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...

By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Chancellor Albert Carnesale is using his hiring opportunities to switch gears and patch the UCLA piggy bank. The transition from current executive vice chancellor Rory Hume to successor Daniel Neuman signifies the last look back at the hey day of a lucrative stock market as the impending state budget crunch unfolds. Read more...

By Jenny Blake and Rachel Makabi DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] [email protected] Hours before voters go to the polls to elect Undergraduate Students Association Council members, candidates attempted, in a last-minute effort, to garner votes from a student body that has repeatedly seen low voter turnouts. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] If the Undergraduate Students Association Council were a paintball game, the independent would be the paint splattered player in the cross fire of Team Blue and Team Red, the USAC slates. Read more...

James McBride By Jessica Chung DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Former assistant head of clinical chemistry James McBride died from natural causes on March 31 at the age of 55. Read more...

By Christina Jenkins DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] A panel of academics exchanged ideas about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday, marking the first time this year UCLA professors have gathered to discuss the conflict in a public forum. Read more...

BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff DANIEL NEUMAN Current position: Dean of the School of Arts and Architecture since 1996 Other positions held: Professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA; Director, University of Washington School of Music Education: University of Illinois, B.A. Read more...