Monday, May 4

Community Briefs

L.A. secession may cost taxpayers more A study shows a breakaway city in the harbor area would generate $35.4 million less in revenue than is needed to pay for existing city services. Read more...


Deadline approaches for USAC

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Reporter Feeling the urgency of its approaching deadline, the Undergraduate Students Association Council met Tuesday in a final push toward making its bylaws compliant with University of California guidelines. Read more...


High court takes bite out of Civil Rights Act

By Marcelle Richards and Kiyoshi Tomono Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling that may protect the University of California from indirect discrimination lawsuits based on race, color or national origin. Read more...



Nuclear may hold answer to energy crisis

By Karen Albrecht Daily Bruin Reporter The future of the United States energy industry may see an increasing dependence on nuclear power. No new nuclear plants have been requested since 1979 but growing energy demand, exacerbated by the California energy crisis, may end the dry spell, said Melanie White, a spokeswoman for the Nuclear Energy Institute. Read more...


Clean-up

  DAVE HILL/ Daily Bruin Senior Staff David Sanett, one of a team of 15 people who help keep the campus clean during the day, picks up trash along Bruin Walk. Read more...


UCLA labor fights for more rights

By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Senior Staff Students and laborers filtered into Kerckhoff Hall lounge Monday to discuss how to improve labor conditions on UCLA’s campus ““ conditions some of the speakers compared to sweatshop labor. Read more...