By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff The National Education Association created a task force last week to look into developing educational materials on the struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and staff after withdrawing a resolution which aimed to make education more inclusive to LGBT students. Read more...

Photos by COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Melody Jackson from Culver City (left) and Tracy Ann Laky from Johannasburg, South Africa create flags to represent themselves for the Soze Project. Read more...

  Photos by JANA SUMMERS A fireworks display lights up the sky at an early Fourth of July celebration at Santa Monica Community College on June 30. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Former governor Pete Wilson addressed the state’s energy crisis during his keynote speech at The Anderson School on June 28. By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff Gov. Read more...

By Scott Schultz Daily Bruin Senior Staff If the NCAA endorses recommendations of a recent report, schools will be required to graduate 50 percent of their players by 2007 in order to play in the postseason, coaches will have to forfeit lucrative endorsement contracts and the association will have to distribute revenue based on academic performance, among other changes. Read more...

RAYLEEN HSU Former UCLA laundry facilities employee Carmen Paredes listens to her instructor, Leticia Flores, who teaches grammar to her English as a Second Language class. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Pharmacy technician Jaime Cosico tests a new drug that has been proven to work well with chemotherapy. By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff UCLA is leading the way in developing a drug that has the potential to increase the life expectancy of some breast cancer patients. Read more...