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...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Prop. 9 may decrease energy costs ELECTIONS: Elections ’98 By Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Senior Staff Energy deregulation, trumpeted by state legislators two years ago in a pro-competition frenzy worthy of Adam Smith, may not have worked as well as expected. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 High-tech toys TECHNOLOGY: As technology advances, palm pilots, pagers and cell phones are getting smaller, and as prices fall, their popularity with students continues to grow By Pauline Vu Daily Bruin Contributor Once upon a time, a time long ago, there was the beeper. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 Passage of Prop. 10 would raise funds through increased smoking tax Supporters say cash will help kids; opponents call plan big bureaucracy By Marisa Yamane Daily Bruin Contributor Smokers in California will have to pay 50 cents more for each pack of cigarettes if Proposition 10 is approved by voters in the upcoming November election. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 SAGE threatens administration with strike DEMANDS: Union claims collective bargaining key to ending long stalemate By Ann Hawkey Daily Bruin Contributor The Student Association of Graduate Employees and the United Auto Workers (SAGE/UAW) began another year of struggling for university recognition Oct. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 Decline in voting rate for youths worries groups ELECTIONS: Busy schedules, apathy, confusing registration may explain lack of activism By Catherine Turner Daily Bruin Contributor A determined Holly Hogan stood in front of Rieber Hall Monday night, attempting to get as many students as possible to register to vote before the deadline that evening. Read more...