By Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] The issues for UCLA’s Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates: transportation, student fees, housing and diversity. The issues for some candidates running for student government offices at two other UCs: the feline community, longer recess and “grog fountains.” While USAC candidates tend to take themselves pretty seriously, at other UC schools many candidates run joke campaigns, mocking those who take their jobs and campaigns seriously. Read more...

JONATHAN YOUNG/Daily Bruin Earlier this quarter, a banner hung outside the cultural affairs office calling to "End the Occupation" while many gathered nearby to hear speeches about the Mideast. Read more...

Courtesy of Peter Anton Dr. Peter Anton trekked across 75 miles of rugged terrain in Africa to raise money for AIDS research last month. By Sabrina Singhapattanapong Daily Bruin Contributor [email protected] Imagine hiking 75 miles over the rugged rocks and boulders of two South African mountain ranges in seven days, while enduring “bitterly cold nights” among wild ants and baboons. Read more...

By Helen Seliverstov DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Black Sunday, drunken 21st birthdays and nightly drinking games lead many to believe that all college students drink. But a subculture of UCLA students that do not drink is spread throughout campus, and extends even to the Greek system. Read more...

BY Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] We, as the students of this “entity,” must “make agency” for one another, “facilitate dialogue,” “advocate representation” while “empowering” others to “act collectively” and “mobilize” to “troubleshoot” problems by “actively engaging” in decisions and “unifying” to “realize our potential!” If you don’t understand, you’re not the only one. Read more...

By Noah Grand and Rachel Makabi DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] [email protected] For a long time, it seemed like the hits just kept coming for UCLA. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Each slate can only hope to sweep the elections. The fulfillment of many promises depends on it. But in the likelihood of a mixed council, the agenda for next year has already solidified in certain areas. Read more...