University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Vice Prcsiilenl Al Goic. the Denioeratie candidate for the President of the Lhiited Slates, addresses his supporters, many of v honi were UCLA students, in Westwood Village. His eleventh hour stop lo the politically active city created a niob of support. SKOOO lfch ' t. ' j APAVIDt; WORLD PHOTOS Lynn Nishimura Lynn . ' ishimura Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush holds up a W during a campaign rally at Raymond Jones Stadium in Tampa. Florida on November 5. 2000. Florida turned out to be a key state in the decision for president. • Actors clap and hold signs up supporting the Gore-Lieberman team. A number of prominent enteilainment personalities such as Cher and Whoopi Goldberg were on hand promoting the Democratic campaign for the White House. • UCLA students cheer for the Goie campaign in Westwood Village. Many students took advantage of Gore ' s campaign stop in Westwood to experience the 2000 Presidential race firsthand. 28 EVENTS

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I i By Ashleigh Lonson Bruins and Cardinals reminded fans how great football can be The 2000 UCLA Homecoming game against the Stanford Carclinals was not a game that will soon be forgotten. Exciting quarter followed exciting quarter as the teams fought mercilessly for victon ' . Tnily there was not a fan in the crowd who could have asked for more excitement or anxiety than there was in this one football game. The game began with a touchdovvm by Stanford. Right from the beginning, it promised to be a nerve-racking but great three hours of football. Attendance was high as fans from both schools anticipated a fantastic p. 1 . 1,1 • 1 Roberto Reves Ang fight, and thev certamlv wen- ■ ,. . , ' 1 n 1 iV 1- Students, friends and alumni gather not disappointed. By nali-time, , . ,■,.■:. ,, Y 1 1 r together in support of the tootball Stanford was aliead of UCLA. p ,j, „ Fans quickly grabbed hot dogs binding traditions at UCLA. only escalated as the Bruins extended a six- point lead to 27-14 midway through the third quarter on Cor ' Pans ' pass to Mike Seidman, reported AP sports writer John Nadel in die post-game recount. Tv-pical of UCLA football this year, the decision came down to the fourth quarter. As the temperature dropped in the Rose Bowl, spectators hastily threw on sweatshirts and hats, because they weren ' t going anywhere. Cold as it was, enthusiasts had their eyes glued to the field and dieir hearts in their mouths as the clock counted down seconds in the last quarter of the game. Nadel went on to that, Pans, who 16 of 27 passes and nachos before they hurried back to their seats, unwilling to miss a minute of this decisive battle. Athletic supporters to the end, the Half- time Show sponsored by UCLA included a tribute to all of the UCLA athletes who competed in the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. Men and women of every sport, from Softball to track and field events, got a moment to revel in Bmin support as fans applauded and cheered their accomplishments as athletic representatives of UCLA and the U.S. at the world games. As the game resumed and the second half began, the crowd fired up for the rest of this nerve-racking confrontation. Enthusiastic fans went into overdrive as Bruin players moved closer and closer to actory. The excitement report completed with two interceptions, threw a 41-yard scoring pass to Freddie Mitchell with 6:58 remaining to give the Bruins the 37-28 lead, and as it turned out, enough points for the win. The victor ' was enough to qualify Bruins for a bowl game, despite our later disappointing losses we made to Texas to play in the Sun Bowl. Ending in a well fought victory for the Bmins, fans filed out of the Rose Bowl exc ited and relieved. The Stanford game had been a great one and UCLA students and supporters felt exliausted and ecstatic at the same time. Returning home, spectators and players alike felt the thrill of victory and the msh of having been a part of a great game in Bmin football history. HOMECOMING 27 i

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Uncenauity By Kevin Lee WlSlWBlin Extremely tense election day produces no clear winner APAVIDE WORLD PHOTOS Voting Americans wmting late into the night on Nov. 7, 2000 witnessed the most bizarre results to ever come about in recent presidential election histon ' . Before the final electoral college count came in, the two candidates, Al Gore and George W. Bush, were in astl ' different dispositions. Bush was relaxed, sitting comfortably in the Governor ' s Mansion in Te.xas alongside his wife and his parents, former President George Bush senior and Barbara Bush, watching the results toll in on the tele ision screen. On the East Coast, Al Gore was fervently making phone calls, trying to muster as many votes as possible in his favor. The final results came in around 2 a.m.: George W. Bush had won the electoral college vote. Yet this was only the beginning of a tumultuous series of events that will go dovvoi in the history hooks. Even though presidential candidate George W. Bush had technically won the election based on the electoral college, a few hours later, election officials from the state of Florida announced that diere would be a mandatory recount since Bush had won the state ' s popular ' ote by such a slim margin. Soon after, Al Gore ' s lawyers added to the fray bv bringing to the public ' s attention the Butterfly Ballots used in a number of Florida counties, which many Floridian voters considered excessively confusing due to its condensed and narrow layout. Bewildered voters punched the hole for the wrong candidate, or even punched two holes, which automatically disqualified their ballot. Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan recei ' ed a large number of votes on account of the mis- voting with the butterfly ballots. As a result, Gore ' s lawyers declared it in the interest of justice that Florida election officials recount the ballots by hand in order to remedy voters ' George W. Bush speaks to his supporters at the Family Arena in St. Charles in Missouri on Thursday, November 2, 2000. All around the nation, political excitment was in the air during the days before the election. mistakes. Chris Butcher, a third year euNdronmental studies student, did not agree in the efficacy of the hand recount. This whole Florida mess most likely wasted millions of taxpayers ' dollars and will sadly accomplish nothing but put Bush back again in the Presidential seat, commented Butcher On the other side. Bush ' s law) ' ers said a hand recount would be completely unfair, citing that while machines have preference of who no votes for whom, people doing the hand recounts do, thus removing the objectivity of die election process. The Itihmik (f Q av d reco Av is AV fdw beca A5e v esjer e ec OY em am eiecuon i j li j i i lawyers ( IW S St lStlC I demanded diat all hand- Y COm5 eV C e5, It 5e 5 a bad precedev for f A we e ec ov 5 - AaroKi Ma Political Science 4t(n bjear recounted ballots be thrown out. Aaron Ma, a fourth year political science student, also felt that the hand recount was unjust. I think the hand recount is unfair because in every election there are always statistical inconsistencies, said Ma. It sets a bad precedent for future elections. Toward the end of November, the Florida Supreme Court finally concluded that Bush had officially won Florida ' s majority vote. However, the Florida Supreme court then ordered a recount of over 40,000 undervotes, spurring Bush to appeal to die U.S. Supreme Court and causing the entire election process to again fall into uncharted waters of the legal system. It wasn ' t till the end middle of December before Gore conceded and Bush was declared the official winner of this rollercoaster election. ELECTION 29