The conversation on whether the U.S. judiciary is subject to the whims of politics began long before the Thursday law school forum on the subject. Terri Schiavo, who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years, became a household name when President Bush signed midnight legislation last month asking a federal court to intervene and determine whether Schiavo’s husband could remove her feeding tube. Read more...

A majority of the 2,000 UCLA members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union went on strike on Thursday. AFSCME members work in residential dining and housing services, and the Associated Students of UCLA campus restaurants. Read more...

After becoming the first team west of the Mississippi River to win the American Mock Trial Association national championship last year, the UCLA Mock Trial team went back to Iowa and won again this year, defeating Georgia Tech in the final round. Read more...

Current research being done by the UCLA AIDS Institute to address the problem of AIDS in Africa will be presented at a symposium today in Kaufman Hall. Read more...

Shortly before 5 a.m. Jose Lara, a 53-year-old senior food service worker, stood by himself in De Neve Plaza holding a picket sign outside the dining hall where he normally works from 6:30 a.m. Read more...