Monday, March 2, 1998 Students sought for service ACTIVISM: With school, work, many don’t have time to help community By Starr Keilman Daily Bruin Contributor Community service is a delicate matter, between coordinating groups, being sensitive to diverse cultures and racial groups, and getting students to participate when they are facing multiple demands on their […]
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Inner-city, middle-school students get taste of college life
Monday, March 2, 1998 Inner-city, middle-school students get taste of college life OUTREACH: Project gives Mortar Board mentors chance to guide children By Pauline Vu Daily Bruin Contributor Last Saturday, a group of junior-high students marveled at some of the wonders of Ackerman Union: the arcade, the candy store and, of course, the birds that […]
Alumnus elected state assembly speaker
Monday, March 2, 1998 Alumnus elected state assembly speaker POLITICS: Villaraigosa exceptional as leader, powerful speechmaker By Gregory Mena Daily Bruin Senior Staff It was the first image that came to his mind: Antonio Villaraigosa speaking at a rally on the steps of Murphy Hall. It was the late ’70s, and students were protesting anti-immigrant […]
Campaign UCLA operating ahead of schedule
Monday, March 2, 1998 Campaign UCLA operating ahead of schedule MED CENTER: Fundraising effort already halfway to goal of raising total of $1.2 billion By Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Staff Campaign UCLA, a campus-wide fundraising effort slated to span seven years, is working better than expected, officials say. Lucky for anyone involved in the medical […]
Community Briefs
Monday, March 2, 1998 Community Briefs Clinton’s lowered loan rate plan well received An offer made Wednesday by President Clinton to reduce interest rates on college student loans is good news to state officials and students. The reduction Clinton is touting will cut the interest rate on student loans from 7.8 to 7 percent, potentially […]
Black history now
Friday, February 27, 1998 Black history now Origins of commemoration harbinger of celebrating cultural achievements By Rachel Munoz Daily Bruin Staff During a time when an African American was lynched every two and a half days, one man strived to change the perceptions of these so- called non-citizens and fractions of humans. That man was […]
Community Briefs
Friday, February 27, 1998 Community Briefs Berkeley digitizes past documents of the West The history of the American West will soon be available on a computer screen. Documents at UC Berkeley’s Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, which are frail and crumbling, will be digitized to save them for the future. A $23,000 grant from […]