Friday, 4/18/97 Donning the mask of illusion Hope, created in mind, deceives by providing false impression of reality By Dave Yu Daily Bruin Columnist I used to take a stroll with Hope regularly. Read more...

Thursday, 4/17/97 Just say off: Confessions of an ex-TV addict Video junkie learns just how much precious time, life can be wasted on televison One of these days, Alice, one of these days … The boob tube, the idiot box, the fertile loam of couch potatoes. Read more...

Thursday, 4/17/97 Let’s face reality Inner-city gang problems need action instead of an ‘Us-against-them’ mentality By Scott Lunceford Daily Bruin Staff In a fractured city, where the struggle to stop gang violence seems futile, 20-year-old Jeremy Estrada becomes an emblem of hope. Read more...

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Thursday, 4/17/97 Finding influences for ‘Time’s most influential’ Criteria for list include everything from jobs to political beliefs By Martin F. Nolan The Boston Globe Big blindfolds and hoping for blue chips, stockbrokers sometimes find success by hurling darts at the Big Board. Read more...

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Lohmann head by Robert P. Lohmann New York Times When I was studying Japanese in San Francisco, I wondered what they did in Japan for Ohanami, the spring festival that takes place with the flowering of the cherry trees. Read more...

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Black Nationalism promotes concept of racial solidarity Common experience of racism fosters sense of a shared identity He believe that our communities must be the sources of their own strength politically, economically, intellectually and culturally in the struggle for human rights and dignity … The Afro-American community must accept the responsibility for regaining our people who have lost their place in society … (We) must be prepared to help each other in all ways possible … Afro-Americans must unite and work together. Read more...