Wednesday, November 27, 1996Judicial Board to hear petition
against USAC
The Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board upheld its
Chief Justice Eric Mah’s call for a hearing regarding the use of
"Students First!" in relation with the undergraduate government
events and publications.
After more than an hour of closed-session deliberation late
Monday, the justices voted 4-0 in favor of holding a public hearing
on the case.
The board would have gone ahead with the public hearing right
after the closed session, but Undergraduate Students Association
Council President John Du asked the judicial board for a time
extension in order to build his case.
Granting Du the extension, the judicial board decided to hold
the official public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Monday. At this time,
however, the board did not have a scheduled location for the
hearing. Information will be posted outside USAC offices on the
second floor of Kerckhoff Hall.
UCLA receives online network
UCLA, along with 23 other academic institutions in the
southwestern United States, was selected to receive the College
Club System, a free central communication network.
This system gives the entire college community free e-mail,
World Wide Web pages, entitlement to numerous college discounts and
a slew of other online services.
Developed exclusively for the college community, the system
enables students to conveniently find out about everything relating
to college life, including class information, campus, cultural and
sporting events and upcoming activities in the local area.
"Part of College Club’s mission is to enrich every student’s
individual college experience by enhancing and simplifying the
process of exchanging information," said Amanda Rochios, director
of Student Promotions at College Club.
Students can customize their College Club accounts by linking to
people, groups or topics that are important to them. Nearly 400
"Personal Interest" categories  everything from alpine skiing
to Zen  connect students with shared interests.
Appealing system features include chat rooms, personal web
pages, an interactive discount directory that provides discounts
from hundreds of local merchants and Virtual Collegetown, which
allows students to create a customized online "town" that contains
their favorite services and attractions.
Students, faculty and staff can access the system at
http://www.collegeclub.com.
Virtual emporium to offer online shopping
Virtual Emporium, the world’s first retail outlet dedicated to
online shopping began Nov. 7, bringing more than 80 Internet
shopping sites under one "room."
Shoppers use one of 30 Gateway 2000 personal computers located
at 1340 Third St. in Santa Monica and can surf through stores
carrying items such as clothing, music and food. Customers will
find five distinct shopping environments at Virtual Emporium.
The Virtual Emporium store connects users to the Internet
through a high-speed T1 line provided by Digex Inc. "Mini On-line
Shops" are now located at Ackerman Union and Encino
Marketplace.
Customers may also access the Virtual Emporium website at
http://www.
vemporium.com. There is no charge to shop Virtual Emporium, but
shoppers can purchase goods by way of credit card.
"Virtual Emporium will be the ultimate shopping experience for
the holidays," said Tuck Rickards, the system’s founder and chief
executive officer. "No aching feet and no lugging bags to the car
 just sit down and relax. We bring the shops to you."
Compiled by Daily Bruin staff and wire reports