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Teach-in participants demonstrate against lab layoffs

Monday, 2/24/97 Teach-in participants demonstrate against lab layoffs MEDICAL CENTER: Trend towards privitization blamed for job losses By Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff About 50 participants took a break from the two-day Labor Teach-In workshops on Friday and marched to the UCLA Medical Center protesting last month’s removal of 220 clinical laboratory workers from university payrolls. Read more...


AFL-CIO

Monday, 2/24/97 Going west At the UCLA teach-in, the American labor movement reaches out to students in Los Angeles, home of the nation’s largest population of manufacturing workers.By A.J.Harwin Daily Bruin Contributor National labor leaders convened in Moore Hall Thursday night, officially kicking off the first leadership meeting of the American labor movement ever held in California. Read more...


Students First! to face new party

Monday, 2/24/97 Students First! to face new party USAC: Supporters of oppostion slate cite ethics compromises, exclusivity of current government By Stefanie Wong Daily Bruin Contributor Next quarter’s Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC) elections will see the absence of last year’s Greek-endorsed United Students slate. Read more...


Building tomorrow

Friday, February 21, 1997INGA DOROSZ John Lisenberry, a second-year masters in architecture student, works on his project in the architecture studio inside Perloff Hall. Read more...


Task force presents new set of academic criteria

Friday, February 21, 1997 REGENTS: Standard not up to par, especially in mathematics, EnglishBy Tiffany Lauter Daily Bruin Contributor To prepare students for college and careers in the 21st century, it is critical they have access to rigorous courses in school, particularly in the areas of mathematics and English, and be held to higher performance standards, according to education researchers. Read more...


Beyond your own background

Friday, February 21, 1997 Increasing numbers of students at UCLA and nationwide opt to experience studying abroadBy Yvonne Champana Daily Bruin Contributor Veronica Castillo enrolled in spring classes, and then opened the window of the guest house she was living in to look out upon the breathtaking Andes mountain range in Santiago, Chile. Read more...


UCLA students, staff join rally

Friday, February 21, 1997 COMMUNITY: Anti-union practices of New Otani Hotel protested in marchBy Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor About 30 UCLA students and staff joined multiple unions, clergy and the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) at a march and rally in front of the New Otani Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday evening. Read more...