Sunday, March 2, 1997 WORKPLACE: Employees claim AFL-backed national group doesn’t respond to local needsBy Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor Charging that the standing union has neglected its concerns, an independent union is aiming to replace the AFL-CIO-backed representatives of clerical workers in the UC system. For the 18,351 employees in the bargaining unit, such […]
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Community Briefs
Quake stress may cause health problems A group of people whose lives were seriously disrupted by the 1994 Northridge earthquake suffered depressed immune responses for at least several months after the temblor, according to a study from the UCLA School of Medicine. Studying 68 people who worked at a hospital badly damaged by the quake, […]
Program helps Eastern Europe improve
Monday, March 31, 1997 HEALTH: Funds provide neonatal center with training, equipmentBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Salpy Akaragian, a specialist in nursing education at UCLA, is a portrait of dedication. "I would never leave this place," she said with a smile on her face. "Well, once I get bored I think I will, but […]
Food Services looks for ways to augment performance
Monday, March 31, 1997 ASUCLA: Despite higher sales, division has not met budget projectionsBy Frances Lee Daily Bruin Contributor It has the students’ association seeing red, and relief rests on the tastes of 30,000 students. Competition, from sack lunches to the 99-cent Whopper, overly optimistic budget projections and the difficult task of satisfying the needs […]
Increase to Cal Grant proposed
Monday, March 31, 1997 FINANCIAL AID: Analysts say more UC funds need to be diverted to studentsBy Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff When the UC Regents fall short of their legislative promise to increase funds for financial aid, it’s the students who may have to foot the bill. Disputes over the 1997-98 University of California […]
Only time will tell
Monday, March 31, 1997 By Judy Cha Daily Bruin Contributor The clock is ticking. Every minute counts. In the isolated bubble called college, students have a daily mission: to walk the fine line between work and play, trying not to give in when fun beckons. Fitting a busy schedule into a 24-hour day poses a […]
Community Briefs
Foundation dispels kidney stealing rumor For more than a decade, a rumor has circulated that a business traveler who sat down for a drink with a stranger in a New Orleans hotel woke up the next morning in a tub full of ice  minus his kidneys. The new version relates the story of a […]