Friday, October 30

Hooked on literacy

Monday, November 23, 1998 Hooked on literacy Many students devote their time and energy to helping others learn to read, something an estimated 1.5 million Angelenos can’t do By Trina Enriquez Daily Bruin Contributor On Saturday mornings, a little boy rides his bike through the streets of Watts so that a college student can tutor him in reading. Read more...


Search for UC Merced chancellor begins

Monday, November 23, 1998 Search for UC Merced chancellor begins REGENTS: Raising funds would help experimental campus to open by 2005 By Edina Lekovic Daily Bruin Senior Staff UC President Richard Atkinson announced plans Friday to begin searching for a chancellor for UC Merced, the system’s planned tenth campus. Read more...




Group helps transfers cope with transition to university

Monday, November 23, 1998 Group helps transfers cope with transition to university TRASFER: Association’s mentors aid in academic, social adaption to campus By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Staff That lost, lonely feeling many encounter when entering UCLA is not limited to the students fresh out of high school. Read more...


Community Briefs

Friday, November 20, 1998 Community Briefs Value of Pell grants falls BOSTON, Mass. — Pell grants cover about half as much of the cost of college as they did 20 years ago, according to a study released yesterday. Read more...


Piecing it together

Friday, November 20, 1998 Piecing it together While many students focus their energies on local causes, others set their sights on bigger goals By H. Jayne Ahn Daily Bruin Contributor Human rights, sustainable development, refugees and arms control are not the kind of issues that pop up in most students’ everyday conversations. Read more...