By Christina Jenkins DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] As the deadline for signing the state’s budget dawns, the UC is crossing its fingers in hopes that it will secure a more favorable financial future than it expects. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn Daily bruin senior staff [email protected]   The Associated Press Conjoined twins Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez, left, and Maria Teresa play in their hospital bed at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Saturday, June 22, 2002. Read more...

Med Center Rabbi delivering prayers Rabbi Kalam Winnick, a chaplain at UCLA’s Medical Center, is currently in the Middle East, delivering hand-written prayers from med center patients, staffers and others to the Kotel ““ the Jewish “Wailing Wall” ““ as well as the Muslim Mosque at the Dome of the Rock. Read more...

Petty Theft One wallet, one cell phone and one parking permit were stolen this period, with losses totalling $420. Someone broke a vending machine panel at Pauley Pavilion Monday, June 24 and removed property for losses totalling $145. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected]   EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Student Regent Tracy Davis attends the 2002 Letters & Science Graduation ceremony held on June 14. Read more...

By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] The SAT I, cherished as the gold standard in college admissions tests, underwent an overhaul last week in an attempt to tie test material more closely to what students actually learn in high school. Read more...