Friday, August 21

In the news:

Researchers find better wayto treat tumors

Monday, November 3, 1997 Researchers find better way to treat tumors DRUG UCLA scientists uncover a new method to deliver chemotherapy By Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Brain cancer affects approximately 100,000 persons in the United States each year. Read more...


Community Briefs

Monday, November 3, 1997 Community Briefs ‘Man of the Year’ to speak at UCLA Dr. David D. Ho, Time magazine’s Man of the Year, will deliver the keynote address at the UCLA AIDS Institute Scientific Symposium. Read more...


UCLA alumna walks to raise awareness of cancer’s reality

Monday, November 3, 1997 UCLA alumna walks to raise awareness of cancer’s reality RUN Nina Duncan tells her story as one of 6,000 race participants By Rachel Munoz Daily Bruin Contributor Alongside her husband and son, she walks over three miles amidst thousands of other participants, but that doesn’t stop her. Read more...


Photo of the picket line

Monday, November 3, 1997 Bruins, former workers attack Guess? policies PROTEST Protesters target alleged wage violations, sweatshop conditions By Mike LaFemina Daily Bruin Contributor On Saturday afternoon, Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica was lined with orange balloons and leaflets, but not because of a Halloween celebration. Read more...


Photo of a professor

Monday, November 3, 1997 Minor Majors Some of UCLA’s least populated majors don’t mind being small, but are others in danger of extinction? By Carol McKay Daily Bruin Staff There’s safety in numbers. Read more...


Q&A: Regent potential

Monday, November 3, 1997 Q&A: Regent potential REGENTS Ralph Ochoa is Gov. Pete Wilson’s nominee to the Board of Regents. By Caroline M. Bontia Daily Bruin Contributor Just two weeks after being nominated as one of three candidates, Ralph Ochoa, a Sacramento lawyer, may become a member of the Board of Regents, the governing body of the University of California. Read more...


A reminder of death

Friday, October 31, 1997 A reminder of death HALLOWEEN: People’s perceptions of Halloween vary as much as their costumes do By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Contributor It is the night when Linus Van Pelt stays up to wait for the Great Pumpkin, when black cats lurk the foggy streets, when wart-nosed witches fly past the moon, when the decrepit dead return to haunt the living and when costumed children demand candy from their neighbors – it’s Halloween night. Read more...