By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff The University of California’s outreach effort prepares a significant number of underrepresented students for college, but it has raised questions about whether it is illegally favoring minority populations in the state. Read more...

By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Staff Eleanor Hedge drove for 20 minutes Wednesday, passing up Hollywood’s mainstream films in favor of a film set in a quaint Indian village. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Stuff By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Senior Staff With motorized LEGO models of rovers that brave large drops and climb mountainous steeps to find ice on the moon, engineering students are preparing for the next phase in space exploration. Read more...

By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor Kathleen Sweeney, a third-year business economics student, pauses in front of Kerckhoff Coffeehouse.  “Look,” she announces to a quiet group of Orange Glen High School students from Escondido, Calif., “this campus coffeehouse is one of my favorite places to study “”mdash; it provides a great social buzz.” Sweeney is not just an overeager student volunteering her time to show prospective students around campus “”mdash; she works as a campus tour guide for UCLA’s Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools, and leads an average of two groups a week. Read more...

By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Reporter Newspapers like USA Today and the Wall Street Journal may become permanent fixtures in the resident halls. The On-Campus Housing Council on Tuesday approved a referendum to allow students to vote whether to continue the Newspaper Readership Program, which provides free newspapers, by raising housing fees by $7 annually. Read more...

The Associated Press Businessman Bill Simon, left, cruised over former L.A. mayor Richard Riordan. Simon will run against Gov. Gray Davis, right. By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff Bill Simon completed a highly improbable comeback Tuesday, winning the Republican gubernatorial primary election over former L.A. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Some UCLA students went to a huge party Tuesday night, but there was no keg involved ““ they brought their political views instead. Read more...