Thursday, September 24

Conflict arises over student media audit

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff As some of last year’s members go out and next year’s come in, and amid confusion brought on by a by-law in its constitution, the Associated Students of UCLA Communications Board has not yet decided on a $15,000-$20,000 audit of student media. Read more...


Getting away

By Laura Rico Daily Bruin Contributor This summer fourth-year physiological sciences student Alayna Scruggs is trading the beaches of Santa Monica for the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean island of Barbados. Read more...


Internet service helps teachers detect incidents of plagiarism

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Several UC campuses have embraced software developed at UC Berkeley that allows faculty to detect Internet plagiarism. The most widespread detection software available is TurnItIn.com, an Internet service that cross-references the paper in question with other Web sites and papers in its online database ““ which increases in size with each paper submitted. Read more...


COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Financial aid to cover insurance For UCLA students on financial aid, the Financial Aid Office will add $415 to its per-student budget to cover additional costs which may be brought on by university-required health insurance. Read more...


Budget drafts may hurt UC schools

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff As California enters into the second week of the fiscal year without a budget and state lawmakers work out some kinks in Sacramento, funding for the University of California hangs in the balance. Read more...



Program aids African American students

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Jermaine Taj Ausmore (left) and others listen to Professor Mary Helen Washington of the University of Maryland speak in Hershey Hall. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Contributor When Richard Yarborough attended Michigan State University as an undergraduate student in the early 1970s, he never encountered any African American professors. Read more...