A former UCLA student accused of sending false messages about stocks over the Internet in order to profit from buying or selling sprees that followed was ordered to pay the government more than $500,000, federal regulators said Tuesday. Read more...

Sister of Ravitz grateful to UCLA community As the sister of Lee Ravitz, I wanted to take a moment to thank writer Andrew Finley and the Daily Bruin for the spotlight piece on my brother (“Being a sideline regular a full time job for Ravitz,” Sports, May 13). Read more...

The campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis is misguided, largely selfish and unlikely to succeed. Certainly, as recent polls show, few Californians think Davis is an especially good governor. Read more...

Born into a home of 10 brothers and sisters in Ilovasco, El Salvador, Juan Leon left family and familiarity nearly 20 years ago to pursue economic prosperity in the United States. Read more...

A recent Academic Senate vote erased with overwhelming authority any doubt about whether or not UCLA faculty wants to switch from semesters to quarters. “Do you believe that those units of the campus currently on the quarter system should switch to the semester system?” the poll question read. Read more...

The university and the unions are not the only ones getting involved in the state of the subcontracted workers ““ many students have gotten involved as well. Read more...

It’s a routine morning in Lot 8, where several workers are busy directing drivers to double park into two parallel lines along the cars already parked. Read more...