- Water polo focuses on the season ahead rather than past successes
Thursday, Jan. 24
- YouTube makes hot venue for amateur artists
- UC loses $40 million lawsuit
- Faculty donors lean liberal
- UC considers methods to raise affordability
- Plan in motion to institute proposed business minor
- Water polo remains goal-oriented
- Extra Points: UCLA football is now back in play
- Close match falls to Trojans
- Games in Oregon to test Bruins’ resolve
- Women’s basketball hopes to improve ranking
- Peace movements
- Refuge should be priceless
- Latest anti-terrorism bill bound to be another homegrown dud
- Letter to the Editor
- Culinary Connoisseur: Piccomolo
- Law school alumna explores plight of Iraqi refugee
Wednesday, Jan. 23
- Baseball No. 1 in preseason poll
- Keyes balances fatherhood with football
- Olson eager for next year
- Men’s volleyball shifts focus to own play before facing USC, Pepperdine
- Love readies for harsh homecoming
- Bruin taken No. 1 in MLS draft
- Rose appoints new USAC officials
- Journalism faces budget cuts
- Directors Guild strikes a deal
- GSA seeks to fight increased student fees
- Metro discusses plans to expand in Westside Corridor
- Merced campus exemplifies UC goals for sustainability
- Oratorical contest to honor Dr. King, promote social change
- Convergence makes headlines for collegiate publications
- As advertising moves online, campus papers suffer revenue losses
- Ours is fittest of rec centers
- Thinking outside the punchlines
- Editorial: L.A. needs to rev up public transport
- Editorial: All students should register for BruinAlert
- Los Angeles Electric 8 strikes a new chord
- Housing an uphill process
- Theater Review: "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
- Letter to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Oscars may atone for Globes’ faults
Tuesday, Jan. 22
- Students march in MLK Jr. parade
- High-scoring ‘Scrabulous’ threatened
- Dems speak close to home
- In a crisis – your money or your life?
- Graduate students reap benefits of $6 million grant
- After O’Brien, college renovates administration, divides up power
- Culture night depicts Vietnam War
- Jewish sorority to be initiated
- Project to louden student voice
- Norm Chow joins Neuheisel’s coaching staff
- Trojans end Bruins’ shot at undefeated Pac-10 record
- No. 4 volleyball splits weekend games, suffers lack of itensity
- What happened to UCLA’s bread-and-butter defense?
- Loss exposes some weaknesses
- Mayo leads second-half Trojan charge
- A chance at Slamdance
- Attempt at second-half comeback a little too late
- Don’t let breakups break your spirits – love the single life
- Weekend Review: “Tristan Und Isolde”
- Men’s track strong in indoor opener
- Smaller-than-life site picks up
- Bruins dominate quad meet
- Week in Photos: January 14 - 20
- She may be toxic, but she isn’t dead yet
- Zalameda wins singles, doubles at national tournament
- Editorial Cartoon
Friday, Jan. 18
- Speeches, workshops honor Black Panthers killed in ’69
- Regents table fee hike issue
- Row, row, row your concrete canoe
- Registrar evaluates priority enrolling
- Design students explore mixed media in ‘UNDER_’
- Crosstown rise and fall
- Them’s fightin’ words, Floyd
- Of Love, Mayo and ... Westbrook?
- Finnish native Tukiainen’s adjustments lead to more complete game
- Senior standout Pluimer steps up for new role
- Hoping to end three-year rivalry drought
- Music to live off
- Women’s indoor season begins
- Forever a Bruin in every single way
- ’20s blues hits stage
- Snuggle up with a friend in the Den
- Put a lid on bad campus coffee
- Series honors film
- Editorial: Proposed budget cuts cut too close to the bone
- Distance team heading north
- Letters to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Gymnastics expects to dominate in Fullerton
- It’s raining Internet celebrities
- Divers to face challenge in paradise
- Screen Scene: "Mad Money"
- Screen Scene: “Cloverfield”
Thursday, Jan. 17
- Theater productions open to more students
- Korean Craze
- Nyles Lannon unplugged
- Regents discuss fee raises
- Program offers sports to disabled
- Obama answers panel about fiscal policies
- Researchers discover protein that may prevent spread of HIV
- No Child Left Behind is ineffective, book says
- News Brief: Event to honor Black Panthers slain on campus
- After a miss, this team’s on the upswing
- Looking for key players, strong leaders
- Scrappy UCSD team may prove tough match
- Jackie Robinson Stadium’s new surface ready for play
- Band of runners to race in LA Marathon
- SPORTS BRIEF: UCLA to fans: Don’t bug Wooden during games
- My professor isn’t a robot, but he lectures like one
- Primary goal: take some time to teach yourself how to vote
- Obama takes a bipartisan approach – for the people
Wednesday, Jan. 16
- External vice president resigns
- Med school takes heart
- Slates compare platforms, progress
- Campus group studies sustainable energy
- ASUCLA board adds magazine
- Scientists find new genetic link to autism
- Studies test effectiveness of treatment options
- UCLA Extension program opens doors for students with developmental disabilities
- Norm Chow fired by Titans
- Give Bush a break, for Gulf’s sake
- Teo earns three golds for Singapore at Asian games
- Q&A with skateboarder Rodney Mullen
- American Apparel has some dirty laundry
- Bush’s educational reforms leave many school districts behind
- USAC’s midterm progress laudable
- Playing together, staying together
- Letters to the Editor
- Theater Review: "Edge"
- Former, current UCLA musicians to battle it out
- Movie anti-hype has hidden potential
- Editorial Cartoon
Tuesday, Jan. 15
- Calif. primary gains clout
- USAC commissioners’ progress reexamined
- Pages of Facebook can be a good read
- Housing begins planning for expansion on the Hill
- Week explores South Asian heritage
- Building commitment
- Confessions of a Gator hater
- UCLA’s gymnasts back in fine form
- Love wins second Pac-10 Player of Week title
- Tapping into a lost craft
- Bend rules to win the game of love
- Soundbite: Wu-Tang Clan
- Never mind multitasking – do one thing at a time and do it well
- Deacon transcends labels
- USAC should preserve, not divide, safe spaces
- Philosophy behind art should not replace skill
- Editorial Cartoon
Monday, Jan. 14
- Younger Clinton talks to students
- Council members evaluate own progress
- USAC needs to find a new face
- ORL blends academics with housing
- Event exploring Writers Guild of America strike held on campus
- Former governors talk shop
- ASUCLA launches ‘Core Values’ marketing
- Defense stops No. 4 WSU
- Bambi, Baby Gap and boxing out
- Women’s team blows out Cougars on the road
- Despite position changes, men’s volleyball still winning
- Love bulldozes Baynes, finesses his way to career day
- Bruins get early spark, protect their lead
- America’s next top TV genre
- Weekend Review: "Anything"
- Storytelling takes a new form
- Listeners may soon face the album’s final tracks
- Real IDs may equal real privacy issues
- Editorial: Suspension of Prop. 98 suspends education
- Editorial: Speak out against fee hikes and budget cuts
- Understand what change you want
- Letter to the Editor
- Editorial Cartoon
- Week in Photos: January 7 - 13
Friday, Jan. 11
- Victorious Bruins look to Saturday
- Collison suffers another injury
- Triumph over Washington first in three years
- Volleyball to face rising Cardinal in home match
- Mbah a Moute scores 17 on unsuspecting Huskies
- Swim team signs 3 to round out 2008 class
- Cheney, DiMartino to join US national team in China
- Regents face budget cuts
- ‘Conspiracy’ blog not just theory
- Students have ballot options
- GOP candidates debate issues in South Carolina
- A (pre-)professional family
- Internships provide a competitive upper hand
- The Getty visits classic Mexico
- Open to interpretation
- Treat it right, and tofu’s soy delicious
- Work for those who work for UCLA
- Screen Scene: "The Great Debaters"
- Editorial: Voting is easy for students, so do it
- Letters to the Editor
- Screen Scene: "There Will Be Blood"
Thursday, Jan. 10
- Trendspotting with A&E: What's in and what's out for 2008
- From listening party to stage
- Council seeks replacement
- Students resolve to get out more in 2008
- ORL looking for new RAs
- Database breach investigation ongoing
- Volunteers help maintain UCLA’s botanical garden
- Empty frat house a pesty presence for neighbors on Gayley
- Bruins continue Pac-10 play
- Volleyball players vie for starting positions
- Women head to Northwest for road games
- New quarterback may be in UCLA’s future
- Consider competence – don’t vote for George W. Obama
- Early-bird primaries and caucuses get the worm but undermine democracy
- Minor clashes with Iran should not lead to war
- Letters to the Editor
Wednesday, Jan. 9
- Fees may increase
- Unexpected results stun students
- Education act faces criticism
- House mothers supervise, manage sororities
- Sororities keep up conventions
- Catering companies feed frats
- Neuheisel shines in first press conference
- Young players compete for time
- Bruins look to bench depth after key injury
- Overzealous fans create riot trend
- Money on the line
- Culinary Connoisseur: Socko's Subs
- Poetry reading will mix words, electronic music
- When illness strikes, rest
- Shorter Globes puts focus back on films
- Editorial: Budget cuts would hurt California’s universities
- UCLA Athletics shouldn’t advertise by phone
- Letters to the Editor
Tuesday, Jan. 8
- UCPD will be moving on up
- Former Bruin shot by police
- Cultural groups on campus unite, divide
- You better back that thing up – your hard drive, that is of course
- Tigers’ win shows strength of SEC
- Neuheisel names new offensive line coach
- Collison delighted to be free from leg brace
- Philosophical fables
- This new year, find new ways to explore
- Candidates are paying attention to us
- Soundbite: Rivers Cuomo
- Letter to the Editor
- Simple ways for students to make the new year truly new
- Editorial Cartoon
Monday, Jan. 7
- Sajan resigns in face of forgery scandal
- Campaigning in Iowa
- Award shows suffer as strike drags on
- Dance marathon’s growth needs a plan
- Bruins sweep into Pac-10 play
- Early conference wins make clear statement
- Overtime spells defeat for women’s basketball team
- Men’s volleyball goes 2-1 in Hawaii invitational, falling to No. 4 Penn State
- Intense ball pressure reduces Cal’s top scoring threats
- Bruins surprise No. 3 Stanford
- Would-be engineer shifts gears to acting
- Photos show off AIDS activism
- An impromptu hike through Baja and mind
- Stop relying on professor ratings
- Editorial: Alcohol policies need revisions in emergencies
- Don’t let proposal redesign California politics
- Looking to get involved? Branch out to the environment
- Bruins break into game with 13-2 run to start
- Weekend Review: The Mars Volta – New Years Eve Celebration
- Editorial Cartoon

