“˜Latino’ doesn’t mean illegal alien In response to Ilana Fried’s column “”˜A day without a Mexican’ rings true” (May 20), I don’t think anyone is saying Latinos are a drain on resources. Read more...

Attorneys for defendants accused of raping a UCLA student in 2002 urged the jury to acquit their clients during closing arguments Friday, saying the sexual encounters had been consensual. Read more...

The Nikkei Student Union hosted 34 teams this weekend in the Yuji Ichioka Memorial Basketball Tournament held in Pauley Pavilion. The 12th annual tournament, previously called the “shoot out,” was renamed last year after the death of Asian American activist Yuji Ichioka, one of the founders of the Asian American Studies Center. Read more...

A few candidates for the UCLA undergraduate student government handed out fliers in the dorms, turned in late or incomplete expense accounts, and distributed unstamped materials during elections in the last two weeks. Read more...

Classics Professor Andrew Dyck was sentenced to six months in Ventura County Jail on Thursday, concluding an incident dating back nearly a year and half ago. Read more...

A bill providing guidelines for implementations of a textbook rental program in the state’s public colleges passed the California State Assembly on May 20 with bipartisan support. Read more...

From mold removal to the wants of teenage boys, this year’s Knapp Venture Competition covered a broad base of human interests. The annual competition offers UCLA Anderson School of Management students a chance to present their business plan in front of a group of entrepreneurial judges. Read more...