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Proposal to merge libraries $150 million plan proposes merging of staff, facilities By Michael Howerton Plans to improve and expand library space on campus have been submitted to Chancellor Charles Young’s office with hopes that construction could begin soon. The $150 million proposal includes plans to consolidate the 13 libraries on campus into six, add […]

Fans rush for victory shirts Student store bombarded, tees sell out in minutes By Patrick Kerkstra and Nancy Hsu Daily Bruin Staff Throngs of UCLA students and alumni swarmed the student store yesterday, snatching up T-Shirts, sweatshirts, hats and just about anything else emblazoned with the Bruin logo in the wake of Monday’s basketball victory […]

SAGE sets walkout date Walkout committee steps up endeavors to meet with Chancellor Young By Betty Song After several attempts to meet with Chancellor Charles Young failed to elicit a response from Young himself, the student association of graduate employees (SAGE) is stepping-up its efforts for negotiations and preparations for a two-day strike. The strike […]

Students support affirmative action Rally, march commemorate history of UCLA’s activism By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff In 1969, the Asian Radical Movement protested for two days in front of Murphy Hall to ensure that the adoption of ethnic studies was not meant just to placate minority students. Schoenberg Quad was once the site […]

Binge drinking rampant among Bruins of both sexes By Matt Sorokotyazh Ten percent of UCLA students suffer from alcoholism and over 30 percent of undergraduates have a drinking problem, UC officials estimated. Such high usage makes alcohol the No. 2 drug on campus, coming second only to caffeine, experts said. Many students drink because their […]

Cleanliness standards strain roommate relations Neatness a low priority for some in college dormlife By Kimberly Mackesy Spores. Filth. Roaches. While these words may conjure up images of a tenement slum, some Bruins may be surprised to discover that they aptly describe something closer to home ­ student housing. But to many students, this wouldn’t […]

Regents approve professional school fee hike By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Senior Staff Despite its billing as the affirmative action "showdown," last month’s University of California Regents’ meeting at UCLA dealt more with budgets and numbers than diversity and multiculturalism. As a protest about affirmative action ensued outside the James West Alumni Center, the regents […]