Tuesday, August 18

In the news:

Group helps transfers cope with transition to university

Monday, November 23, 1998 Group helps transfers cope with transition to university TRASFER: Association’s mentors aid in academic, social adaption to campus By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Staff That lost, lonely feeling many encounter when entering UCLA is not limited to the students fresh out of high school. Read more...


Community Briefs

Friday, November 20, 1998 Community Briefs Value of Pell grants falls BOSTON, Mass. — Pell grants cover about half as much of the cost of college as they did 20 years ago, according to a study released yesterday. Read more...


Piecing it together

Friday, November 20, 1998 Piecing it together While many students focus their energies on local causes, others set their sights on bigger goals By H. Jayne Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Human rights, sustainable development, refugees and arms control are not the kind of issues that pop up in most students’ everyday conversations. Read more...


Administrators discuss outreach while students push for diversity

Friday, November 20, 1998 Administrators discuss outreach while students push for diversity REGENTS: Protesters turn focus to promise by Yang to support ethnic studies, affirmative action By Edina Lekovic and Andy Shah Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCPD was in full force at Thursday’s meeting of the Board of Regents – but in the end, they were left with little to do. Read more...


Exemplary sports negotiator speaks at UCLA

Friday, November 20, 1998 Exemplary sports negotiator speaks at UCLA SPEAKER Steinberg shows how personal-representation industry has repaired ‘sleazoid’ reputation By George Fujii Daily Bruin Contributor Leigh Steinberg, sports agent and author of "Winning with Integrity", spoke to over 200 people Wednesday night at Korn Hall in The Anderson School at UCLA. Read more...


Graduate-student strike may affect finals, classes

Friday, November 20, 1998 Graduate-student strike may affect finals, classes SAGE: University works on how to handle exams without readers, graders By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Contributor Upcoming student-employee strikes throughout the UC system, including UCLA, may affect undergraduate studies, causing discussion sections, grades and finals to be altered or cancelled due to lack of teaching assistants and readers. Read more...


Murder highlights abortion issues

Friday, November 20, 1998 Murder highlights abortion issues CLINICS: Recent violence won’t deter local centers from working as normal By Jakub Oleksy Daily Bruin Contributor The Oct. Read more...