Monday, August 17, 1998 College Briefs Yale students’ legal challenge falls short CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A federal judge in Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit against Yale brought by four Orthodox Jewish undergraduates who alleged a policy requiring students to live in coed dormitories violated their civil rights. Read more...

Monday, August 17, 1998 Community Briefs Man struck, killed at UCLA construction site A 19-year-old man was killed Saturday morning when a tractor-trailer struck him at the DeNeve Plaza work site. Read more...

Monday, August 17, 1998 Dorm shortage puts squeeze on students OVERCROWDING: Rather than convert study areas to rooms, housing opts to create triples By Payam Mahram Daily Bruin Contributor For the first time ever, the number of students housed in triple-capacity dorm rooms this year will exceed double-capacity rooms. Read more...

Monday, August 17, 1998 UCLA doctors operate, cure rare illness in Filipino youth MIRACLE: Overwhelming odds overcome in quest to save child from muscle-afflicting disease By Laura Luu Daily Bruin Contributor When doctors in the Philippines told Menchi Estares that nothing more could be done for her son’s life-threatening condition, she didn’t listen. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Going AWOL RUSSIA: Government-required military service has many young Russians searching for way out By Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Senior Staff ST. Read more...

Monday, July 6, 1998 Freedom of the press… in Russia Daily Bruin staff writer Brent Boyd is taking part in the Student Media exchange program, and has been sent to Russia to experience life at Gaudeamus, a Russian student newspaper. Read more...

Monday, July 20, 1998 Importing America AMERICA: In Russia, American thought, culture and pop stars are everywhere By Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Staff ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — I still don’t know what my dead giveaway was. Read more...