Thursday, 4/17/97 Let’s face reality Inner-city gang problems need action instead of an ‘Us-against-them’ mentality By Scott Lunceford Daily Bruin Staff In a fractured city, where the struggle to stop gang violence seems futile, 20-year-old Jeremy Estrada becomes an emblem of hope. Read more...

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Thursday, 4/17/97 Finding influences for ‘Time’s most influential’ Criteria for list include everything from jobs to political beliefs By Martin F. Nolan The Boston Globe Big blindfolds and hoping for blue chips, stockbrokers sometimes find success by hurling darts at the Big Board. Read more...

Thursday, 4/17/97 Just say off: Confessions of an ex-TV addict Video junkie learns just how much precious time, life can be wasted on televison One of these days, Alice, one of these days … The boob tube, the idiot box, the fertile loam of couch potatoes. Read more...

Wednesday, 4/16/97 A Menacing Cloud Shadows Humanity Eliminate negative biases reigning over society, embrace the differences of one human race Hate. Odd how some words possess so much meaning. Read more...

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Realizing impact of African Student Union After years of hatred, member finds himself fully supporting campus organization By Martin Swisher Harris At 1:30 a.m., beginning the most important essay that I have ever written doesn’t make much sense. Read more...

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...