Feature on Kobe Bryant

Michael Jordan
His Airness dances on the opposition... Michael Jordan delighted audiences with his aerial ballet during the regular season, but in the NBA Finals stepped all over Utah's title hopes once he put on his Jazz shoes.

And now, Deep Thoughts...

by Jack Handey

"Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that's my point."

So I've graduated and gone to work at Oracle... Working life is definitely different, but I've been keeping myself busy with an all-around curriculum.
To know me is to know that I love basketball; especially NBA basketball. As an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley who was transplanted from the Los Angeles area, it was difficult to stay on top of the Lakers. So for those Lakers fans thirsting for more or just for some at all, try ESPNet Sportszone. And from my "Other Links" page, you can read today's Los Angeles Times (click the pictures above). And if Sportszone's scoreboard is hosed, there exists another...
As an EECS Computer Science major, I've known countless all-nighters and long-nighters. Sometimes I reminisce and work late at Oracle too. Funny how working folks feel they have to go home and eat each day.

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Since 1988, I've held the Los Angeles Lakers close to my heart... They haven't won a championship since thanks to my charm. Check out their current roster. Watch out for these two guys in the next decade:


Nick Van Exel

"Nick the Quick" led the upstart Lakers past the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the 1995 NBA Playoffs (3-1). The Lakers lost the first game of the series at Seattle, but Van Exel played all 48 minutes in each of the next three games--all Laker victories. Coincidence? I don't think so. Nick, the heart and soul of the Lake Show, now points the way for what has been dubbed Showtime II, starring Nick, Shaq, Eddie, and company. Look out for his Reebok commercials and his forearm shove.

Eddie Jones

One of the most athletic players in the NBA, he was voted to the 1995 NBA All-Rookie Team. He also was named MVP of the Rookie Game in February 1995 at Phoenix after he scored 25 points and had 6 steals.

In 1995-96, Eddie improved his all-around game, sparkling on defense in particular. Not that he didn't electrify crowds with his dunks. The 1996-97 season has seen EJ become an All-Star. Exhibiting versatility at shooting guard and small forward, Eddie has bombed opponents with his threes and victimized them with his steals. Look for Eddie to be a mainstay in Los Angeles. But try not to confuse him with Kobe Bryant on the court. Just stay alert, that's all...

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Our still candid soul,
Walking with timid step,
Has not as yet encountered
The edge of the abyss
Into which one so often slips
In these corrupt times.
I've not yet raised
To my innocent lips
The cup of pleasure
From which amorous souls
Drink their fill.
 ----- Cezanne -----

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ALPHA PHI OMEGA

Alex M. Lewandowski Pledge Class of Fall 1994

During the Fall 1994 semester, I pledged Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity founded upon the principles and ideals of the Boy Scouts of America way back in 1925 by Frank Reed Horton. Our Cardinal Priciples are LEADERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, and SERVICE. (I had to know this stuff for the pledge test.) Pledging consumed a considerable chunk of my time in the Fall of 1994, but I feel that it has been worth it. I wanted to meet people of noble ambitions and friendly dispositions while working together to be a positive force in the community.

I wasn't able to spend as much time as I would have liked with APO in my eighth and final semester, but I had a significant project load. Just so everyone knows, I even missed a Warriors home game versus the Lakers so I could work on a project. Fortunately, I don't let this missed opportunity eat away at my soul and transform my dreams into horrid, nightmarish reminders of what could have been.

UCSEE

 I was a member of UCSEE's Online/Computer Committee, and we were working on putting exams online as well as maintaining and revising the UCSEE WWW server.

Browse the UCSEE Home Page.

Oracle Corporation

So this is where I ended up after graduation. I'm part of the Internet Applications Server Division doing Quality Assurance.

Tandem Computers

Thanks to the EECS department, I was able to land a summer internship position with Tandem Computers down in Cupertino, California. I was working in the Hardware Reliability Group.
In the summer of 1996, I worked in Software Development, or Systems Software Tools. I'm not sure of the exact name of the group because no one else was too sure, either. In any case, I wrote a Disk Space Management/Notification Tool to run specifically on Tandem's internal operating system. I pretty much finished writing the code, but I regret that I was not able to finish documenting as thoroughly as I had hoped. And I wanted to add a couple more embellishments to the code. And I wanted to test it a lot more...

I may be reached at:
kevinjeu@uclink.berkeley.edu
kjeu@csua.berkeley.edu

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