Sunday, July 6

Construction Corner

Thursday, February 6, 1997 Royce Hall is still undergoing interior seismic upgrading. Trucks enter the site at the Royce upper loading dock. Workers direct trucks and pedestrians. Read more...


Search for successor continues

Thursday, February 6, 1997 CHANCELLOR: Debate continues in whether selection process should be public or privateBy Patrick Kerkstra Daily Bruin Senior Staff When Chancellor Charles Young announced his retirement last February, the president of the American Council on Education said UCLA was losing "one of the most admired and respected figures in higher education." Politicians, business leaders and education experts alike praised the chancellor. Read more...



Writing Programs’ effectiveness questioned

Thursday, February 6, 1997 EDUCATION: Faculty appalled by poor quality of students’ writingBy Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff How to write a topic sentence. Staff and faculty members believe this should have been mastered in high school or, at the very least, learned in an English 3 class freshman year. Read more...


Community Briefs

Journal of Medicine features UCLA study A Feb. 6 article of the New England Journal of Medicine describes how researchers at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and two other cancer centers have discovered a way to dramatically reduce the likelihood of life-threatening bleeding for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Read more...


Researchers tackle little-studied area of treatments for children

Thursday, February 6, 1997 HIV: Study shows protease inhibitors hold great promise for attacking virus in pediatric casesBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Parents of the ’90s have to keep a close eye on various aspects of their children’s health: immunizations, teaching healthy eating habits, pollution, and increasingly, HIV education and treatment. Read more...


Jury finds Simpson liable

Wednesday, February 5, 1997 VERDICT: Most students watching on campus express indifference toward outcome of caseBy Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff Silence was the loudest reaction among the few television viewers watching the reading of the verdict in the O.J. Read more...