‘Chain of Survivors’ commemorates rape victimsWomynist Collective sponsors Bruin Walk call for awareness By Lena Hicks Daily Bruin Contributor Amid the clamor of Bruin Walk, a display banner reading "Attach a link to the ‘Chain of Survivors’" caught the eye of several traveling students last week. Read more...

Regents compromise on new admissions policy End of affirmative action to begin spring 1998 for undergrads By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff In a vote that passed as quietly as the clamor leading up to it was deafening, the UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to implement new admissions policies beginning fall 1997 for graduate students and spring 1998 for undergraduates. Read more...

Lawsuit filed against Neuropsychiatric Institute Doctors sued for alleged misdiagnosis, patient negligence By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff After living under the threat of prosecution for a year, a Southern California couple is suing doctors at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) for alleged negligence and for misdiagnosing their daughter as suffering from a form of child abuse. Read more...

In the name of education By Karen Duryea Daily Bruin Staff The 225 high school students from the inner city who gathered in Ackerman Grand Ballroom stared at their surroundings, awed by the looming size of the room. Read more...

Immigrants more likely to be victims of homicide Study finds increased risk for foreign-born living in California By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff California is not a safe haven for immigrants, who are more likely to be victims of homicide than people born in the United States, a UCLA School of Public Health study revealed. Read more...

UCLA student seeks nomination to Assembly By Michael Angell Daily Bruin Contributor Around midnight, Mike Gatto and his friends were walking down Sixth Street and Lafayette near Downtown Los Angeles when they were approached by a woman asking for a light. Read more...

Bisexual cadet to be dismissed from ROTC Nguyen verbally notified, awaits word on discharge status By Patrick Marantal Daily Bruin Contributor For Huong Nguyen, a bisexual ROTC cadet placed on leave after revealing her sexual orientation, the light is finally appearing at the end of a long tunnel of bureaucracy. Read more...