BALLOT MEASURES Besides Proposition 36, seven other initiatives have qualified for the November ballot in California. Other measures may be added later. SOURCE: California Voter Foundation Original graphic by ADAM BROWN/Daily Bruin Web adaptation by CHRISTINE TAN By Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Senior Staff A measure on the November ballot is asking Californians to approve a significant change in state substance abuse policy, by mandating treatment and probation rather than incarceration for many drug offenders. Read more...

  DAVE HILL/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Miroslava Rebenczuk hands a bag of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to Mauricio Medrano at the new doughnut shop in Ackerman. By Christine Byrd Daily Bruin Senior Staff Used to be, one had to drive 20 minutes to get a Krispy Kreme doughnut. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff MDMA, a designer drug known as ecstasy which is commonly used at raves and night clubs, is currently the subject of research to determine its permanent effects on the brain. Read more...

Barbara Ortutay   Ortutay is the 2000-2001 news editor. Do you have what it takes to be a reporter? E-mail her at [email protected].   There is a crossword puzzle in every edition of this paper. Read more...

  Photo Illustration by JASON CHEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Joy McMasters Daily Bruin Staff Ignorance is bliss, but not if it perpetuates hate and discrimination. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Most of the De Neve Plaza housing complex, located in front of Dykstra Hall, will open this quarter after three years of construction. Read more...