UCLA sees record number of applicants for 1996-97 Large senior class, practicality of higher education cited By Rachanee Srisavasdi Daily Bruin Contributor With about 27,900 applications in and more still to come, UCLA has received the largest number of applicants ever for the 1996-97 UCLA freshman class, some who will be the Class of 2000. Read more...

Use of fake IDs can have real consequences Students use complete fabrications, older person’s driver’s license as keys to bars By Susan Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Hidden behind the credit cards, receipts, library cards and real driver’s licenses of many UCLA students are the often useful and always illegal, fake identification cards. Read more...

States move up primary dates in strategic move Front-loading aims to outshine Iowa, New Hampshire coverage By Philip Iglauer Daily Bruin Contributor There is at least one good thing about the primary season this year: it will be shorter. Read more...

Conflict builds over Congress’ latest reform bill Communications Decency Act threatens access to ‘Net information, opponents say By Jason Packman Daily Bruin Contributor The last time legislation came out of Washington that dealt with telecommunication, people still huddled in front of a radio to listen to President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats and watched newsreels at theaters to see a world edging closer toward war. Read more...

Diversity council’s effectiveness debated works to ensure UCLA diversity Members defend work; critics cite lack of proactive agenda By Anne Mai Daily Bruin Contributor As the university deals with the potentially dramatic changes of the UC Regents’ decision to end affirmative action, the Chancellor’s Council on Diversity should have a a heavy impact on UCLA’s implementation and interpretation of the ruling. Read more...

Hollywood comes to Drake Stadium By Vicente Jimenez Daily Bruin Contributor Gayle Devers, Olympic champion and UCLA alumna, is the subject of "Godspeed," the latest movie filmed on campus. Read more...

York Chang speaks out Undergraduate president uses vision to lead students against affirmative action cut, fee hikes with vision commitment and commitment By Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Contributor With his baggy pants, ripped T-shirt and laid-back manner, undergraduate President York Chang hardly fills the stereotypical image of a politician. Read more...