Garin Hovannisian’s name was likely a familiar one to many students on campus even before his candidacy for undergraduate student government president. After writing a column for the Daily Bruin’s Viewpoint section his freshman year, he moved on to found another campus publication ““ The Bruin Standard ““ which he describes as “opinion, humor and cultural analysis” and emphasized that its aim is not to deliver news. Read more...

The undergraduate student government president’s office on the third floor of Kerckhoff Hall will likely seem familiar to Lucero Chavez if she is elected. After all, she has spent the past three years at UCLA working in that same office as a presidential staff member. Read more...

Campaign spending caps became optional for Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates in 2003, but this election marks the first year no slate’s candidates opted to sign on. Read more...

Thembi Ngubane is just one face in a sea of millions in South Africa affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But it is her voice that is bringing the realities of the virus’ impact to the United States. Read more...

UCLA scientists have stumbled upon a never-before-seen phenomenon: a double-helix-shaped nebula reminiscent of the structure of a DNA molecule, the genetic material of living organisms. The research is published in the March 16 edition of the journal Nature. Read more...

At the same time as cities across the nation were packed with demonstrators Monday, the northern corner of the UCLA campus mirrored such rallies on a much smaller scale. Read more...

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Monday in support of immigration reform, joining more than a million people who took a day off from work and class to demonstrate nationwide. Read more...