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CALPIRG gets voters rolling

Tuesday, November 5, 1996 ELECTION: Giant kitchen gadget designed to draw support for Prop. 212, campaign finance reformBy Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor Like a reformist Klingon spaceship, a 1-ton, 46-foot rolling pin occupied Westwood Plaza for half an hour Monday afternoon. Read more...


Community Briefs

Berkeley grad students vote for three-day strike Members of UC Berkeley’s Association of Graduate Student Employees voted overwhelmingly last week to stage a three-day strike ­ a move expected to drive graduate student instructors out of their classrooms and onto the picket lines. Read more...





Community Briefs

Monday, November 4, 1996 Poll shows no clear majority on Prop. 209 At UC Berkeley, hotbed of the national affirmative action debate, students are split on a state initiative that would ban race and gender preferences from public institutions, according to a poll conducted by the Daily Californian. Read more...


UCLA sued over its Willed Body program

Monday, November 4, 1996 MEDICAL CENTER: Families claim university disposed of cadavers in an undignified manner By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Staff Attorneys representing the families of nearly 18,000 participants in UCLA’s Willed Body program filed suit against the university last Thursday, claiming the cadavers were handled "without dignity" and dumped into the Pacific Ocean along with other waste from the School of Medicine. Read more...