It usually takes second-year English student Hieu Dao ten
minutes to drive from UCLA to the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
for her volunteer job.
But recently, on days when Westwood Boulevard and Veteran Avenue
saw anti-war protests, the commute from campus to the hospital took
Dao an entire hour.

Hold off on getting change for that spare dollar. If the
Undergraduate Students Association Council has its way, students
taking advantage of the BruinGo! program won’t have to pay a
single cent to continue riding the Big Blue Bus.

Tucked in the A-level of Ackerman is the only campus post office
where students, faculty and visitors will find themselves standing
in line to mail Valentines to loved ones this week.

Ricardo Huicochea’s gaze was transfixed on Gordon
Parks’ portrait. Reading the caption, he learned Parks was
the founder of Essence magazine, a composer and a filmmaker who won
an Emmy Award in 1968 for his documentary, “Diary of a Harlem
Family.”
He also learned Parks received honorary degrees from 13
different institutions and received a notable book award from the
American Library Association.

Come next year, BruinGo!, the bus program that offers UCLA
students free rides on the Big Blue Bus, will not be around if a
new funding proposal is not approved ““ and even then it
may no longer be free.

Stephanie Hsu’s eyebrows arched in a look of surprise as
she found out UCLA’s crosstown rival boasts a lower crime
rate and a safer school environment than UCLA.

By Erlinda Santiago
daily bruin contributor
[email protected]
When it comes to water conservation, UCLA takes two sides. While
the administration makes a conscious effort to retrofit facilities
with the latest in water and energy saving technologies, it seems
to fail in educating students about the importance of their role in
water conservation.

Anica McKesey had to hike up three flights of stairs to get to
her job in Kerckhoff Hall on Wednesday.
The elevator that usually takes McKesey to her office for the
African Student Union is closed for maintenance until Jan.

At five this morning, Saia Makakaufaki was on his way to St.
Louis, flying home to spend Thanksgiving with his family and
friends.
He plans to watch movies, play video games and take part in the
Thanksgiving dinner.