Monday, 6/30/97 President promotes political awareness at Saxophone Club meeting POLITICS: Clinton speaks about the importance of getting youth involved By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Contributor He’s young, he knows how to spell potato and he has his own CD of saxophone tunes out in stores. No, it’s not Branford Marsalis – but the President […]
Category Archives: News
Health care system reform group causes controversy
Monday, 6/30/97 Health care system reform group causes controversy EDUCATION: Managed care versus patient interest the crux to university doctoral faculty By Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor While the American health care system rapidly changes to incorporate the efficient lessons of managed care, it is the physicians and medical students who are being left in […]
Students aren’t the only ones who attend class
Monday, 6/30/97 Students aren’t the only ones who attend class STAFF: UCLA employees can take workshops to enhance career skills By Cindy Choi Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA is an educational institution and not just for students. The Staff and Development unit, a subgroup of the Campus Human Resources (CHR), aims to train and equip the […]
Proposed course fee hike rejected by student advisory group
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Proposed course fee hike rejected by student advisory group TECHNOLOGY: Expenses for improving computing systems thought too high By Frances Lee Summer Bruin Senior Staff Technology is not free, nor is it cheap. UCLA, the university that helped develop the Internet, is once again trying to be on the cutting edge. But this […]
Regents address concerns over medical center
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Regents address concerns over medical center POLICY: Prompted by public comment, UC Board considers resolution to privatize UCI’s institution By Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Contributor At the latest meeting of the UC Board of Regents, concerns over privatizing public medical institutions overshadowed the other items on the board’s agenda. With the fervor surrounding […]
Women’s studies course focuses on professions
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Women’s studies course focuses on professions ACADEMICS: Class traces historical trends, issues of women in workplaces By Hannah Miller Summer Bruin Senior Staff In Professor Mary Niles Maack’s field – librarianship – there appears to be little bias against women. "The field is 80 percent female," Maack says. "When I went to find […]
Big Bad Westwood?
Monday, 6/23/97 Big Bad Westwood? According to movie logic, Los Angeles is the city of freeway shootings, bank holdups, riots, drive-bys, mobsters and a lot of blood. But despite the hype, violent crimes in UCLA’s neighborhood are rare, and petty crime has fallen. By Frances Lee and Hector Ronquillo Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the […]