By Neal Narahara Daily Bruin Senior Staff Several regents, representatives from the UC Office of the President, the graduate and professional schools, as well as student protesters from the law school, shared their perspectives at this year’s Graduate Council and Division retreat titled "Diversity Advance." "It was a look at where we are and where we need to get to," Jim Turner, assistant vice chancellor of the Graduate Division, said at the March 24 conference. Read more...

By Dharshani Dharmawardena Daily Bruin Contributor In recent years, the growing popularity of glass art has spawned previously unavailable programs aimed at teaching the trade in higher educational facilities nationwide, infusing an ancient art and trade with modern technology. Read more...

Asian American Studies Center receives grant The Asian American Studies Center, together with the Asian Pacific International Health Awareness Institute, has been awarded a $315,000 grant from the California Endowment to support a new project, "Asian Pacific American Geriatric Healthcare Clearinghouse and Collaborative Network." The funds will help forge ties between UCLA faculty and students in the Asian American Studies Center, health sciences departments, social welfare departments and some of Southern California’s largest Asian Pacific American community-based organizations serving the elderly. Read more...

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff More than six months after 19 current and former UCLA football players pleaded no contest to illegally obtaining disabled parking placards, Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa came to campus to announce legislation intended to curb future abuses. Read more...

By J. Sharon Yee Daily Bruin Senior Staff Actor Martin Sheen was presented with the first Cesar E. Chavez Spirit Award Friday at a luncheon celebration honoring the late labor rights activist on what would have been his 73rd birthday. Read more...

Photos by Jamie Scanlon-Jacobs Journey to the valley of death A photographer’s look at the heart of California’s Death ValleyClockwise from top left Death Valley has a number of sand dunes which are in perpetual motion as the wind slowly blows them across the land. Read more...

Tuesday, March 2, 1999 Community Briefs UCLA ‘Eco-Heroes’ expands program The UCLA Advanced Policy Institute has expanded its award-winning Eco-Heroes campaign to 10 Los Angeles high schools, introducing more than 1,500 urban students to the wilderness. Read more...