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...

Tuesday, 4/15/97 Thanks to Robinson, a new fan is born First man to break baseball’s color barrier inspires writer To be completely honest, growing up, the one sport I thoroughly hated was baseball. Read more...

Tuesday, 4/15/97 Letters to the Editor The line drawn I’m writing in response to Stanley L. Johnson Jr.’s April 9 article. I’d like to say that I agree with Johnson’s review and commend him for taking a stand against Todd Smith’s thoughts. Read more...

Monday, 4/14/97 Students should appreciate, play sport of soccer Internationally loved activity deserves more attention in United States By Kathy Adibi I can’t tell you how happy I was to find an article on the wonderful sport of soccer in the Daily Bruin Sports section today (April 3). Read more...

Monday, 4/14/97 ASUCLA heads operate without a body Student government breaches faith by issuing cost increases before consulting all of its members ASUCLA’s student and career leaders have gagged the student body, but not before shoving a horse pill – in the form of a $43.50 annual fee increase – down its throat. Read more...

Monday, 4/14/97 Letters Prop. 209 fairness The recent un-injunction of Proposition 209 will make a big impact on campus. According to Tom Lifka, "Any program or organization that receives any kind of university or public funding … and has some sort of ethnic, racial or gender dimension to it may possibly be scrutinized." Besides the obvious targets, like women’s studies, all the ethnic study programs, admission processes and cultural clubs, a lot of other programs should also be affected. Read more...