Monday, August 3, 1998 Coalition meets to lay out plan of action DIVERSITY: Group hopes to educate incoming students about effects of Prop. 209 By Payam Mahram Daily Bruin Contributor Over two months after the Days of Defiance protests, the Affirmative Action Coalition (AAC) held an organizational meeting Thursday to discuss current activities and plans for upcoming months. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Community Briefs Long-time theater professor dies Theodore Apstein, 80, a theater professor at UCLA for 27 years, died July 26. As an adjunct professor in the School of Theater Film and Television, Apstein taught the masters class in the graduate playwriting program and retired in 1993. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Cashier’s office makes four layoffs ASUCLA: Savings of $150,000 expected from terminations By Neal Narahara Daily Bruin Contributor A meeting had been scheduled for July 14 at 10 a.m., to notify four employees in the ASUCLA Main Cashier’s Office (MCO) that they had been terminated. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Going AWOL RUSSIA: Government-required military service has many young Russians searching for way out By Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Senior Staff ST. Read more...

Monday, July 27, 1998 Stop and taste the juice TREND: Smoothies and blended juices are carving themselves a lucrative niche as a healthy alternative drink By Pauline Vu Daily Bruin Contributor When Susan Jespersen opened the first ever Juice Stop store in a small city in Orange County, she had humble dreams of expansion: perhaps another three or four stores in a couple years. Read more...

Monday, July 27, 1998 Student council decreases officers’ stipends USAC: Groups to benefit from $5,900 reallocation to base budget with vote By Diana Ting Daily Bruin Contributor A strike of the gavel made the decision: USAC members would take a decrease in their stipends. Read more...

Monday, July 27, 1998 Community Briefs Westwood merchants discuss legislation A group of about 35 Westwood business owners gathered for a meeting with California State Assemblyman Wally Knox on Friday to discuss impending state legislation that could affect the village. Read more...