Thursday, February 6, 1997 CHANCELLOR: Debate continues in whether selection process should be public or privateBy Patrick Kerkstra Daily Bruin Senior Staff When Chancellor Charles Young announced his retirement last February, the president of the American Council on Education said UCLA was losing "one of the most admired and respected figures in higher education." Politicians, business leaders and education experts alike praised the chancellor. Read more...

Thursday, February 6, 1997 HEALTH CARE: Reductions could mean low quality care, less time for research, educationBy Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor Doctors usually don’t have much time for political activism. Read more...

Thursday, February 6, 1997 EDUCATION: Faculty appalled by poor quality of students’ writingBy Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff How to write a topic sentence. Staff and faculty members believe this should have been mastered in high school or, at the very least, learned in an English 3 class freshman year. Read more...

Journal of Medicine features UCLA study A Feb. 6 article of the New England Journal of Medicine describes how researchers at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and two other cancer centers have discovered a way to dramatically reduce the likelihood of life-threatening bleeding for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Read more...

Thursday, February 6, 1997 HIV: Study shows protease inhibitors hold great promise for attacking virus in pediatric casesBy Kathryn Combs Daily Bruin Contributor Parents of the ’90s have to keep a close eye on various aspects of their children’s health: immunizations, teaching healthy eating habits, pollution, and increasingly, HIV education and treatment. Read more...

Wednesday, February 5, 1997 LAWSUIT: $8.5 million fine levied by jurors for death of Ron GoldmanBy John Digrado and Tyler Maxwell Daily Bruin Staff After two days of deliberation and under the spectre of a mistrial, 12 jurors found O.J. Read more...

Wednesday, February 5, 1997 CONSTRUCTION: New funding will help repair quake-damaged edificeBy Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff More than three years after the Northridge earthquake, Vice President Al Gore presented UCLA on Tuesday with a $5.2 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to further fund the seismic correction of Royce Hall. Read more...