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...

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...

Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Word count EVENT: "Invisible Man" reading will entice English department funds to appear By Emi Kojima Daily Bruin Staff It will take about 20 hours to read all of Ralph Ellison’s "Invisible Man" at the English Department’s Marathon Reading Thursday, but by the end, students and faculty hope to make $8,000 materialize. Read more...

Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Science Files Stoddart builds molecular chains One of the foremost organic chemists in the world, J. Fraser Stoddart gets to play with microscopic rings for a living. Read more...

Wednesday, May 13, 1998 Community Briefs BRIEFS Job prospects good for 1998 college graduates An annual survey done by Michigan State University found that employers predict a 27.5 percent increase in jobs for students graduating from college this spring. Read more...