Friday, November 1, 1996 Berkeley grad students vote for three-day strike Members of UC Berkeley’s Association of Graduate Student Employees voted overwhelmingly earlier this week to stage a three-day strike – a move expected to drive graduate student instructors out of their classrooms and onto the picket lines. The fall strike won the support of […]
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Where has all the spirit gone?
Friday, November 1, 1996 HOMECOMING: Student participation of event has declined immenselyBy Rachel Kelley Daily Bruin Contributor Imagine a hundred thousand people united by a common spirit, a common goal, a common school which fewer than one thousand students could truly call home at the time. One might assume that this scene describes a protest […]
California voters will decide on minimum wage boost
Friday, November 1, 1996 ELECTIONS: Historically, economical impact on businesses minimalBy John Digrado Daily Bruin Senior Staff Possibly raising the state minimum wage level above and beyond the current $4.75 per hour, California voters will be able to decide next Tuesday to demand that all businesses pay some of their lowest paid employees more, driving […]
SAGE faces possibility of one week strike
Friday, November 1, 1996 UNION: University officials have failed to recognize grad student union by the Oct. 28 deadline By Scott P. Stimson Daily Bruin Contributor When some students think of strikes, they might recall the trash not being collected for a few weeks, times when the buses ran late or television news stories showing […]
Where has all the spirit gone?
Friday, November 1, 1996 HOMECOMING: This year’s festivities include first Bruinfest CarnivalBy Tiffany Lauter Daily Bruin Contributor It was in 1927 that UCLA participated in its first homecoming game. The night ended with two wins  one for the football team (8-0) and one for Madeleine Breyton , the young lady who won the highly […]
Construction delay inflates expenses, decreases
Thursday, October 31, 1996 ASUCLA: Ackerman renovation, loss of revenue sends students’ association back for more loansBy Frances Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Four years and several million dollars ago, the Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA) could not have predicted that their renovation of Ackerman Union would bear so heavily on their successors. Confident that they […]
A closer look at prop 212
Thursday, October 31, 1996 By Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor What do Howard Leach, Peter Preuss, and John Davies all have in common? They are Pete Wilson appointees to the Board of Regents. And they also donated a total of $182,318 to his campaign. These eerie coincidences are typical of the reasons that Proposition 212, […]