Tuesday, February 11, 1997 Vandalism Blood was found smeared on the floor of Room 7124B in the Math Sciences building between 5:30 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. last Tuesday. In a second incident last Thursday, a fire extinguisher was thrown through a window in the Life Sciences building before 10 p.m. Disturbing the Peace During the […]
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Distance learning unites campuses
Tuesday, February 11, 1997 TECHNOLOGY: Intercampus discussions are made possible with teleconferencingBy Jennifer Mukai Daily Bruin Contributor "Lights. Camera. Action!" Professor Robert Edelman stares intently into the three monitors before him. Around him, six students shift their attention between watching the monitors along with him, and glancing at the two television cameras aimed at the […]
Student regent’s role on board is being examined by committee
Tuesday, February 11, 1997 REGENTS: Jess Bravin, board members disagree on scope of responsibilityBy Tiffany Lauter Daily Bruin Contributor Is the role of the student regent to be the voice of the students or a rubber stamp for the board’s majority? Jess Bravin, the current student regent, appears to disagree with other members of the […]
Community Briefs
209 supporters ask for immediate enforcement Supporters of Proposition 209 asked a seemingly sympathetic federal appeals panel on Monday to allow immediate enforcement of the voter-approved ban on affirmative action based on race or gender. The measure, passed in November, has been blocked by Chief U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco. He said […]
Clinton grants $200 million to improve Å’technol
Monday, February 10, 1997 BUDGET: Proposed 1998 fiscal plan raises funding to $500 million for computers, InternetBy Sandra Sobieraj The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Clinton released Saturday the first of a $200 million program of grants to provide schools with computers and Internet training. "That’s how we must prepare our children for the 21st […]
Heralding the new year
Monday, February 10, 1997 Chinese American students gather to honor the Year of the OxBy Linda Yoon Daily Bruin Contributor appy New Year! While most people deem January as the starting mark of each year, the lunar calendar follows a different agenda: this year, the Chinese New Year began Feb. 7, 1997, or rather, 4695, […]
Regents disclose meeting with auditors
Monday, February 10, 1997 FINANCES: Administrators admit to violating Open Meeting Act in order to settle accounting errorsBy Tiffany Lauter Daily Bruin Contributor University administrators released late last week the 22-page transcript of an illegal closed meeting held by UC Regents on Nov. 14, 1996, nearly three months after Student Regent Jess Bravin blew the […]