Sunday, May 11


Community Briefs

Monday, February 3, 1997 UCB chancellor search committee keeps quiet Members of a committee charged with finding potential replacements for Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien remained tight-lipped late last week about reports that UC Berkeley economist Laura D’Andrea Tyson is their top pick. Read more...


Standing Out

Friday, January 31, 1997 Many grad students hardly have time to think, let alone run a student government. But, somehow, GSA President Chris Tymchuk finds the time.By A.J. Read more...


Community Briefs

Protesters arrested after disrupting speech Four pro-affirmative action protesters were arrested Monday night after interrupting a speech by Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien at Zellerbach Hall. The demonstrators, including members of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary, shouted at Tien for not defying a move by the UC Board of Regents to end affirmative action policies in university hiring and admissions. Read more...


Youth arrested after standoff

Friday, January 31, 1997 CRIME: No one hurt as SWAT team flushes 17-year-old out of apartment attic with tear gasBy Marie Blanchard Daily Bruin Senior Staff An armed youth was holed up for two hours in a West Los Angeles apartment building Thursday after fleeing a university police officer who had tried to question him. Read more...


Westwood health club seeks exemption from zoning plan

Friday, January 31, 1997 PETITION: Aesthetics, parking, facilities cited by Better Bodies’ opponentsBy Rachel Muñoz Daily Bruin Contributor Better Bodies, a local Westwood gym 400 to 500 members strong, is experiencing a few hurdles in bettering its members’ bodies. Read more...


Student needs the focus of campaign

Friday, January 31, 1997 RANKINGS: Universities’ main priority should be education, not research, claims groupBy J. Sharon Yee Daily Bruin Contributor After paying registration fees, waiting in long lines to buy books, trying to track down inaccessible professors, and dodging a variety of construction sites on the way to class, some UCLA students wonder: "What does this university really have to offer me?" A group of students from colleges across the United States have made this question the target of their latest campaign, titled "Universities For Students" (UFS). Read more...