Thursday, May 14, 1998 Community Briefs Four UCSD professors elected to academy In recognition of their achievements in original research, four members of the faculty at UCSD have recently been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. 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...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 UC regents meeting to address diversity REGENTS: Board plans to consider socio-economic factors in admissions By Michelle Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor In light of the ban on race-based affirmative action, the UC Board of Regents will meet today and Friday to examine the most pressing issue for the UC system – how to maintain diversity and quality in undergraduate admissions. Read more...

Thursday, May 14, 1998 The legal life LAW SCHOOL: The pace is faster, the books thicker, the stress greater; so how do students survive? By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Staff "I am confident that 80 percent of students in law school didn’t know what they were getting into when they first entered," said Peter Nguyen, second-year law student. Read more...

Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Coalition embarks on Days of Defiance PROTESTS: Three-day protest by student groups intended to force Regents to take stand against Proposition 209 By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Contributor Next year’s freshman admits, a class stronger academically but weaker in ethnic diversity than its predecessor, have already begun mailing their intent to register as UCLA students. Read more...

Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Freedom of biology SCIENCE: Ideas evolve as religious beliefs, scientific theory collide in the classroom By Michelle Navarro Daily Bruin Senior Staff Almost 140 years after Charles Darwin’s "The Origin of Species" made its debut, sending shock waves around the world, there still exists that conflict between science and religion. Read more...