Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, spoke at Royce Hall on Friday, sharing her views on achieving equality for Iranian women and spreading democracy, including to Iraq. Read more...

Over a thousand people came out early Sunday morning to participate in the fifth-annual UCLA Run/Walk, a fund-raiser for the Mattel Children’s Hospital. The run/walk is organized by a committee of the Student Welfare Commission to raise money for the hospital’s child life/child development program. Read more...

From misplacing signboards to handing out fliers lacking official stamps of approval, candidates running for the undergraduate student government may have violated the Elections Code in a number of ways during primary elections last week. Read more...

Correction appended If a meeting Friday was any indication, the end is near for UCLA’s Taco Bell. The Services Committee for the Associated Students of UCLA ““ the organization that manages Taco Bell and other eateries on campus ““ met last week to discuss the future of the fast-food giant just days after the restaurant broke an agreement made with the association six months ago. Read more...

Meters fixed UCLA Transportation Director Renee Fortier said meters in Lot 6 that the Daily Bruin reported broken have been fixed. Meters 0433, 0463, 0479, 0480 and 0482 in Lot 6 were fixed last week after Transportation was informed the meters shortchanged people. Read more...

Wind rustles gently through the blossoming trees in the Rolfe Sculpture Garden as undergraduates, graduates, alumni and professors congregate and listen to people taking turns reading George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” aloud. Read more...

UCLA center Mike McCloskey has been cleared to participate with the UCLA football team after sitting out all of spring practice with pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining of the lungs. Read more...