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Union pushes for wage standard at UCLA

Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Union pushes for wage standard at UCLA CONSTRUCTION: Officials cite state laws; workers say salary affects project By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Staff Contractors building De Neve Plaza, UCLA’s next residence complex, are not required to pay employees the prevailing wage, a standard ordinarily required on projects at public institutions. Read more...


A sneak peek at the real world

Tuesday, November 3, 1998 A sneak peek at the real world CAREER: Internships provide valuable career experience ­ as long as you don’t get stuck filing, faxing or doing other tasks of dubious importance By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Contributor Brenda Kleidosty had heard her fair share of Bill Clinton jokes before leaving for her internship at the White House last summer. Read more...


Virtual reality harnesses brain’s ability to interpret sound

Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Virtual reality harnesses brain’s ability to interpret sound RESEARCH: By placing sound in new arrangements, project helps workers better recognize information By Matt Grace Daily Bruin Contributor A pair of UCLA scientists is taking advantage of the fact that your brain is listening, even though sometimes you’re not. Read more...


Communications board operates without budget

Monday, November 2, 1998 Communications board operates without budget OPERATIONS: ASUCLA approves finances, seeks more accurate report By Neal Narahara Daily Bruin Contributor The Communications Board budget for the 1998-99 fiscal year, which was supposed to have gone into effect on Aug. Read more...


Independent candidates liberate student options

Monday, November 2, 1998 Independent candidates liberate student options RACE: Third parties offer young voters opportunity to elect leaders urging activism, personal freedom By Emi Kojima and Nick Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff While Gray Davis and Dan Lungren butt heads in the final days before the general election, five other candidates continue to run their own campaigns for governor. Read more...


New Jewish facility will provide greater cultural services, awareness

Monday, November 2, 1998 New Jewish facility will provide greater cultural services, awareness HILLEL: Guest speakers, address center’s value to community, university By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Staff David Tobin, a second-year chemical engineering student, left the current home of Hillel at UCLA, Sunday, with a Torah in his arms leading a procession of students and community members as they made the trip to the future home of the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life. Read more...


Third parties defy mainline politics

Monday, November 2, 1998 Third parties defy mainline politics PROFILE: Dan Hamburg describes appeal behind voting for smaller groups By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Senior Staff When Dan Hamburg heard that the government wanted to build a nuclear waste dump on an Indian reservation in California, he and his wife packed their sleeping bags and hopped in their car to protest the decision. Read more...