Friday, November 13, 1998 Mattel presents $2.5 million to hospital Toy company contribution in honor of aiding children in need By Katie Sierra Daily Bruin Contributor Life-size replicas of some of Mattel’s most famous characters, such as Barbie and the Cabbage Patch Kids, created a child’s fantasy land at the UCLA Children’s Hospital on Thursday. Read more...

Friday, November 13, 1998 Gays question effects of Shepard’s death Students, faculty concerned whether support will ever erase discrimination By Andy Shah Daily Bruin Contributor The murder of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old Wyoming college student beaten and killed because he was gay, generated an outpouring of grief from people worldwide. Read more...

Friday, November 13, 1998 Conference discusses role of race, gender in military Talks connect sexual harassment to ethnicities, stereotypes By Natasha Behbahany Daily Bruin Contributor Desert Storm Barbie and six-inch helicopter pilots with braids decorated the pamphlet-filled table. Read more...

Friday, November 13, 1998 Student-run recycling plan to spring up in Rieber Hall UCLA lags far behind other UCs, schools ­ until now By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Staff Whether it was paper, plastic or aluminum, Karen Yeh used to recycle before she came to UCLA. Read more...

Thursday, November 12, 1998 High demand cripples campus child care SERVICE: Programs often expensive, unavailable to parents working at UCLA By Hannah Miller Daily Bruin Senior Staff Although its child care is rated one of the top 10 programs in the nation, UCLA stills fails to provide care for thousands of staff, faculty and student parents with widely varying schedules who need inexpensive child care. Read more...

Thursday, November 12, 1998 Author on campus addresses neglected wartime massacre SPEAKER: Book recounts Japan’s atrocities against Chinese in World War II By Karen Thompson Daily Bruin Contributor Iris Chang, author of "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust," spoke about the Japanese army’s World War II massacre of thousands of innocent Chinese people, to an audience of more than 120 students in the Charles Young Grand Salon on Tuesday. Read more...