The first results of a UCLA study released last week show that California taxpayers are saving more money than expected due to Proposition 36, which gives first- and second-time drug offenders the option of rehabilitation with probation instead of jail time. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Drug rehabilitation has financial benefits over incarceration
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Students have mixed reactions over parking lot construction
With the first phase of construction of the 294-space Dykstra Hall parking structure now visible, students residing on the Hill are comforted by the prospect of increased parking in the near future. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Formerly conjoined twins recover at separate rates
While Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez were on the pediatric floor of the UCLA Medical Center last summer, a mirror was strategically placed in the bed they shared. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Editorial: Market, families need support of L.A. community
The tragedy at Santa Monica’s Farmers’ Market on Wednesday reminds us all how fragile life can be ““ dozens of lives ended instantly when a car driven by an elderly man careened down the wrong street. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Recent cases renew attention toward conjoined twins
By Jeyling Chou BRUIN SCIENCE SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Midwives refused to touch Chang and Eng Bunker on the day they were born in 1811, horrified that the twin brothers were joined at the abdomen by a single band of flesh. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: State agencies may face similar budget situation next year
Thirty percent student fee hikes, cuts in outreach, research and student services, the cancellation of expected faculty pay increases ““ all this may be just the beginning of the University of California’s budget crisis. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Many incoming Bruins expected fee hike
When thousands of incoming undergraduate students rushed letters of intent to the admissions office before the May 1 deadline, attending UCLA cost about $1,000 less than it will when those students step on campus for the first time in the fall. Read more...