Monday, 6/2/97 UCLA medical students graduate COMMENCEMENT: Proud families look on as 180 new doctors take oath By Quyen Ta Daily Bruin Contributor Almost all of the UCLA campus was deserted and quiet on Friday afternoon. That is, except for Perloff Quad, where hundreds of parents, family members and friends were gathered. Many were laughing […]
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Male fascination with, attraction to lesbians misled by cultural myths
Monday, 6/2/97 Male fascination with, attraction to lesbians misled by cultural myths SOCIETY: ‘Threesome fantasy’ construes lesbianism as chance for men to prove their heterosexuality, counter to true lesbian lifestyle By Sarah Krupp Daily Bruin Contributor The subject of controversy. The topic of conversation. And the object of a man’s desire. But why? The opportunity […]
UCLA program helps to fight AIDS epidemic on global level
Monday, 6/2/97 UCLA program helps to fight AIDS epidemic on global level TECHNOLOGY: Scientists share information with doctors in Asia, Americas By Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Today, nearly everyone is aware of the danger and consequences posed by the AIDS virus to the human population, but many tend to think in local terms. What […]
Dalai Lama’s message transcends borders
Monday, 6/2/97 Dalai Lama’s message transcends borders CULTURE: Tibetan leader to speak at UCLA about world peace, freedom By Matt Grace Daily Bruin Contributor Sterilized women. Imprisoned monks. Cultural destruction. Over one million dead. For almost fifty years, the tiny nation of Tibet has been subject to the communist tyranny of China. After an aggressive […]
UCLA to offer English minor to students Fall Quarter
Friday, 5/30/97 UCLA to offer English minor to students Fall Quarter ACADEMICS: Addition said to enrich university experience, enhance professional prospects By J. Sharon Yee Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA’s English department, already the largest and one of the highest-ranked programs in the nation, has one more thing to boast about: its newly approved minor. The […]
Slanging it up
Friday, 5/30/97 Slanging it up SLANG: Students in Linguistics 88 expand the lexicon with their newly published dictionary By Carol McKay Daily Bruin Contributor When students in Linguistics 88 entered their classroom last fall, they had no idea that by the end of the year they’d be published authors. Authors, that is, of a dictionary […]
Proposed bylaw would stabilize student groups’ budgets
Friday, 5/30/97 Proposed bylaw would stabilize student groups’ budgets USAC: Current council’s amendment allows only small changes each year By Stefanie Wong Daily Bruin Staff The end of the current Undergraduate Student Association Council’s (USAC) administration will likely see the development of a bylaw amendment and additions to the Election Code. Academic Affairs Commissioner Max […]