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BOOK INFORMATION   Title: Stickin’: The Case for Loyalty Author: James Carville Publisher: Simon & Schuster Price: $16.95 Rating: 6 Original by ADAM BROWN/Daily Bruin Web Adaptation by MONICA KWONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Contributor Loyalty has received a bad wrap lately. Read more...

  LISA WAHLANDER Coordinating producer Nikki Webster interviews Robert Magee, a fourth-year electrical engineering student at UCLA. Participants were interviewed only after they passed a written test. Read more...

  Illustration by RACHEL REILICH/Daily Bruin By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Senior Staff Getting reservations at a restaurant seems simple, but for some it’s cutthroat competition. Read more...

  Ballantine Books Terry Brooks revives his Shannara’ series. By Leila Mobayen Daily Bruin Contributor For die-hard fans of fantasy/non-fiction writing, the 1977 release of “The Sword of Shannara,” written by Terry Brooks, marked the beginning of a new era. Read more...

  MEST "Wasting Time" Mest “Wasting Time” Maverick Records Mest has emerged on the punk scene, sounding perilously close to Green Day, wailing on about love in a fashion that is part Sid and Nancy and part junior high. Read more...

  Illustration by JENNY YURSHANSKY/Daily Bruin By Emilia Hwang Daily Bruin Senior Staff Instant bands and manufactured singing sensations will inevitably disfigure the face of U.S. Read more...