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Affirmative action debate causes partisan battle Policies could be deciding factor in the 1996 election By James Thomas Snyder Daily Bruin Senior Staff When President Bill Clinton spoke before the California Democratic Convention last weekend, his recent statements on affirmative action drew fire. "Let me speak," the President said, trying to subdue a group of […]

Scholarships to benefit humanities students Design for Sharing attracts support from arts-lovers By Allyssa Lee Seen as having an "eye for art" by members of the UCLA Medical Center, professor of ophthalmology Dr. Leonard Apt has been a longtime patron of the arts. "As a physician my primary interest is medicine," Apt said. "However, I […]

Students rally for Mitsubishi boycott By Janice Luo UCLA’s Rainforest Action Group is appealing to the students’ association to boycott all Mitsubishi products, such as cars, televisions and computer electronics, because of the company’s logging activities in the rainforest. The environmental group presented a 143-page "ethical and social responsibility" petition to ASUCLA showing Mitsubishi’s alleged […]

Another Q&A session with President Clinton The White House held a college press day last month, where student journalists got a chance to meet administration officials and interview President Clinton. Daily Bruin staff writer Alisa Ulferts and wire editor James Snyder attended and are writing a series on federal education issues. This is part two […]

UCLA hospital finds temporary director By Gil Hopenstand and Donna Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff After only 14 months at UCLA, G. Michael Arnold is the newly appointed interim director of a changing Neuropsychiatiric Hospital. Six months after the current director, Don Rockwell, decided to retire from his position and change careers, hospital officials announced […]

LAPD to file suit against UCLA fraternities Police cite assault, nuisance as cause for legal actions By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Citing the "civil disturbances" of the past seven days, a Los Angeles Police Dept. officer said in an interview yesterday that the department is planning a civil lawsuit against several fraternities on […]

Bruins accuse LAPD of brutality Police claim they will investigate all filed complaints By Nancy Hsu Daily Bruin Senior Staff Students and members of the Coalition Against Police Abuse gathered petitions on Bruin Walk Monday afternoon from people who said they were assaulted, or witnessed an assault, by police officers in Westwood after the NCAA […]