The Associated Press As gunfire erupts, Afghans run into Pakistan through an open field adjacent to the Chaman border crossing Sunday. Afghan refugees and traders who had been kept from entering Pakistan rushed past the border post. Read more...

By Chris Goodmacher Daily Bruin Contributor With the declining state economy, the University of California will have to decide between raising student fees or decreasing the quality of instruction, said one state official. Read more...

South Asian heritage week kicks off today UCLA’s first-ever South Asian Heritage Week begins today, with events starting at 11 a.m. every day except for Thursday. Read more...

UCLA implants artificial heart The UCLA Medical Center announced that a male patient in his 70s became the world’s fourth recipient of a self-contained artificial heart after an 11-hour operation Wednesday. Read more...

Today 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m. Undergraduate Students Association Council USAC Internship Orientation Meeting Kerckhoff 317 Find out how to be part of the USAC internship program! Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Lyndy Montes (left) and Brigitte Dwyre participate in the "Black Stars in a White Sky" program. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter When Lyndy Montes first entered UCLA, she was often the only African American student in her engineering classes. Read more...

By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter The Graduate Students Association Legislative Forum met Wednesday to discuss various issues for the year, including budget approval and housing. Read more...