Wednesday, November 11, 1998 UC applications increase as enrollment stays constant REGENTS: Criteria may be expanded to ensure qualified freshman class By Edina Lekovic Daily Bruin Senior Staff Admissions officers will be kept extra busy this year with an estimated increase of about 2,000 applications for admission to the UCs, officials said. Read more...

Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Community Briefs Lab scientists create fast supercomputer A team of scientists from two national laboratories reached a supercomputing milestone this weekend, getting their simulation of metallic magnetism to run at 1.002 Teraflops ­ more than 1 trillion calculations per second. Read more...

Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Minority admissions decline at law school OUTREACH: Officials recognize need for recruitment to encourage African Americans, Latinos to apply By Brian Fishman Daily Bruin Contributor While protests, arrests and vicious debate have surrounded the repeal of affirmative action, diversity at the UCLA Law School has has continued to decline. Read more...

Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Program pushes for success of Southeast Asians CENTER Group to help disadvantaged students improve academically By Andy Shah Daily Bruin Contributor For many years, Tung Pham listened to stories of fellow Vietnamese students getting bad grades, dropping out of school and how they usually dealt with their problems by themselves. Read more...

Wednesday, November 11, 1998 A day to remember Students, faculty and staff take time on Veteran’s Day to commemorate those who have fought for our country By H. Read more...

Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Take the plunge FINANCE: Students with money to burn are investing it in hopes of generating more money By Andy Shah Daily Bruin Contributor For many young adults, depositing a paycheck into the bank gives them a feeling of security. Read more...

Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Bruins show bipartisan Democratic support ELECTIONS: Republicans unable to target issues important to voters By Christina Gorospe and Nick Williams Daily Bruin Contributors Now that Tuesday’s elections are over, students and faculty say the positive outcome for Democrats can be attributed to voters crossing party lines in response to a misguided Republican campaign. Read more...