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...
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March 5, 9:00 pm
Tours give Bruins-to-be the lowdown on UCLA
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March 4, 9:00 pm
1927 grad among first to set trend
 Photo courtesy of Zada Foltz-Evans Zada Foltz-Evans, a 1927 alumna (far left) poses in Royce quad with fellow classmates gathering for a reunion in the 1960s. Read more...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
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...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
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...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
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...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
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...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
L.A. Greenpeace office closed suddenly by parent company
By Jenny Blake Daily Bruin Contributor After both of their office directors were fired, 22 Los Angeles Greenpeace workers ““ the same ones who used to solicit pledges on Bruin Walk ““ found themselves locked out of their office and out of work the next day. Read more...