Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Stacks of Time HISTORICAL: The six university librarians have toiled for decades to create the spine of Powell Library By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Senior Staff At the heart of the UCLA campus proudly sit the university’s first buildings, boasting an aura of importance and greatness. And it is there where […]
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Community Briefs
Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Community Briefs Union measure will be placed on GSA ballot Despite the opposition from SAGE, a referendum on whether graduate students should unionize will be on the ballot in May. After the graduate students’ association (GSA) took the measure off the ballot last Thursday, the Election Commission received a petition with […]
Affirmative action initiative misses ballot
Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Affirmative action initiative misses ballot DIVERSITY: Organizers to gather more signatures, reverse role of ethnicity in admissions policy By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Contributor Despite the recent uproar surrounding the decline in minority admissions, a student-led campaign to reinstate affirmative action in admissions has not experienced the widespread success some may […]
Vaults may hold help for tumor drug resistance
Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Vaults may hold help for tumor drug resistance RESEARCH: Biochemists link cellular structures with aid in chemotherapy research By Matt Grace Daily Bruin Contributor Nearly a decade after discovering new cellular structures, known as a vaults, scientists have yet to find out what they do. However, their role in tumor drug […]
Vredevoe elected Academic Senate vice chair
Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Vredevoe elected Academic Senate vice chair FACULTY: Professor of Nursing stresses faculty, administrative concerns By Brian Fishman Daily Bruin Contributor The future of the Academic Senate has a new face. Professor of Nursing Donna Vredevoe was elected the 1998-99 vice chair of the Academic Senate. Her term will begin on September […]
UCLA Medical School gets seal of approval
Monday, April 27, 1998 UCLA Medical School gets seal of approval MEDICAL SCHOOL: Full accreditation by committee acclaims campus’ programs, facilities, research By Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Staff After a year and a half of preparation and a rigorous review process, the UCLA Medical School recently received a full seven-year accreditation from the Liaison Committee […]
Third L.A. Times book fair unites local community
Monday, April 27, 1998 Third L.A. Times book fair unites local community FESTIVAL: Thousands gather at UCLA to meet inspiring authors, buy novels By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Contributor A little girl went up to hug the Bruin bear. A UCLA student passed out flyers for a campus event. A grandmother perused the selection of […]