Thursday, January 22, 1998 ‘Sex, Drugs and Democracy’ exposes Holland’s alternative FILM: Nation has legalized some drugs, prostitution, porn to help regulate problems, educate By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff While our government is still arguing over the best ways to fight the apparent drug problem, teenage pregnancy and abortion rates in the United States, another country is basking in what it feels is a solution to those very same goals. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Two guitar players strum their stuff MUSIC: Different styles, same quality standards lead to great joint sound By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin contributor Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco: two names that link separate worlds of music. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Meet documentarian in real life and through his movies FILM: Albert Maysles series to feature direct cinema, panel, workshop By William Li Daily Bruin Contributor No scripts. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Ex-con Socrates ponders life in new Mosley novel BOOK: Poignant series of vignettes bare insight to truths of urban living By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s hard to imagine spending 27 years in prison, then being released onto the streets of Watts to make a living foraging for aluminum cans. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 From acetylene to zinc, Beakman explains it all TELEVISION: Popular program proves to both children, adults that science is meant to be fun By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor To parents, it’s mucus. Read more...

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Friends to Thien FILM: The murder of UCLA graduate Thien Minh Ly prompted an outpouring of community support and a film, ‘Letters to Thien,’ that documents the emotion surrounding his life and the crime By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Our eyes roam across the brutally graphic details of front page headlines so often that we forget the victims involved even have names. Read more...

Wednesday, January 21, 1998 A & E Briefs FILM Comic book signing On Saturday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., independent film writer/director Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Mallrats" and "Chasing Amy") and artist Jim Mahfood will be at the Golden Apple comic book megastore on Melrose Avenue. Read more...