Category Archives: News

Friday, January 31, 1997 Many grad students hardly have time to think, let alone run a student government. But, somehow, GSA President Chris Tymchuk finds the time.By A.J. Harwin Daily Bruin Contributor hile most South Campus graduate students can barely make the time to get out of the lab for a soda, Chris Tymchuk spends […]

Protesters arrested after disrupting speech Four pro-affirmative action protesters were arrested Monday night after interrupting a speech by Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien at Zellerbach Hall. The demonstrators, including members of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary, shouted at Tien for not defying a move by the UC Board of Regents to end […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 Royce Hall is currently undergoing interior seismic upgrading. Trucks enter the site at Royce upper loading dock. Workers direct trucks and pedestrians. Rieber Dining Hall is currently open to Rieber residents, and will be open to all on-campus residents in February. At the Brain Mapping Building, located across the street from […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 MEDICAL CENTER: Search for funding continues as medical center looks to improve for the 21st centuryBy Gil Hopenstand Daily Bruin Staff Now that the University of California Board of Regents have agreed to look into replacing UCLA’s seismically damaged medical center, the task has turned to funding the project. University officials […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 COMMUNICATIONS: New emphasis on playlists to define station’s identityBy Jennifer Mukai Daily Bruin Contributor Mark Liu sighs blissfully as his manager hands him a sticker which reads: "Parental Advisory: Don’t shop at Wal-Mart." Holding the black and white decal reverentially, the third-year political science student proclaims, "This can go on my […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Democratic legislators urge regents to reconsider graduate admissions planBy Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff For the second time this month, the UC Board of Regents’ ban on affirmative action was challenged ­ this time by state Democratic legislators. In a written request, 57 lawmakers urged the University of California […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 Love of education draws graduates and older students back to UCLABy Carol McKay Daily Bruin Contributor Robbie Gordon, a third-year sociology student, looks like many other students on campus. She wears a backpack, a navy blue UCLA baseball cap, and carefully balances a stack of papers and a hot cup of […]