Wednesday, August 12

In the news:

Correction

The player in the photo that ran with the football notebook (Sports, Nov. 14) was misidentified as Robert Thomas. The player is junior offensive lineman Bryce Bohlander. Read more...


Bruins enjoy a different kind of smoke

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Chanting obscenities about USC, a crowd gathers in front of Janss Steps to witness the annual bonfire as a part of last night’s Beat “˜SC Rally. Read more...


Dissection viewing makes “˜brainiacs’ out of students

  ED RHEE Neurobiology professor Arnold Scheibel leads a public brain dissection at the Center for Health Sciences on Wednesday. By Jessica Chung Daily Bruin Contributor The potent smell of formalin went unnoticed as undergraduate students sat in rapt attention, watching the demonstrator slice a human brain in two. Read more...


Outlook bleak for UCLA budget

By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter University officials presented a bleak outlook for the UCLA budget in a meeting with the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Steve Olsen, vice chancellor of finance and budget, said that while he cannot determine how UCLA will ultimately be affected by the downturn in the economy, the facts present cause for great concern. Read more...


Learn from Vietnam, says MPAA’s Valenti

By Emily Taylor-Mortorff Daily Bruin Contributor Mistakes and lessons learned from the Vietnam War can shed light on the current situation in Afghanistan, Jack Valenti, the former chief of staff to President Lyndon B. Read more...



Karplus leaves distinguished legacy

  Courtesy of Warren Robak Walter Karplus By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter Cool, calm and collected ““ these were words used to describe Walter Karplus, interim dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...