UCLA historian part of California Map Society The flat truth is, these people are mad about maps. About 50 members who gathered Saturday for the California Map Society’s 40th general meeting talked about the history of maps, their social and artistic value, and especially how technology has changed map-making. "It’s a revolution even greater than […]
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Students advocate cancer awareness by forming new club
Monday, January 27, 1997 ACTIVISM: Bruins for American Cancer Society stress disease prevention By Nancy Encarnacion Daily Bruin Contributor The average discussion section holds between 20 to 30 students. Chances are, one of these young students will someday be diagnosed with cancer, a disease that afflicts one in 25 people each year. A new club […]
Ex-official sentenced for UCLA theft
Monday, January 27, 1997 FRAUD: Campbell fined $300,000, receives 33 months in jail for crimeBy John Digrado Daily Bruin Senior Staff Ending an intensive two-year investigation and internal audit, the former head of UCLA’s Radiological Services Department was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and fined over $300,000 after being found guilty of fraud, […]
Symposium tackles health care issues
Monday, January 27, 1997 HEALTH: UCLA holds forum to consider politics of medicine, plight of uninsured AmericansBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Safe, under the protective umbrella of student health insurance, many students at UCLA may not realize how lucky they are. For the millions of uninsured Americans, treatment for even the common cold can […]
Community Briefs
Monday, January 27, 1997 Scientists dig up new evidence of man’s past Recently discovered stone tools, believed by UC Berkeley scientists to be at least 2.5 million years old, may mean that human beings have existed for substantially longer than previously thought. Using various methods of testing, members of the Berkeley Geochronology Center, led by […]
Computer store lags behind UCLA Store¹s overall increased revenue
Monday, January 27, 1997 ASUCLA: Computer sales down due to Apple’s tribulations, but software sales still going strongBy Frances Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Still basking in the afterglow of their much- touted store’s recent grand opening celebration and encouraged by higher-than-expected revenues, the students’ association has begun to breath a collective sigh of relief. Although […]
Regents select Healthnet as new benefits provid
Friday, January 24, 1997 FACULTY: System-wide change could have negative effects on employee mental health careBy Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor The University of California Regents have initiated a system-wide change in employee benefits that many caregivers fear may have negative effects for employees in need of mental health care. For UC employees that have […]