NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Staff David Dahle, a fourth-year sociology and political science student, will be USAC’s president next year. By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] For the first time since spring break, David Dahle had the chance to shoot some hoops over the weekend. Read more...

By Rosette Gonzales DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] After UCLA and several other universities cancelled their education abroad programs to Israel, some students are exploring the option of “virtual study abroad” as a way to gain insight to what it might be like to live and study in Israel today. Read more...

Student group will push for peace The United Arab Society will setup camp on Bruin Walk today, kicking off their three-day campaign to “humanize the Palestinian people.” Many on campus have misconceptions about Palestinians, believing many of them to be suicide bombers when in fact most thirst for peace, said group president Hamada Alzahawi. Read more...

JONATHAN YOUNG/Daily Bruin Congressman Henry Waxman (right) speaks with Jasmine Oberman, coordinator of Bruins for Israel, and her father Jeffrey T. Oberman, in Ackerman Union Monday. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] The University of California’s bleak financial forecast may look worse when Gov. Gray Davis releases his revised 2002-03 state budget today, which must account for a $22 billion overestimate, according to university and state officials. Read more...

JONATHAN YOUNG/Daily Bruin Union organizer Brian Rudiger relays information to protesters outside Kerckhoff on Friday, where the ASUCLA Board of Directors approved a resolution. By Debra Marisa Greene DAILY BRUIN [email protected] The Associated Students of UCLA will urge the University of California to enter discussions with a union seeking to represent about 100 non-student workers. Read more...

NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Padraic McCoy was the first person to graduate with a joint degree in law and American Indian studies. By Hilaire Fong DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] On Sunday UCLA graduated the first person with a joint degree in law and American Indian studies. Read more...