Tuesday, April 7

Construction on graduate housing may suffer delay

By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Reporter Graduate student commuters may not see relief anytime soon if housing construction is delayed as anticipated by housing officials. Phase Two of the construction of a new housing facility on Veteran and Weyburn Ave., to house 2,000 graduate students on the site of medical facility Warren Hall, is supposed to begin by Fall 2005. Read more...


Turnout of youth voters consistently low

  Daily Bruin File Photo Students visit Covel polling booths during 2000 presidential elections. By Crystal Betz and Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff With midterms barely over and finals fast-approaching, many UCLA students will not find the time to vote in today’s California primary election. Read more...




Students promote voting

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Hundreds of young people, including many UCLA students, helped put on the Democratic state convention in Los Angeles. By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor With the primary elections being held Tuesday, many UCLA students have been helping behind the scenes on various election campaigns and with political groups to promote youth voting among students. Read more...


Many women are first in family to attend college

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Carribean Fragoza is the first woman in her family to attend college. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Senior Staff For the parents of many first generation female students, college was never considered since marriage appeared the only viable option for a woman. Read more...


News Briefs

Merced names admissions head UC Merced, the 10th and unbuilt campus in the University of California system began its student recruitment effort Friday by naming Encarnación Ruíz director of admissions. Read more...