Activists sponsor pro-affirmative action rally today By Brooke Olson Daily Bruin Staff Beginning today at 11 a.m., a pro-affirmative action rally will be held in Westwood Plaza. Read more...

Buchanan clinches New Hampshire primary Dole emerges close second, Alexander finishes third place By John Digrado Daily Bruin Staff Upsetting GOP frontrunner Sen. Bob Dole in a race to the very finish, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan stole New Hampshire Tuesday with 27 percent of the vote in the first primary of the 1996 presidential election season. Read more...

The party’s over Mardi Gras, UniCamp’s main supporter, will not be appearing this year due to financial difficulties By Susan Lee Daily Bruin Contributor right lights, a cacophony of voices and festive colors once annually transformed a silent green field of grass into a boisterous carnival But for students used to attending UCLA’s Mardi Gras festivities every year, the party’s over. Read more...

Shared governance debate arrives at Senate Hayden asks for review of process that repealed affirmative action By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff The debate over shared governance which has turned the UC Board of Regents meetings into a battle ground in recent months, moved to a new artillery site yesterday as volleys flew across the Senate floor in the state capitol. Read more...

UniCamp provides summer of fun for youths Student volunteers interact with children from low-income homes By Susan Lee Daily Bruin Contributor fter a week of hiking, swimming and sleeping under the stars, it’s no wonder one of the boys in Debbie Mac’s UniCamp camping group refused to go to the closing ceremonies. Read more...

 UC Regents sued by Daily NexusUC Santa Barbara staff reporter claims board violated rules By Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff SAN FRANCISCO — University of California, Santa Barbara’s student newspaper filed a lawsuit against the Board of Regents, claiming that the board violated the open meeting rule when they voted to eliminate affirmative action from the university’s admissions and hiring policies. Read more...

 Stricter regulations put on human researchUCLA experiments now approved by separate committee By Andrew Scholer Daily Bruin Contributor A federal investigation of a patient’s suicide at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute has resulted in significant changes in the university’s processes for approving the use of human subjects in research. Read more...