Wednesday, February 10, 1999 Academic senate looks at cheating allegations MEETING: Media reports, faculty concern, budgets central issues for board By Edina Lekovic Daily Bruin Senior Staff Preceded by other, seemingly larger faculty issues such as budgets and graduate student unionization, media reports regarding recent cases alleging widespread student cheating at UCLA dominated discussion at the Academic Senate’s meeting Tuesday. Read more...

Wednesday, February 10, 1999 Cancer patient awaits transplant LEUKEMIA: Sick youth will need bone marrow from 6-month-old sister By Sarah Krupp Daily Bruin Contributor Sitting in front of a Nintendo Entertainment System, Brayden Rydell could be any 8-year-old battling the evil forces in Nintendo’s Zelda video games. Read more...

Tuesday, February 9, 1999 All psyched up MAJORS: Too ‘scientific’ for North Campus, yet too intangible for South, psychology – one of UCLA’s biggest majors – manages to comfortably straddle the fence By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Senior Staff They know what students are thinking. Read more...

Tuesday, February 9, 1999 Latinas unlikely to have insurance, study reports LATINAS: Lack of medical care, rise in STDs may be due to economics, culture By Karla Y. Read more...

Tuesday, February 9, 1999 Lawsuit shuts down daytime curfew SCHOOLS: Ordinance to combat truancy during school hours found unconstitutional By Maria Paul Daily Bruin Contributor Monrovia’s daytime curfew ordinance – the model for dozens of anti-truancy statutes nationwide – was struck down on Jan. Read more...

Tuesday, February 9, 1999 Sangam to screen unique South Asian films FILM: Festival hopes to erase stereotypes, foster discussions about issues By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Contributor Offering films with topics ranging from the story of a homosexual Pakistani man and his neo-Nazi lover to the experiences of South Asians immigrating to the United States, Sangam is presenting a film festival this week, hoping to break down stereotypes about South Asians. Read more...

Monday, February 8, 1999 Community Briefs UC San Diego professor publishes biography A new biography on the life and times of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first black woman to edit and publish a newspaper in North America, tells the remarkable story of how a courageous, outspoken 19th century black woman used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the U.S. Read more...