Friday, November 1, 1996 ELECTIONS: Historically, economical impact on businesses minimalBy John Digrado Daily Bruin Senior Staff Possibly raising the state minimum wage level above and beyond the current $4.75 per hour, California voters will be able to decide next Tuesday to demand that all businesses pay some of their lowest paid employees more, driving the state minimum wage to $5.00 per hour by March 1, 1997. Read more...

Friday, November 1, 1996 PROFILE: Students involved in grass-roots campaigns educate peers, help ‘get the vote out’By Julie Brighton Daily Bruin Contributor Amid the confusion many students face in voting in this year’s local and presidential races, more than a few Bruins have gone beyond their civic duties to make a difference in the campaigns. Read more...

Friday, November 1, 1996 UNION: University officials have failed to recognize grad student union by the Oct. 28 deadline By Scott P. Stimson Daily Bruin Contributor When some students think of strikes, they might recall the trash not being collected for a few weeks, times when the buses ran late or television news stories showing striking truck drivers booing scab workers. Read more...

Friday, November 1, 1996 Berkeley grad students vote for three-day strike Members of UC Berkeley’s Association of Graduate Student Employees voted overwhelmingly earlier this week to stage a three-day strike – a move expected to drive graduate student instructors out of their classrooms and onto the picket lines. Read more...

Friday, November 1, 1996 HOMECOMING: Student participation of event has declined immenselyBy Rachel Kelley Daily Bruin Contributor Imagine a hundred thousand people united by a common spirit, a common goal, a common school which fewer than one thousand students could truly call home at the time. Read more...

Thursday, October 31, 1996 By Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Contributor What do Howard Leach, Peter Preuss, and John Davies all have in common? They are Pete Wilson appointees to the Board of Regents. Read more...

Thursday, October 31, 1996 ASUCLA: Ackerman renovation, loss of revenue sends students’ association back for more loansBy Frances Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Four years and several million dollars ago, the Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA) could not have predicted that their renovation of Ackerman Union would bear so heavily on their successors. Read more...