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Tuesday, April 16, 1996 Jane and Anna Campion are sisters, but their similarities end there. While Jane prefers pretty period pieces, Anna turns to modern-day shame, guilt and criminal behavior in her first film, ‘loaded.’ By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Contributor Anna Campion isn’t one to mince words. "Do your friends have guns?" she asks […]

Pulitzer Prize nominee visits ‘Places’ in personal history

Tuesday, April 16, 1996 Poet to read works at Friday’s UCLA Poetry ExtravaganzaBy Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Senior Staff Scott Holstad knows how to play to his audience. A recent reading in Long Beach presented him with an audience that would head for Florida for retirement rather than spring break. Holstad explains that the crowd […]

Crime Watch

Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Assault On April 14, at approximately 7:21 p.m., a UCLA student was allegedly assaulted by an unknown suspect in front of Ackerman Union. According to Sgt. James Vandenberg of the university police, the victim was walking by the Ackerman turnaround when he was attacked by a stranger. Described by witnesses as […]

Remembering

Wednesday, April 10, 1996GENEVIEVE LIANG Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., was the keynote speaker at the annual Holocaust commemoration held at the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Sunday. Other events are being held on campus today, including name reading in Westwood Plaza at 11 a.m.. At 7:30 p.m., Holocaust survivor Si Frumkin will speak at Dickson 2160E […]

Wilson proposes to privatize law school

Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Use of private sector key to downsizing of state organizationsBy Rachanee Srisavasdi Daily Bruin Staff Gov. Pete Wilson announced sweeping reforms to significantly downsize state government last Thursday, including a proposal to transfer a University of California law school over to nonprofit or private management. The proposal, which could affect law […]

Supporters of Riverside sheriff’s deputies hold rally

Wednesday, April 10, 1996 Supporters of Riverside sheriff’s deputies hold rally Beating of Mexican immigrants prompts federal query protest By Larry Gerber The Associated Press RIVERSIDE — About 400 people rallied outside sheriff’s headquarters Monday in support of two deputies under investigation in the videotaped beating of undocumented immigrants. Demonstrators waved American flags and cheered […]