Friday, February 26, 1999 PET scan inventor honored for achievements RESEARCHER: Scientist gets award for improved methods in technology By Angela Sveda Daily Bruin Contributor President Clinton recently named UCLA’s Michael Phelps, inventor of the positron emission tomography (PET) scan, as a recipient of the prestigious Enrico Fermi Award, honoring a lifetime of achievement in nuclear energy. Read more...

Friday, February 26, 1999 Ho Chi Minh poster creates tension in community RESPONSE: Vietnamese hope protest pressures Tran to remove symbols By Yiloc Lai Daily Bruin Contributor Jimmy Nguyen doesn’t like knowing that a picture of Ho Chi Minh is posted in his community. Read more...

Friday, February 26, 1999 Fight Power CIVIL: From equal rights to extended educational opportunities, student protests have long been an influential force of change at UCLA By Nick Williams Daily Bruin Contributor Nommo, Swahili for "the magic power of the word," has guided the African American activist population on campus for 50 years. Read more...

Thursday, February 25, 1999 Budget raises tuition costs, but not financial aid awards EDUCATION: Opponents fear that grants will not be enough to compensate for higher fees By Anand Patel Daily Bruin Contributor Students in financial need may have to look for additional aid if President Clinton’s $1.7 trillion budget is passed by Congress. Read more...

Thursday, February 25, 1999 College Briefs First African American students honored Tuscaloosa, Ala. — During the first annual "March Back to the Schoolhouse Door," faculty, administrators and students will walk from the Ferguson Center to Foster Auditorium as part of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority’s "Week of Black Heritage." According to The Crimson White, the march will commemorate Vivian Malone and James Hood’s triumphant walk through the door of the University of Alabama’s Foster Auditorium in 1963. Read more...

Thursday, February 25, 1999 Community Briefs Campaign UCLA past the half-way mark Earlier this month, Chancellor Albert Carnesale announced Campaign UCLA has reached 67 percent of its goal of $1.2 billion in private donations. Read more...

Thursday, February 25, 1999 UCLA among disability friendly campuses FRIENDLINESS: Magazine ranks university seventh due to accessible facilities By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Contributor People with disabilities who are deciding whether or not to come to a university like UCLA must take many considerations into account. Read more...