Category Archives: News

Memorial reflects on tragic deaths UCLA community mourns deaths, raises awareness By Patrick Marantal Daily Bruin Contributor A silent procession walked to the Franklin B. Murphy Sculpture Garden yesterday. And amid the statues, a crowd prayed, reflected and cried over the recent bombing deaths in Israel. But rather than simply mourn that loss, members of […]

UCLA student qualifies for Olympic team By A. CinQue Carter Daily Bruin Contributor For the first time in four Olympic games, and in 20 years, UCLA has a women’s Olympic swimmer. Super senior Annette Salmeen will be part of the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team in Atlanta this summer. Not since Tauna Vendeweghe qualified for […]

Israeli immigration practices stir up debate By rmarquez@media.asucla.ucla.edu">Roxane Márquez Daily Bruin Senior Staff JERUSALEM — As any knowledgeable blues musician will tell you, it all goes down at the crossroads. And since the dawn of Western civilization, the Promised Land has functioned as the nexus of people and ideas from the East and West. It’s […]

Test can help predict if baby will get HIV from mother UCLA doctors find link between virus load, transmittance By Tiffany McElroy Daily Bruin Contributor Following a four year study, UCLA doctors recently developed a test which will help predict whether pregnant women infected with HIV will transmit the virus to their unborn children. The […]

Free parking ends for commencement ceremony attendees By Karen Duryea Daily Bruin Staff After four years of complementary parking at graduation, UCLA’s Parking and Transportation Services has declared that the free ride is over. Beginning with the 1996 commencement ceremonies, all attendees will have to pay $5 per vehicle to park on campus, unless the […]

Abundance of new drug concerns officials By Ryan Ozimek Daily Bruin Contributor An illegal sedative drug labeled as the "date rape" drug has recently hit the streets of the greater Los Angeles area, posing a new threat to young people and law officials. Rohypnol, more commonly know by its street name "roofies," is one of […]

Appeals court decides in favor of UCLA in wage, labor dispute To keep housing costs down, workers won’t receive higher wages By Lia Ramsey Daily Bruin Contributor A lengthy court battle between the University of California and the California Department of Industrial Relations drew to a close last month, when a state appeals court ruled […]