Friday, May 15, 1998 Students demand noncompliance POLITICS: Affirmative Action Coalition to hold protest before ceremony By Christy Lin Daily Bruin Contributor As a personal friend of Gov. Read more...

Friday, May 15, 1998 Board considers admissions policy change REGENTS: Proposed UC Merit Scholars Program to modify role of SAT, honors units in eligibility By Michelle Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor With the weight of public pressure on their shoulders in light of the drop in underrepresented minority admissions, the UC Board of Regents critically discussed the future of UC eligibility requirements with a faculty committee Thursday. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 Community Briefs Four UCSD professors elected to academy In recognition of their achievements in original research, four members of the faculty at UCSD have recently been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 Major source for student programming threatened ASUCLA: Interaction fund ends; association refuses to reinstate until ’99-2000 By Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Staff At ASUCLA’s last board meeting on April 24, students questioned the management’s intent to delay reinstating funding for the interaction fund, which has been a source of money for student programming for many years. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 Real bruins PEOPLE: Procrastination, surfing, midterms, friendship and Jerry Springer: A typical day in the life of Steve Wong, your average Bruin By Rachel Munoz Daily Bruin Staff Walking up the steps of his apartment on Landfair, it’s amazing that the furniture ever made it through this narrow corridor. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 UC regents meeting to address diversity REGENTS: Board plans to consider socio-economic factors in admissions By Michelle Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor In light of the ban on race-based affirmative action, the UC Board of Regents will meet today and Friday to examine the most pressing issue for the UC system – how to maintain diversity and quality in undergraduate admissions. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 The legal life LAW SCHOOL: The pace is faster, the books thicker, the stress greater; so how do students survive? By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Staff "I am confident that 80 percent of students in law school didn’t know what they were getting into when they first entered," said Peter Nguyen, second-year law student. Read more...