By Jammie Salagubang Daily Bruin Contributor Signs of Spring at UCLA: 1. People badly in need of tans decide to show off their pale appendages. 2. Read more...

Friday, May 1, 1998 Painting the town THEATER: Bob Fosse proteges, theater veterans and some new faces go back to the vaudeville tradition, rendering the ‘Chicago’ musical production a sleek, contemporary look By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Long-limbed dancers slink on stage, clad seductively but simply. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 O’Brien Q&A Q&A: Author reveals goals of novel, how he chose favorite athletes By Stanley L. Johnson Jr. Daily Bruin Staff In a recent interview with the Daily Bruin, Pat O’Brien discussed his new book "Talkin’ Sports: A B.S.-er’s Guide" and topics ranging from the importance of staying in school – as opposed to going directly into professional sports – to the UCLA Athletic Department’s student athletes. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Innovative program presents new view on current topics TV: Four-woman show tries to counteract trashy daytime programming By Teron Hide Daily Bruin Contributor Rushing into the conference room of the Century Plaza Hotel, two women skitter quickly through the door, gabbing and laughing. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Dysfunctional family at home on stage THEATER: ‘Islands and Avenues’ offers charming mix of cross dressers, unconscious bodies, general lunacy By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff A revealing novelist, her scatter-brained microbiologist brother and his narcoleptic, hiccuping wife. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Swayze gets back in driver’s seat with action thriller FILM: Star overcomes difficulty of broken legs, returns to work on adventure-laden ‘Black Dog’ By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Contributor Forever searching for new and different types of films, Patrick Swayze has a career that could be called diverse at best. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Electronic breakdown MUSIC: Now that the initial hype over DJ culture has subsided, artists of electronica, techno, dance look for credibility beyond music trends By Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Contributor Over the past year and a half, machine-generated music under the aliases "electronica," "dance" or "techno" has enjoyed overwhelming attention by both major record companies and media outlets. Read more...