Wednesday, 5/28/97 Social currents drowned disco Interpretation of past styles reveals much about present-day values If you hung around for Memorial Day weekend, you were probably so barraged by the onslaught of "totally ’80s weekends" that you covered your face with Clearasil and asked your parents to drop you off at the mall. Read more...

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Five ZBT members take hiatus from busy lives through band Musical hobby offers group relief from hectic school schedules By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff With schedules that go far beyond the realms of sanity, five Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity brothers barely have time to party, much less create any kind of art. Read more...

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Out of the shadows Boasting a publicity campaign rivaling Hollywood movies, ‘Ragtime,’ which opens in June, hopes to reach wider audiences with its message of tolerance and optimism By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Ragtime," it appears, would very much like to be the Musical of the Century. Read more...

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Seniors explore, display individuality in festival Personal pieces focus on issues such as environment, gender By Kristi Nakamura Daily Bruin Contributor In a matter of moments, Maile Collmer is transformed from a stressed graduating senior into a vibrant red-costumed wave of energy and movement. Read more...

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Soundbites Toad the Wet Sprocket "Coil" (Columbia) Toad has always assured music listeners that, with them, you will get no genre-of-the-moment imitations or experimentation. Read more...

Tuesday, 5/27/97 By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff s the end of the 1996-97 school year approaches, it is time to celebrate a time-honored tradition. No, it’s not Memorial Day Weekend. Read more...

Tuesday, 5/27/97 The "Too Cool for Orange County" category inspired many creative write-ins, including "Hard Core Porn," "Ebonics," and "Juan Garcia," but the winner went to one of TV’s most enduring familial units, "The Simpsons" (this puts to rest a long raging debate: Springfield is in fact cooler than Orange County). Read more...