Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Colleges trim long-term faculty EDUCATION: Tightened budgets force schools to prioritize, assess needs By J. Sharon Yee Daily Bruin Contributor Concerned with rapidly diminishing budgets, many colleges and universities have begun to seriously cut back on the number of permanent faculty being hired as one way to cut costs. Read more...

Wednesday, April 29, 1998 New slates join race for student council ELECTION: Two groups hope to fill void left from decline of Students First! By Dennis Lim Daily Bruin Contributor Praxis and Sanity ’98 will face off in this year’s undergraduate student government elections as the only two slates vying for control of Kerckhoff Hall. Read more...

Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Construction projects made concrete ADMINISTRATION: Team from Capital Programs meets needs of campus By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Contributor After a period of decline in campus building from the late 1960s to the 1980s, UCLA is currently in a building cycle, spending $1.25 billion since 1985. Read more...

Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Community Briefs Grad students given bargaining rights A state labor board ruling bolstered the campaign of academic student employees (ASE) for collective bargaining rights. Read more...

Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Epidemic of health PEOPLE: Two campus organizations reach across cultural barriers, providing free medical screenings and disease education to impoverished groups By Trina Enriquez Daily Bruin Contributor Some prevent heart attacks, and others travel to Tijuana to take care of children. Read more...

Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Science Files RESEARCH: Scientists are taking it to the next level with their latest projects. Yang modernizes ink-jet technology Using simple ink-jet technology, Professor Yang Yang and a research team are printing polymer coatings directly onto glass and flexible substrates. Read more...

Tuesday, April 28, 1998 Community Briefs Union measure will be placed on GSA ballot Despite the opposition from SAGE, a referendum on whether graduate students should unionize will be on the ballot in May. Read more...