Monday, June 29

Student regent-designate named at Board meeting

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Student regent-designate Dexter Ligot-Gordon has set his sights on issues that include increasing collaboration between student outreach programs throughout the University of California and pushing for the repeal of the SAT I test as a basis for admissions. Read more...


Campus confronts bioterrorism threat

  MIKE CHIEN Hedrick Hall roommates (l to r) Spencer Fivelson, Roman Barbalat and Derek Lazzaro wear their gas masks in their room. Other students have bought masks to protect themselves against potential anthrax attacks. Read more...


Post office not likely to spread anthrax spores

By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON “”mdash; It’s highly unlikely that any anthrax present in a Washington post office could have contaminated other letters awaiting delivery to people’s homes, anthrax specialists said Monday. Read more...


UC graduate program requires more funding

By Leo Wallach Daily Bruin Contributor A UC report to be presented next month calls for a $215 million increase annually in UC financial support for graduate students to prevent the loss of top candidates to other schools. Read more...


Crime Watch

Petty theft Five cell phones, two purses, one backpack and seven parking permits were stolen during this period, totaling a loss of $1,289. Someone stole the rear license plate of a green 1997 Dodge Neon parked on the 10900 block of Roebling Avenue between 12:30 and 11 a.m. Read more...



University study finds stress increases rate of HIV progression

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Senior Staff Scientists at UCLA released a study today that found a detrimental connection between HIV and stress. The journal, “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,” published results of the research, which indicates HIV patients with high levels of stress do not respond as well to medication. Read more...