Tuesday, May 19, 1998 ASUCLA sides with independent stores BOOKS: Despite size, stereotypes of big chains don’t apply to BookZone By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Staff In the faceoff between independent bookstores and chains, the UCLA BookZone, though the size of a superstore, considers itself an independent bookseller, and strongly supports independent bookstores in the […]
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Community briefs
Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Community briefs Commencement dates incorrect in letter Last week, a mass mailing to all Social Sciences seniors gave the wrong dates for several commencement-related ceremonies. Although letters sent to Life Sciences, Humanities and Physical Sciences students were correct, the Social Sciences dates for commencement and tickets sales were those from 1997. […]
Crimewatch
Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Crimewatch The week was not serene for the UCPD forces, who were called in for more than 40 incidences of disturbing the peace and two calls for keeping the peace. The complaints of disturbances came mainly in response to loud parties. A group of protesters also attempted to climb through a […]
Newt Gingrich to talk at UCSD
Tuesday, May 19, 1998 Newt Gingrich to talk at UCSD COMMENCEMENT: Speaker will deliver commencement address, despite profuse faculty, student protests By Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Staff Many UCSD students and professors are up in arms about the selection of House speaker Newt Gingrich as their commencement speaker this year. They claim that Gingrich represents […]
Community Briefs
Monday, May 18 Community Briefs Two new UCLA authors showcased at storeThe UCLA Bookzone Author Series, a discussion and book signing event, recently featured newly published works by UCLA professors Gordon Berry and Jacqueline Dje Dje. Berry, with co-editor Joy Keiko Asamen, professor of psychology at Pepperdine, have published "Research Paradigms, Television and Social Behavior," […]
Students endeavor to cross gulf between study, implementation
Monday, May 18 Students endeavor to cross gulf between study, implementation Community contribution tough goal for academics to reachBy Audrey BeckDaily Bruin ContributorAt a recent forum, graduate and post-doctoral students got a taste of the ongoing controversy over the practical use of social science research on HIV.Students presented their research Thursday to professionals in the […]
Homepage, sweet homepage
Monday, May 18 Homepage, sweet homepage Whether useful or just ego-stoking, it seems as if everybody’s got oneBy Andy ShahDaily Bruin ContributorIt’s a timeless scene: thousands of sports fans tightly packed together, cheering in support for their team. Then there’s that one person. That die-hard fan, slightly intoxicated, with face painted and all, whose boisterous […]