Monday, April 20



Minority admissions up slightly

By J. Sharon Yee Daily Bruin Senior Staff The number of underrepresented students admitted as freshmen for fall 2000 increased slightly from last year, according to statistics released Monday. Read more...



Efforts focused toward a more complete count in Census 2000

By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff Two thousand years have passed since, according to the Bible, Joseph and Mary traveled by donkey to their home town of Bethlehem to be counted in the census – which government officials still stress as an important tool in getting a snapshot of the population. Read more...


Crime Watch

Petty theft A $60 jacket and a $149 cellular phone were stolen from the fourth floor locker room of Santa Monica Hospital Thursday. There was no sign of forced entry. Read more...


Eyes of the beholder

By Janie B. Porter Daily Bruin Contributor Beauty isn’t only in the eye of the beholder, sociologists and anthropologists say. It’s also in their background. What people see as beauty differs dramatically across cultures, just as opinions on how the concept of beauty originated vary in the academic world. Read more...