Category Archives: News

Coming out festivities hope to dispel stigmas Bruins battle "closet" stereotypes during week of celebration By Julie Ann Silva Daily Bruin Senior Staff David Bain doesn’t wear leather, women’s underpants or conical bras. His penis is not pierced, nor is any other body part. Bain is gay. He is testimony that such stereotypes don’t hold […]

More women from all racial groups taking GRE By Naoki Naruse If college tests are a sign, then the 1990s may just prove to be the decade of the woman. Or at least, the decade of some women. From 1981 through 1992, the number of U.S. citizens who took the Graduate Record Examinations General Test […]

UCLA professors win humanities awards National endowment gives grants of more than $300,000 total to campus scholars By Donna Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff When science and technology raced for the moon in 1965, humanists decided there were moral and ethical elements that could no longer be ignored. So they created the National Endowment for […]

Blocked routes around campus frustrate students Congestion, traffic bottleneck students at construction sites By Ben Gilmore Tony McClane is a marketing representative working on Bruin Walk who has been to many schools. He has never seen anything like UCLA. "This is the worst I’ve seen, and I’ve been to Long Beach, Cal, and many other […]

UCLA faculty, students express opinions regarding Peres’ visit By Phillip Carter The biblical legend of David and Goliath tells the tale of a young man who defeats his older, stronger enemy by using Goliath’s strength and size against him. For four decades, the tiny Jewish state of Israel has been portrayed in the same way […]

Prop. 187 sparks campus protest Marchers call ‘Save Our State’ initiative racist say marchers By Brett Tam Daily Bruin Senior Staff Rattling penny-filled soda cans and blasting ear-piercing whistles, a crowd of almost 200 marched up Bruin Walk toting bullhorns and signs to protest Proposition 187, an anti-illegal immigration initiative on the November ballot that […]

Peres aims for peace in Middle East Students happy to hear Israeli foreign minister’s speech By Gil Hopenstand Daily Bruin Senior Staff Addressing a crowd of more than 1,000 supportive UCLA students, faculty and guests, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres shared his vision for a new and prosperous Middle East Thursday. He visited UCLA during […]