Professor earns honorary degree from Khazar University

Monday, 4/28/97 Professor earns honorary degree from Khazar University UCLA helps Azerbaijan enhance its faculty, library system By Teresa Jun Daily Bruin Contributor Like many others across the United States, UCLA students sometimes take their education for granted. Being able to buy textbooks and to live in campus dormitories with a sense of shared community […]

Singing Night Away

Monday, 4/28/97 Singing Night Away UCLA’s brightest performers come together and let their talents shine at the annual Spring Sing By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Contributor Hollywood, known for Mann’s Chinese Theater, the Walk of Fame and, as MTV’s Chris Hardwick put it, "hookers and drugs," served as the backdrop of Spring Sing 1997’s theme, […]

Armenians hope to educate, ensure remembrance

Friday, 4/25/97 Armenians hope to educate, ensure remembrance March of silence across campus honors millions who died 80 years ago By Hector Ronquillo Daily Bruin Contributor Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Thursday, approximately 150 students, faculty and staff silently marched across campus to honor and remember the 1.5 million Armenians they believe were killed between 1915 […]

A personal sacrifice

Friday, 4/25/97 A personal sacrifice Mormon student puts UCLA on hold for two years for his religion By Judy Cha Daily Bruin Contributor As the crow flies from Los Angeles to Sydney, James Chang, a first-year cell and molecular biology student, will also head straight for his calling in life. Only on Christmas and Mother’s […]

Author Olsen gives reading to benefit women’s studies center

Friday, 4/25/97 Author Olsen gives reading to benefit women’s studies center Proceeds to be awarded to students through fund by alumna By Linda Yoon Daily Bruin Contributor In honor of Constance Coiner, UCLA is presenting a first-time event for the Constance Coiner Fund Friday night. Tillie Olsen, author of fiction pieces "Tell me a Riddle" […]

Students protest against animal research at UCLA

Friday, 4/25/97 Students protest against animal research at UCLA Activists claim researchers handle subjects with unnecessary cruelty By Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Contributor Representatives from four major anti-animal research groups convened at Meyerhoff Park for a rally Thursday in an attempt to expose the animal experimentation that takes place at UCLA. Activists holding signs with […]