Wednesday, May 6

News Briefs

Screening of film aims to stop hate The Interfraternity Council is sponsoring the showing of “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium,” with speaker and filmmaker Brent Scarpo. Read more...


Tours give Bruins-to-be the lowdown on UCLA

By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor Kathleen Sweeney, a third-year business economics student, pauses in front of Kerckhoff Coffeehouse.  “Look,” she announces to a quiet group of Orange Glen High School students from Escondido, Calif., “this campus coffeehouse is one of my favorite places to study “”mdash; it provides a great social buzz.” Sweeney is not just an overeager student volunteering her time to show prospective students around campus “”mdash; she works as a campus tour guide for UCLA’s Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools, and leads an average of two groups a week. Read more...


Students to vote to keep newspapers in the dorms

By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Reporter Newspapers like USA Today and the Wall Street Journal may become permanent fixtures in the resident halls. The On-Campus Housing Council on Tuesday approved a referendum to allow students to vote whether to continue the Newspaper Readership Program, which provides free newspapers, by raising housing fees by $7 annually. Read more...


Crime Watch

Petty theft Two wallets, two permits, one purse, one backpack and one cellular phone were stolen during this period, totalling losses of $395. Someone stole $60 from another person in Murphy Hall on Friday. Read more...


Administrators, faculty consider switch to the semester system

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter UCLA administrators and faculty are considering following a recent trend in public universities to move from quarters to semesters. The change would be costly and involve changing every course on campus, but administrators and faculty are willing to do this for what they say will improve the quality of education. Read more...


Construction on graduate housing may suffer delay

By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Reporter Graduate student commuters may not see relief anytime soon if housing construction is delayed as anticipated by housing officials. Phase Two of the construction of a new housing facility on Veteran and Weyburn Ave., to house 2,000 graduate students on the site of medical facility Warren Hall, is supposed to begin by Fall 2005. Read more...


Turnout of youth voters consistently low

  Daily Bruin File Photo Students visit Covel polling booths during 2000 presidential elections. By Crystal Betz and Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff With midterms barely over and finals fast-approaching, many UCLA students will not find the time to vote in today’s California primary election. Read more...