By Michelle Kroes Daily Bruin Contributor Minorities benefitted less than whites from the state’s economic boom in the realm of health insurance, a UCLA study reported. Read more...

  Illustration by RODERICK ROXAS/Daily Bruin By Sarika Gangar Daily Bruin Contributor For newly arrived immigrants, adjusting to a new culture and language can already be frightening, but not knowing how to read or write in their native language means an added hardship. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The Board of Education, which had asked high school students to skip school Thursday so they could join a rally supporting affirmative action, reversed its stand and now is discouraging such a move because of logistical problems. Read more...

  Albert Carnesale By Timothy Kudo and Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff Chancellor Albert Carnesale discussed major issues facing UCLA ““ from the tenure process to student group funding to the use of the SAT I ““ with The Bruin Wednesday. Read more...

  LILY JAMALI UCLA students Gillian Russom and Behzad Raghian make signs in front of Niketown in Beverly Hills in preparation for Saturday’s protest. By Lily Jamali Daily Bruin Contributor Students from Southern California universities assembled at Niketown in Beverly Hills on Saturday to protest the corporation’s alleged sweatshop abuses at a factory in Mexico and elsewhere. Read more...

  JANA SUMMERS An ad for "Pearl Harbor" has replaced the liberty mural on the Westwood Medical Plaza building. By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Contributor On Feb. Read more...