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...

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...

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...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 ‘Sex, Drugs and Democracy’ exposes Holland’s alternative FILM: Nation has legalized some drugs, prostitution, porn to help regulate problems, educate By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff While our government is still arguing over the best ways to fight the apparent drug problem, teenage pregnancy and abortion rates in the United States, another country is basking in what it feels is a solution to those very same goals. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Two guitar players strum their stuff MUSIC: Different styles, same quality standards lead to great joint sound By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin contributor Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco: two names that link separate worlds of music. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Meet documentarian in real life and through his movies FILM: Albert Maysles series to feature direct cinema, panel, workshop By William Li Daily Bruin Contributor No scripts. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Ex-con Socrates ponders life in new Mosley novel BOOK: Poignant series of vignettes bare insight to truths of urban living By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s hard to imagine spending 27 years in prison, then being released onto the streets of Watts to make a living foraging for aluminum cans. Read more...