Sunday, April 26

Psychology professor, alumnus gives lecture

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Ex-Harvard Professor Robert Rosenthal spoke in Franz Hall Wednesday night. By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Reporter Distinguished professor and psychologist Robert Rosenthal addressed research expectations during a special lecture Wednesday night. Read more...


Community Briefs

Quake repairs finished on L.A. landmark It was blasted by Martians in “War of the Worlds” and ravaged for real by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. But on Thursday evening, City Hall was expected to rumble only to the sound of movers as crews started to return desks and file cabinets to the landmark building after a $300 million, three-year renovation. Read more...



UCLA hosts famous prosecutor

  MICHAEL JENNINGS Benjamin Ferencz, a prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trials against high-level Nazi officers, spoke at the UCLA School of Law Tuesday. By Leo Wallach Daily Bruin Contributor Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz still remembers looking into the eyes of the Nazi war criminals he helped sentence to death. Read more...


Forest Life

  This vine snake, Oxybelis aeneus, with an unsuspecting ant riding on his head, was a surprising discovery at one of the research sites.   After a long day in the field, fourth-year student Cory Unruh relaxes in a hammock overlooking the Rio San Juan. Read more...


Couples to try out new polyurethane condoms

LATEX CONDOM FAILURE RATES Condom failure rates over the course of a year. By itself With spermicides Perfect use condoms used correctly every time 2% 1% Typical use condoms used correctly most of the time 10% 10% SOURCE: The Nemours Foundation Original graphic by VICTOR CHEN/Daily Bruin Web adaptation by ROBERT LIU/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Lisa Klassen Daily Bruin Reporter Latex condoms may become a thing of the past as couples begin testing an alternative to status quo rubbers. Read more...


College Briefs

Sit-in for Northeastern University institute ends BOSTON “”mdash; Demonstrators ended their 39-day long occupational protest of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute on Monday and announced the formation of a new organization “to ensure the issues surrounding the Institute don’t die on the table,” according to Northeastern University student leaders, the Northeastern News reported. Read more...