Friday, April 24, 1998 People’s choice MUSIC: The Alexander String Quartet lets the audience decide each program’s repetoire By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin Contributor "Choose Your Own Adventures" aren’t just for books anymore. Read more...

Friday, April 24, 1998 Screenscene "The Big Hit" Directed by Che-Kirk Wong Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips and China Chow If "Starship Troopers" and "Wild Things" introduced the witty, tongue-in-cheek thriller as a genre, "The Big Hit" seals its place in Hollywood. Read more...

Friday, April 24, 1998 New events spice of life at book fair BOOKS: Additions add flair to past favorites, seek to unite community By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Contributor They put us to bed as little children and stimulate our minds as adults. Read more...

Thursday, April 23, 1998 Columnist doesn’t play in politicians’ tricky games BOOK: Molly Ivins keeps remarks fair on ‘Rodney Dangerfield of presidents’ By J. Jioni Palmer Daily Bruin Senior Staff Reading "You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years," by Molly Ivins feels like riding shotgun in a rickety pickup truck barreling down a curvaceous back-country road. Read more...

Thursday, April 23, 1998 ‘Sliding doors’ explores road not taken FILM: Movie’s inventive twist on chance decisions makes experience unique By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff Everything in life is accidental. Read more...

Thursday, April 23, 1998 Trovatore OPERA: Stephen Lawless’ new staging of Verdi’s work involves more ballet, fewer curtain drops and a new sense of direction By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor It’s been 29 years since Los Angeles saw "Il Trovatore." But that will change when the L.A. Read more...

Wednesday, April 22, 1998 Breaking out the ashtray MUSIC: The Din Pedals aim to clear the smoky haze of one-hit wonders on the radio with their emotionally driven single and album By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff Upon entering the living quarters of on-the-rise alternative band the Din Pedals, one can’t avoid the notion that this dimly-lit quasi-studio screams rock ‘n’ roll. Read more...