By Ellen Kang Daily Bruin Contributor More than 1.5 million Afghan orphans living in sub-poverty levels are victims of decades of wars, “the dark era of the Taliban,” and are the price paid for peace, say members of International Orphan Care. Read more...

Click Here to See Larger Image By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Students and administrators are determining how student governments across the University of California can legally distribute money to campus groups, revising fee guidelines that have not been updated in nearly eight years. Read more...

  TYSON EVANS Herb Wesson, from the district that will soon include UCLA, and his wife celebrate his inauguration as speaker of the State Assembly in Royce Hall, Friday. Read more...

UCR prof knows the Olympics As Thomas Scanlon watches the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, he will be pondering the past. A classics professor at UC Riverside, Scanlon is an expert on the first Olympics, which began in 776 B.C. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin UCLA alumnus Geoff Silverman believes "you have to have a thick skin" and not let a challenge deter pursuits. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Senior Staff When UCLA alumnus Geoff Silverman interviewed with entertainment executives, he warned his potential bosses his passion for the industry was so strong that if they wouldn’t accept him, someone else would. Read more...

By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor Erik Elorriaga, a fourth-year economics and psychology student will leave the country after graduation for New Zealand to become a snowboarding instructor, pursuing a career in the sport he loves. Read more...