Monday, 6/9/97 New palette of programs broadens arts studies ARTS: Changes reflect trend toward merging disciplines By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Staff From Michelangelo to Picasso, Mozart to Bob Marley and "Hello Dolly" to "Jesus Christ Superstar," it’s pretty much a given that art imitates life and social change. Read more...

Monday, 6/9/97 UCLA graduates thriving in not-so-menacing job market ARTS: Students find employment in entertainment industry, credit school for enhancing prospects By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff After four or more years in college, most arts majors have been tormented with the sarcastic question, "Oh, so you’re looking for a career in food service?" Yet, while they recognize the upcoming challenges the "real world" will present, many UCLA graduating seniors are tackling the job hunt head on. Read more...

Monday, 6/9/97 Defining a genre which defies all standards MUSIC: Meaning of ‘alternative rock’ has mutated since grunge broke in summer of 1991 By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Staff With the surge of "pop" music and the "death" of grunge, the world of "alternative" music is facing an identity crisis. Read more...

Thursday, 6/5/97 Titans of gangsta rap storm Billboard Live Comrads open for talented supergroup Westside Connection trio By Jeff Hilger Daily Bruin Contributor Ice Cube, W.C. Read more...

Thursday, 6/5/97 Summer Showcase ‘UCLA Festival ’97: 100 Independent Voices’ highlights student films, animated shorts and offers the UCLA community a chance to check out opportunities in the theater and film industries By Emily Forster and Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA film students are getting stressed out. Read more...

Thursday, 6/5/97 Pido brings Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ to Los Angeles Conductor hopes to replicate his previous successes with L.A. opera By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor Critics and opera fans agreed that L.A. Read more...

Thursday, 6/5/97 Photographer captures bygone images of American Southwest Fitch documents abandoned frontier ruins, saves memories of an era By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Somewhere, between tired truck stops and abandoned Southwestern shacks, a spirit breathes across America. Read more...