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By Phillip CarterSummer Bruin Staff The search process for a new University of California president imploded last week, as premature publicity forced the UC Regents’ pick, Ohio State University president E. Gordon Gee, to turn down the job. Gee’s name surfaced in media reports as the regents’ choice last week, after Regent Roy Brophy announced […]

Next Senate vice chair looks forward to new post Eclectic professor Dorr specializes in education, media By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Next year’s Academic Senate vice chairperson and School of Education Professor Aimee Dorr wears a Sesame Street watch on her left wrist. Senate vice chair-elect and 1996-97 chair-to-be, Dorr was voted in […]

Students First sweeps runoff offices Brazil, Duarte, Kawai win IVP, academic affairs, facilities commissioners slots By Rashmi Nijagal Daily Bruin Staff In undergraduate runoff elections Thursday night, Students First candidates swept the remaining offices of internal vice president, academic affairs commissioner and facilities commissioner. In contrast to the past two weeks, during which campaigning slates […]

Second annual AIDS Ride raises money, hope UCLA students, faculty will cycle across California By Patrick Kerkstra and Kimberly Mackesy Daily Bruin Staff Early Sunday morning, more than 1,500 bicyclists will depart from their camp overlooking San Francisco Bay on a week-long trip canvassing 525 miles of California pavement ­ in the largest AIDS fundraising […]

Professor redefines traditional readings Sundquist says American literature is not black or white By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Redefining American literature has been Professor Eric Sundquist’s project for the past 10 years, culminating in his book, "To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature." The UCLA English department chair’s efforts […]

SAGE eyes working benefits, bargaining table UC Berkeley grad union gains apply to all universities By Maria Beerens After the Student Association of Graduate Employees (SAGE) went on strike two weeks ago, it received no significant promises from the UCLA administration. But if the union is eventually recognized, it could gain a number of financial […]

International center honors cultural understanding By Lisa Marie Weyh Mingling with others at an exclusive cocktail reception at the Beverly Hills Hilton, Chancellor Charles Young and former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley acted as if they had known each other for years. On Tuesday night, guests in tuxedos and sequined gowns gathered at the International […]