Monday, October 5, 1998 Improvisational troupe can still pull off winner COMEDY: Despite certain skits dragging on, actors worked to pack in humor By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Groundling Roy Jenkins on disposable chopsticks: "It’s like baseball cards. Read more...

Monday, October 5, 1998 Caffe Paradiso authenticates home-style Italian cuisine FOOD: Personable family ambiance enhances taste of Mediterranean dining By Laura Noguera Daily Bruin Contributor It’s not a happening, loud environment and it does not have as many tables as the Cheers restaurant. Read more...

Monday, October 5, 1998 Soundbites Rialto, "Rialto" (China Records) Just by looking at the glammed up pretty boys on the album cover, you could easily get the impression that Rialto is another in a long line of bland British bands trying to milk off the success of such influential stalwarts as Pulp and Suede. Read more...

Friday, October 2, 1998 A bicycle. Built for view ON-CAMPUS: The history of the original horseless carriage is on display at the Fowler Museum By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Staff Computers and bicycles may not seem like kindred spirits in the product world, but Pryor Dodge, guest curator of "Bicycles: History, Beauty, Fantasy," a traveling exhibit opening at the Fowler Museum on Sunday, begs to differ. Read more...

Friday, October 2, 1998 September Concert Reviews Crystal Method Shrine Auditorium Sept. 26, 1998 The spinning rainbow of lights gradually cooled down to an eerie blue and white flicker in the sky, and then the Crystal Method started playing this even stranger interlude: creepy acoustoelectric murmurs lurching up and down the ears. Read more...

Friday, October 2, 1998 UCLA archive series honors versatile, little-known actor FILM: Paul Robeson pushed for African Americans’ rights on and offscreen in 1930s By Ash Steffy Daily Bruin Contributor He was one of the quintessential geniuses in U.S. Read more...

Friday, October 2, 1998 Society OKs violence in ‘Titanic’ but blushes at nudity in film COLUMN: Society should confront sexual phobia, not glamorize violence "Titanic" thus far has managed to gross over $1.2 billion at the box office, and that’s not even counting the massive profits from videos, books, T-shirts and any other assorted crap upon which you can affix Leonardo DiCaprio’s now-famous face. Read more...