Promoters envision renovated Westwood Village Some merchants, students skeptical of improvements By Allyssa Lee The T. Heritage Art Gallery sits among a handful of empty stores on Westwood Boulevard, often unnoticed by passers-by. Read more...

New club heralds diversity, welcomes all Multi-Cultural Society seeks to bring students of all backgrounds together By Jennifer K. Morita When seven UCLA students tackled the topic of multiculturalism in an English class earlier this quarter, they looked around campus for a club that drew students from many different cultural backgrounds together. Read more...

Patient complaint urged hospital investigation Institute administrators disagree over commission’s poor rating By Donna Wong Daily Bruin Senior Staff The investigation resulting in UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Hospital’s probationary standing this year was prompted by a patient complaint to the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations, hospital administrators said. Read more...

Fire blazes through Westwood structure Group may purchase former Chart House on Glendon Avenue despite burn damage By Lucia Sanchez Daily Bruin Staff A two-story vacant building in Westwood Village suffered $150,000 in damage after an accidental fire burned the second floor and attic late in the evening of Nov. Read more...

UCLA Communist club calls for dropping charges against Prop. 187 protesters Speakers urge freedom of speech, support for worker party By Jennifer Morita Members of a campus Communist group, the Spartacus Youth Club, urged about 20 listeners at Meyerhoff Park Tuesday afternoon to mobilize against Proposition 187 and demand that the university police drop charges against the 26 protesters arrested at last week’s sit-in at Murphy Hall. Read more...

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UCLA Technical workers get union Subhead 20 20 By Alisa Ulferts Daily Bruin Senior Staff The University of California’s battle for bargaining rights over employee contracts ended last week after technical employees at the nine campuses voted to unionize — despite allegations that the university misled and intimidated voters. Read more...