Monday, October 19, 1998 Community Briefs Religious conference to observe anniversary The University Religious Conference (URC) at UCLA will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday. The oldest continuous interfaith organization in Southern California, URC was organized in 1928 when UCLA committed to move to Westwood. Read more...

Monday, October 19, 1998 Bruin alumni run for Congress ELECTION: Challengers must unseat long-time incumbent Waxman By Karla Y. Pleitez Daily Bruin Contributor It’s Bruin against Bruin. Read more...

Monday, October 19, 1998 Offering a Helping Hanf CLUBS: Students who travel to Indian reservations to tutor and counsel high schoolers do it to make up for prejudice and instill hope By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Senior Staff While thousands of students sat cheering at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, eight Bruins were teaching high-school students from the Tule River Indian Reservation what their ‘a-f’ requirements are in order to be considered for a UC or Cal State education. Read more...

Friday, October 16, 1998 Fund will be used to establish program on American culture, offer fellowships, speaker series FUND RAISING: Famous artist gives UCLA $1 million By Ashley Harre Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA Department of Sociology received $1 million in order to fund programs to study American society and promote innovative teaching and research. Read more...

Friday, October 16, 1998 Coming Out Week ends in memory of Shepard ISSUE: A three deck, single column subhead goes here; assign it By Kathryn Combs and Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Senior Staff Though Coming Out Week is nearing an end, issues of gay rights still are receiving national attention in light of the death of Matthew Shepard on Monday. Read more...

Friday, October 16, 1998 Community Briefs Cold virus could help cancer treatment Physicians at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center Thursday launched a new experimental treatment for inoperable pancreatic cancer using a form of a virus that causes the common cold. Read more...

Friday, October 16, 1998 It’s all Greek to me Many fraternities and sororities aren’t affiliated with the university or national organizations, giving them more freedom to offer different options to students By Meghan Ward Daily Bruin Contributor In white T-shirts, black pants and colored neck scarves, eight Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters performed a step routine to hip-hop and R&B selections in Westwood Plaza on Wednesday. Read more...