Wednesday, September 30

UCLA sued over its Willed Body program

Monday, November 4, 1996 MEDICAL CENTER: Families claim university disposed of cadavers in an undignified manner By Phillip Carter Daily Bruin Staff Attorneys representing the families of nearly 18,000 participants in UCLA’s Willed Body program filed suit against the university last Thursday, claiming the cadavers were handled "without dignity" and dumped into the Pacific Ocean along with other waste from the School of Medicine. Read more...



Community Briefs

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...


Where has all the spirit gone?

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...


Where has all the spirit gone?

Friday, November 1, 1996 HOMECOMING: This year’s festivities include first Bruinfest CarnivalBy Tiffany Lauter Daily Bruin Contributor It was in 1927 that UCLA participated in its first homecoming game. Read more...


California voters will decide on minimum wage boost

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...


Bruins volunteer time, effort to local, presidential elections

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...