Friday, May 15, 1998 UCLA student held in custody for hit-and-run CRIME: Bail set at $50,000 for Benjamin Smallwood; elderly victim dies at medical center By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Contributor Wednesday night, an elderly man crossing the street at Beverly Glen and Ashton was struck by a speeding car; he later died at the UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Friday, May 15, 1998 Chancellor finds his bearings in Los Angeles Carnesale uses his first year to become accustomed to university By Lawrence Ferchaw Daily Bruin Contributor At the same time Chancellor Carnesale has had to deal with vacant administration positions and the fallout from Proposition 209, he has spent time getting to know the workings of the university. Read more...

Friday, May 15, 1998 Students demand noncompliance POLITICS: Affirmative Action Coalition to hold protest before ceremony By Christy Lin Daily Bruin Contributor As a personal friend of Gov. Read more...

Friday, May 15, 1998 Board considers admissions policy change REGENTS: Proposed UC Merit Scholars Program to modify role of SAT, honors units in eligibility By Michelle Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor With the weight of public pressure on their shoulders in light of the drop in underrepresented minority admissions, the UC Board of Regents critically discussed the future of UC eligibility requirements with a faculty committee Thursday. Read more...

Friday, May 15, 1998 The Year of Definition Carnesale has had to take stands on everything from RCM to Prop. 209 before inauguration By Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Senior Staff Chancellor Albert Carnesale is about to be inaugurated after nine and a half months in office. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 Major source for student programming threatened ASUCLA: Interaction fund ends; association refuses to reinstate until ’99-2000 By Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Staff At ASUCLA’s last board meeting on April 24, students questioned the management’s intent to delay reinstating funding for the interaction fund, which has been a source of money for student programming for many years. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 Real bruins PEOPLE: Procrastination, surfing, midterms, friendship and Jerry Springer: A typical day in the life of Steve Wong, your average Bruin By Rachel Munoz Daily Bruin Staff Walking up the steps of his apartment on Landfair, it’s amazing that the furniture ever made it through this narrow corridor. Read more...