Thursday, October 15, 1998 ASUCLA looks to expand its commercial ventures SALES: Cash-strapped association may open store in Santa Monica By Neal Narahara Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA merchandise will find a second home on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica in November. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Program unresponsive to student needs AAP: Critics allege strong pro-administration bias, clamor for representation By Andy Shah Daily Bruin Contributor Some members of the Affirmative Action Coalition have recently expressed their discontent with the Academic Advancement Program (AAP), claiming the administration-run program does not adequately represent students and was unaccommodating to some student groups during the summer. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 School away from home CULTURE: Studying abroad provides opportunities that many students take advantage of, usually with positive resultsBy H. Jayne Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Jenni Alpert didn’t think something as simple as food would be such a big problem when she went to Spain this summer "I ended up becoming a coffee addict because I didn’t like the food at all," the third-year ethnomusicology student said. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Steep prices for course materials create demand for booklending USAC: Student government-run program lets Bruins borrow, instead of buy, texts for quarter By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Staff While the cost of textbooks is skyrocketing, alternatives to shelling out that $200 or $300 each quarter at the UCLA textbook store are often difficult to find. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Community Briefs Researcher awarded $3 million to study The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded has awarded $3.16 million to nursing professor Adeline Nyamathi for a five-year study to determine the best way to prevent tuberculosis among homeless men and women. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Professor wins Nobel Prize in medicine MEDICINE: Fifth UCLA award laureate establishes research reputation of medical school By Kathryn Combs and Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Senior Staff Louis Ignarro, a UCLA professor in the department of molecular and medical pharmacology, was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine yesterday, one of three U.S. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Ombuds staff willing, waiting to end conflict CAMPUS:Relatively unknown campus office assists university community in resolving disputes By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Staff Even though thousands of people pass by it each year, the Ombuds Office enjoys relative anonymity in its office next to the Career Center. Read more...