Click Here to See Larger Image By Sabrina Singhapattanapong DAILY BRUIN REPORTER [email protected] The UCLA Medical Center will aggressively seek increases from its payers ““ mainly health insurance companies ““ to make more profits and combat rising costs, said Sergio Melgar, the medical center’s chief financial officer. Read more...

David Cohen By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Senior lecturer David Cohen of the mathematics department passed away last week after a battle with leukemia. Read more...

OSCAR ALVAREZ/Daily Bruin UCLA alumnus Dr. Riad Abdelkarim was released earlier this month from detainment in Israel. He was never charged with a crime. By Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Dr. Read more...

BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Antonio Villaraigosa (left) speaks with ASUCLA employees Alvaro Gutierrez, Luz Real and Rosa Alvarado outside LuValle Commons on Thursday about their attempt to unionize. Read more...

By Karen E. Graulich Daily Bruin Contributor [email protected] UCLA’s commencement weekend is going to have a facelift that university officials hope will lead to a more enjoyable event for graduates and their families and friends. Read more...

Click Here to See Larger Image By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] High school students looking to the University of California will not have honors points padding their grade point average if the state approves a new approach to public education. Read more...

EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Fourth-year American literature and culture student Angel Perez makes known his opposition to the use of American Indian mascots. By Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Two days after the California State Assembly voted down a bill that would have banned American Indian mascots in California’s public schools, members of the American Indian Student Association at UCLA were declaring victory. Read more...