Thursday, December 5, 1996 MEDICAL CENTER: Amount of donations routinely drop during busy holiday seasonBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor With the holidays steadily approaching, it’s time to crawl out from under all that wrapping paper and take a break from the crowded malls and department stores, even temporarily stop studying for finals because UCLA […]
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USAC clashes with Judicial Board over its juris
Thursday, December 5, 1996 POLITICS: Council’s overturning of Board decision sparks disputeBy Ryan Ozimek Daily Bruin Staff In a match of governmental strength, two branches of the undergraduate government clashed in a fight over power late Tuesday night. After receiving what it believed was a punch below the waist from its judicial branch, the Undergraduate […]
Is ŒChristian fraternity¹ a paradox
Thursday, December 5, 1996 GREEK: Modest membership not to deflect the brothers in Alpha Gamma Omega from their higher goalBy Carol McKay Daily Bruin Contributor To many students like Maria Chi, the idea of a Christian fraternity seems "kinda’ funny. It’s sort of a paradox. The ideals behind fraternities and Christianity just don’t seem to […]
Reel courtroom dramas reviewed by UCLA alumni
Thursday, December 5, 1996 PROFILE: Two professors rate trial movies on quality and authenticityBy Teeb Al-Samarrai Daily Bruin Contributor In a society as engrossed by movies as it is by the courtroom, Law Professors Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow say that since no one had written a book about the use of the courtrooms in […]
Associate professor makes headway in extinction
Thursday, December 5, 1996 RESEARCH: Study results in unique, statistical extinction explanationBy Teresa Jun Daily Bruin Contributor For many people, news concerning the extinction of dinosaurs may seem as old as dinosaur fossils themselves. But those who study the field know that the question of what exactly caused the extinction 65 million years ago is […]
Plan to renovate Village meets resistance from
Thursday, December 5, 1996 WESTWOOD: Large-scale project seeks addition of stores, movie theatersBy Rachel Munoz Daily Bruin Contributor To say that Westwood is going downhill is an understatement, made evident by the recent closures of traditional Westwood hangouts like Hamburger Hamlet and Johnny Rockets. Their buildings now join the ranks of vacant store fronts that […]
Taking Time Out
Thursday, December 5, 1996 Practitioners of Transcendental Meditation report mental and health benefits on just 40 minutes a dayBy Rachel Kelley Daily Bruin Contributor A break from concentration is not something college students have a chance to experience very often these days, especially with final exams right around the corner. However some students, such as […]