Wednesday, October 14, 1998 School away from home CULTURE: Studying abroad provides opportunities that many students take advantage of, usually with positive resultsBy H. Jayne Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Jenni Alpert didn’t think something as simple as food would be such a big problem when she went to Spain this summer "I ended up becoming a coffee addict because I didn’t like the food at all," the third-year ethnomusicology student said. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Steep prices for course materials create demand for booklending USAC: Student government-run program lets Bruins borrow, instead of buy, texts for quarter By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Staff While the cost of textbooks is skyrocketing, alternatives to shelling out that $200 or $300 each quarter at the UCLA textbook store are often difficult to find. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Community Briefs Researcher awarded $3 million to study The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded has awarded $3.16 million to nursing professor Adeline Nyamathi for a five-year study to determine the best way to prevent tuberculosis among homeless men and women. 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...