Saturday, May 18

‘Gingerbread Man’ is sweetly sinister

Friday, January 23, 1998 ‘Gingerbread Man’ is sweetly sinister FILM: Kenneth Branagh lurks about Savannah in Grisham’s latest thriller By Kristi Nakamura Daily Bruin Contributor Something sinister creeps through the drizzly gray Southern streets, transforming a once innocent children’s rhyme into something darkly foreboding. Read more...


Screenscene

Friday, January 23, 1998 Screenscene FILM: "Oscar and Lucinda" Directed by Gillian Armstrong Starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett A period romance usually has three elements: 1. Read more...


‘O captain, my captain!’ – saluting rare teachers

Friday, January 23, 1998 ‘O captain, my captain!’ – saluting rare teachers COLUMN: Truly notable professors stimulate excitement, not drool It’s not very often that I look around during class to see awe-inspired faces and attentive nods at a wonderfully insightful and witty professor. Read more...


Beauty and the beads

Friday, January 23, 1998 Beauty and the beads ART: Beaded art serves practical, symbolic and aesthetic purposes in the Yoruba culture By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Contributor hey spark the glimmer in a pair of earrings, they can be strung together into an eye-catching necklace and sometimes they make the perfect accessory to that new outfit. Read more...


Rainforest Cafe in Vegas runs wild with tasty food

Friday, January 23, 1998 Rainforest Cafe in Vegas runs wild with tasty food RESTAURANT: Outlandish setting, spicy meals make dinner an exciting event By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the land of over-the-top tourist attractions and exhausted theme motifs comes the Rainforest Cafe, the newest restaurant chain to hit Las Vegas. Read more...


From acetylene to zinc, Beakman explains it all

Thursday, January 22, 1998 From acetylene to zinc, Beakman explains it all TELEVISION: Popular program proves to both children, adults that science is meant to be fun By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor To parents, it’s mucus. Read more...


Friends to Thien

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Friends to Thien FILM: The murder of UCLA graduate Thien Minh Ly prompted an outpouring of community support and a film, ‘Letters to Thien,’ that documents the emotion surrounding his life and the crime By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Our eyes roam across the brutally graphic details of front page headlines so often that we forget the victims involved even have names. Read more...