Friday, November 20, 1998 Community Briefs Value of Pell grants falls BOSTON, Mass. — Pell grants cover about half as much of the cost of college as they did 20 years ago, according to a study released yesterday. Read more...

Friday, November 20, 1998 Piecing it together While many students focus their energies on local causes, others set their sights on bigger goals By H. Jayne Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Human rights, sustainable development, refugees and arms control are not the kind of issues that pop up in most students’ everyday conversations. Read more...

Friday, November 20, 1998 Exemplary sports negotiator speaks at UCLA SPEAKER Steinberg shows how personal-representation industry has repaired ‘sleazoid’ reputation By George Fujii Daily Bruin Contributor Leigh Steinberg, sports agent and author of "Winning with Integrity", spoke to over 200 people Wednesday night at Korn Hall in The Anderson School at UCLA. Read more...

Friday, November 20, 1998 Graduate-student strike may affect finals, classes SAGE: University works on how to handle exams without readers, graders By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Contributor Upcoming student-employee strikes throughout the UC system, including UCLA, may affect undergraduate studies, causing discussion sections, grades and finals to be altered or cancelled due to lack of teaching assistants and readers. Read more...

Thursday, November 19, 1998 Eisner receives award amid controversy UNION: Protesters call Disney CEO ‘hypocrite’ for delaying negotiations By Brian Fishman Daily Bruin Contributor Helicopters circled overhead and car horns blared their support for crimson-clad union members protesting in the heart of Beverly Hills Tuesday evening. Read more...

Thursday, November 19, 1998 Westwood, Bay Area police, merchants target homeless POVERTY: Efforts to curb loitering, drug sales look to those living on streets By Caridad Lezcano Daily Bruin Contributor Three decades ago, a young soldier served his country in the Vietnam war. Read more...