Monday, October 12


Summer flings turn up heat

The lyrics of the “Grease” masterpiece “Summer Nights” could be called a pop cultural anthem for summer love. And many of us have them memorized. You may have even been in a group performance of the number, singing it at camp or in a school talent show, a karaoke contest or your cousin’s bar mitzvah. Read more...


Book donation program aids Iraqi universities

Correction appended When UCLA law Professor Stephen Bainbridge first heard about the “Books for Baghdad” campaign he saw the chance for individual Americans, regardless of their views about the war, to contribute to peace in Iraq. Read more...



New therapy may help combat leukemia

For those suffering from leukemia, good news regarding the possibility of a new treatment option has recently surfaced from the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. Scientists at the cancer center recently published research regarding an experimental therapy which could help patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia ““ a slow progressing cancer that makes the body produce too many cancerous myeloid white blood cells. Read more...


15,000 assemble at AIDS conference

An unlikely brew of sex-education workers, scientists, performance artists, politicians and concerned citizens from across the globe flooded the streets of Bangkok, Thailand last week in an effort to combat the AIDS epidemic that is plaguing parts of the world. Read more...


State budget delays have little direct effect on UC

California’s state budget is more than 20 days overdue, yet financial analysts and University of California officials are little more than perturbed about the delay. Negotiations over the state budget between the Legislature’s Democratic majority and Republican Gov. Read more...