Tuesday, May 21, 1996 African Student Union is small but by no means silent By Patrick Marantal Daily Bruin Staff Born out of the fires of the 1960s, the African Student Union was formed to address the needs of African-American students on the UCLA campus. Today, the African Student Union acts as an umbrella organization […]
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Board OKs letter of rec. regulations
Monday, May 20, 1996 Regents can write on students’ behalf, not meddle in admissionsBy Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO — While the Board of Regents resolved that they would no longer seek to use their influence to change the outcome of admissions in the university, they reaffirmed their right to write letters of […]
Connerly withdraws weighty item
Monday, May 20, 1996 Regents postpone vote on gender- and race-based scholarships until September By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO — Race- and gender-based financial aid and scholarships at the university were expected to be the subject of a cankerous debate at the Board of Regents meeting last week, but the issue never […]
Graduation focuses on diversity
Monday, May 20, 1996 Controversial jurist ignores partisanship at ceremony speechBy Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Despite expectations that he would preach the values of political conservatism, Federal Judge Alex Kozinski instead imbibed the virtues of non-legal professions to the 1996 graduates of UCLA’s School of Law on Sunday afternoon. Prior to the weekend […]
Giving back to the community
Monday, May 20, 1996The Asian Education Project seeks to improve the reading, writing, verbal and listening skills of individual students by pairing UCLA volunteers with children from Castelar Elemen-tary School in Chinatown. Gabriel Yin, a third-year chemical engineering student, tutors third-grader Jimmy Wong in math and English. Gabriel Yin, a third-year chemical engineering student, tutors […]
Admission policies evaluated
Friday, May 17, 1996 Additional criteria, ensuring diversity discussed by Board By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff Although the new guidelines for admissions, which wipes out affirmative action in the University of California, won’t be ready until the end of this month, the Board of Regents engaged in their first substantial open discussion yesterday of […]
ASUCLA considers its options
Friday, May 17, 1996 Members reexamine possible changes to board’s structureBy Michael Angell Daily Bruin Contributor Last week, the chancellor had his say, and Thursday the students had their turn. The student members on the students’ association Board of Director’s convened a special meeting Thursday to discuss possible changes they would accept to the board’s […]