Thursday, March 13, 1997 PERFORMANCES: Center for Performing Arts presents a melange of music, dance By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Contributor As students reluctantly enter 10th week, they often find themselves searching for just one more distraction before the stress of finals. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 SURVEY: Voters mostly agree with critics’ picks for Academy Awards By Emily Forster Daily Bruin Senior Staff Given their own chance to vote for Academy Awards through the Daily Bruin Online Oscar Poll, UCLA students primarily opt for the same films that critics predict members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will choose. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 THEATER: In its 12th year, S.T.A.G.E. continues with a toast to Cole PorterBy Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor In 1984, when director David Galligan was asked to produce a charity benefit for a strange virus attacking gay men, he accepted, thinking it would be a one-time event and a chance to gain more experience as a director. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 With Miramax’s Little Big Movie ‘The English Patient’ poised to sweep, is it a case of Hollywood going Indie or an Indie gone Hollywood?The glitz-fest that is the Academy Awards has fallen into one of two types in the ’90s: first, there are the years where one juggernaut emerges and takes every award (think of Spielberg’s Schindler Sweep) or a year where everything is so bland that no front runner makes itself known early on (like last year’s lackluster collection of films). Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 THEATER: Fun musical carries message of pride to disadvantaged youthBy Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Think of playwright Dorothy Nichols as everyone’s favorite kindergarten teacher: bright-eyed and perky, always with something positive to say. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 OSCARS: Academy members break the silence about the ins and outs of the voting processBy Esther Hui Daily Bruin Contributor It is a mystery. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 Hitting the Poll Results of the Daily Bruin Online Oscar Poll, which ran from Feb. 28 to March 8, reveal the voters’ favorites to win Academy Awards. Read more...