Lynne Leach Jack O’Connell Katherine Smith By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff When Californians vote for superintendent of public instruction Tuesday, they will determine not only the chief spokesperson for K-12 education, but also a key leader for the University of California. Read more...

  TYSON EVANS Chancellor Albert Carnesale speaks on the topic of rethinking national security to an audience of roughly 1,000 Thursday evening. By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Staff A nuclear engineer, a former advisor to the president and the head of the CIA, Chancellor Albert Carnesale put on his professor’s hat to address national security Thursday afternoon. Read more...

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Third-year Spanish student Tony Joe Neal boards the Big Blue Bus to head back to campus. By Jenny Blake Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA commuters are concerned that if the Big Blue Bus transit program raises fares by 50 percent, as has been recommended, it will empty their pockets and possibly the pockets of the BruinGo! Read more...

By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor The Undergraduate Students Association Council general student body meeting ““ organized to inform students and gain input about rising housing and parking rates ““ turned into an informal discussion when only 20 people, including USAC and On Campus Housing Commission members, showed up at Covel Commons on Wednesday. Read more...

  NIMA TAHAI The UCLA Mock trial team celebrates their first place victory in the Western Regional Tournament in Rancho Cucamonga, Feb. 1-3. By Jany Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Eight aspiring lawyers sit around a kitchen table planning their defense strategy in the mock murder of Wendell Tucker as they prepare for their court debut next month. Read more...

Genes play a role in sweaty palms A new UCLA study in the February issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery shows strong evidence that sweaty palms syndrome is genetic. Read more...

  Photo Courtesy of Todd Ferguson U.S. Marine Corps veteran Todd Ferguson (center) is shown here in a C-130 airplane traveling from Big Island in Hawaii to Oahu. Read more...